Breaking down barriers to data literacy for marginalised communities in Uganda King Leticia (pronouns they/them)* , works for one of the leading and pioneer marginalised communities organisations in Uganda. Like many of their community members, they continue to shy away from research and data when designing projects. To them, there…

Feminist Movement Building at the IGF 2022: Pollicy’s participation This year, Pollicy is actively taking part in the 2022 Internet Governance Forum happening in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia starting today November 28th to December 2nd. The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals…

From the 17th to 20th of October 2022 Pollicy together with other partners from across Africa took part in the first ever Pan African Forum for intermediaries in the Digital Creative Industries under the Fak’ugesi Festival at the Tshimologong Precinct under Wits University in Johannesburg. As part of this forum…

A considerable wealth of data exists on the more established sectors of Uganda’s economy including agriculture, manufacturing, and services. Despite the continued growth of creative industries including digital creative industries (DCIs) in the country over the years, there remain significant data gaps on the sector which in many ways hampers…

“The more people access or use data in Africa, the more concerns arise over misuse or unethical use of data and the need to promote data governance on the continent.”- Alice Namuli, DataFest Africa main event keynote speaker Countries across the African continent continue to take positive strides towards the…

Introduction More than 5 billion people globally now have some form of access to the Internet and/or digital platforms. Their use ranges from social media platforms including WhatsApp or Facebook to localized applications for micro-loans and crop projections. Yet, keyboards are not designed for many non-English languages, especially those that do…

“If someone sends you a 20MB dataset file and claims they have sent you big data, send them a link to this blog post” Why? That might be a large dataset but it isn’t big data. So what is big data then? Big data refers to data that is so…

“If someone sends you a 20MB dataset file and claims they have sent you big data, send them a link to this blog post” Why? That might be a large dataset but it isn’t big data. So what is big data then? Big data refers to data that is so…

Since 2017, we have been running a fellowship program that aims to introduce students and young professionals to civic technology initiatives while enabling them to utilise their development skills to create innovative data products and/or initiatives by the end of their fellowship. Beyond the fellowship, some of these young fellows…