As part of the Developing Data project, CIPESA in partnership with the University of Edinburgh, Centre of African Studies and the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) are organising a workshop on The Data Politics of Pandemics, which will explore the extent to which politics interferes with the collection and reporting of data on pandemics on the African continent.
The speaker line up includes Richard Ngamita, Human Rights Data Scientist, Facebook | Avani Singh, Director/Co-Founder, AltAdvisory Africa | Jean-Benoit Falisse, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh | Bernard Sabiti, Senior Strategic Partnership and Engagement Manager, Development Initiatives
The Data Politics of Pandemics workshop is scheduled to take place on Wednesday November 25, 2020 13.00-14.30 East African Time. To attend, register here.
A second workshop on Data and Elections will explore how data exploitation and micro targeting influence African elections.
The speaker line up includes Seema Shah | Boye Adegoke, Paradigm Initiative | Laura Lazara Cabrera, Privacy International.
The data and elections workshop is scheduled to take place on Wednesday November 25, 2020 15:30-17:00 East African Time. To attend, register here.