Dear listers, This may be of interest. Please register on the links provided. ----------- Good afternoon, As part of the Developing Data <https://developingdata.org> 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 <https://developingdata.org/data-politics/data-covid/>, *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 <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-data-politics-of-pandemics-tickets-129712490551> . A second workshop on Data and Elections <https://developingdata.org/data-politics/data-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 <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-elections-workshop-tickets-128139194781> . Regards, Ashnah -- *Ashnah Kalemera*Programme Manager Mobile: +256 (0) 773 325 435|Office: +256 (0) 414 289 502 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)* Plot 6 Semawata Place (Off Semawata Road), Ntinda | Kampala, Uganda www.cipesa.org | @cipesaug <https://twitter.com/cipesaug> | www.facebook.com/cipesaug -- Grace Mutung'u Skype: gracebomu @Bomu PGP ID : 0x33A3450F