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Africa: Big Obstacles Ahead for Big Data-for-Development
SciDev.Net, 15 April 2014
Big data's great promise for development will need both human and technical capacity building, reports Jan Piotrowski. Read more »
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Africa: Big Data: An Opportunity to Boost Analytical Capacities
SciDev.Net, 15 April 2014
Countries' statistics offices have much to gain from big data, say Michail Skaliotis and Ceri Thompson. Read more »
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Africa: Don't Lose Sight of the People Behind Big Data
SciDev.Net, 15 April 2014
In the wrong hands, large datasets can do more harm than good, says Sanjana Hattotuwa. Accountability is crucial. Read more »
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Africa: Big Data for Development: Key Resources
SciDev.Net, 15 April 2014
An early mention of the upcoming "Industrial Revolution of data" can be found in a blog by Joe Hellerstein, a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more »
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Africa: Big Data for Development: Facts and Figures
SciDev.Net, 15 April 2014
What is big data, and could it transform development policy? Emmanuel Letouzé takes a close look at this emerging field. Read more »