Open News, Events, Blogs
The COIWeb aggregates news, opinions and developments from various research sources around the world, including:
- The Open Data Research Network hosted by the Web Foundation,
- World Bank Open Data & ICT4D Blogs
- Open Knowledge Foundation
- GovLabs @ NYU
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
The Open Technology Research Network (OTRN) will strengthen the global open technology research community and advance evidence-based policymaking around open technologies.
The post OpenForum Europe, Open Source Initiative, and Open Knowledge Foundation Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Open Technology Research first appeared on Open...
Dear President Macron,Dear Chancellor Merz,Dear President von der Leyen, Europe is at a crossroads. The Summit on European Digital Sovereignty marks an important milestone for the EU and its member states in aligning on a shared strategy for achieving real and lasting European digital sovereignty. As the EU pursues the goal of digital sovereignty...
Open Science Community Ghana (OSCG) was able to streamline its work with agricultural data, significantly reduce the time needed to identify and correct errors, and introduce open data concepts to a non-technical team
The post Open Data Editor in Action: Bridging the Gap Between Field Data and Research Insights in Ghana first appeared on Open...
ODE helped PARI restructure messy public financial datasets into a clean, consistent format, making them more presentable and ready for reliable analysis
The post Open Data Editor in Action: Enhancing Fiscal Governance and Transparency in South African Municipalities first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
The process of standardising data with ODE is a direct contribution to AAOO's goal of creating AI models that are built on respectful, accurately represented, and ethically sourced data from the Global South.
The post Open Data Editor in Action: Building Culturally-Accurate, and Global South Sensitive AI Datasets first appeared on Open Knowledge...
On behalf of the Open Knowledge Foundation, I welcome today’s announcement by the European Commission on the creation of the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (DC-EDIC). It is a hopeful moment for Europe, where the values of thousands of communities that have worked for years in a different way of doing and...
This recognition affirms ODE’s contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and confirms that it meets the highest standards of openness, accessibility, and public benefit.
The post Open Data Editor Recognised as a Digital Public Good first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
ICT-Pulse
In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated Jamaica in October 2025, the current focus is on disaster recovery. In telecoms and ICT, much of the infrastructure was adversely affected, hence the priority is remediation and restoration. Learning from the experience of the region, we are joined by Craig Nesty, the telecoms regulator in...
At almost every stage, Caribbean countries have had to justify whether their markets can support advanced digital technologies. Co-Founder and CEO of Paradise Mobile, Sam Tabbara, joins us in this episode to share his thoughts on issues including: the claims by major regional telcos that there was no business case for 5G in the region; whether it...
According to the World Economic Forum, AI literacy is now a core competency in education. However, across the Caribbean region, it is unclear whether policymakers know what an AI literacy curriculum should comprise, especially when the track record for digital literacy is considered. We discuss AI literacy and highlight important topics that any...