We are very pleased to be adding in additional African events to the Future Value of Data project which continues to build momentum globally. Following on from the successful workshops in Johannesburg and Pretoria in May, a number of events are now taking place in Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya and Nigeria. Supported by Facebook these workshops are being organised in partnership with a number of leading local organisations.

Senegal workshops in Dakar are in partnerhsip with CRES

Cote d’Ivoire workshops in Abidjan are in partnership with UVCIand Africa Content Group

Kenya workshops in Nairobi are in partnerhsip with CIPITand KICTANet and

Nigeria workshops in both Lagos and Abuja are in partnerhsip with ISGPP

We are very grateful for the support and collaboration with all these organisations and look forward to more excellent dicussions.

After these events in Africa, the Future Value of data project moves on to Chian, Europe and North and South America as detailed in the programme schedule. We will be sharing interim insights from the first 10 events shortly and the final global report by the end of the year. Many thanks again to all involved in this very important and interesting project.