Community Call: Africa Open Data

TIME: 4:00-5:00 p.m. Cape Town (SAST); 5:00-6:00 p.m. Nairobi (EAT); 2:00-3:00 p.m. Freetown (GMT); 9:00-10:00 a.m. Washington, D.C. (EST) (time zone converter here (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Africa+Open+Data&iso=20170207T16&p1=56&ah=1))

We host a one-hour conference call the first Tuesday of each month to hear about in-progress projects, requests for support, updates from the Africa Open Data team, and potential to participate in supporting and representing in upcoming events. Living Minutes are available for all to look through and contribute to.

• 00 - 10: Introductions

• 10 - 40: Presentation and Q&A with Commissioner Yeama Thompson, Chairperson of Sierra Leone's Right to Access Information Commission

• 45 - 50: Update on upcoming Africa Open Data Collaborative (AODC) events: Francophone Africa and AODC 2017 in Accra, Ghana

• Core themes: Business, agriculture, gender, education, energy, health, extractives, and SDGs

• Call for feedback, partners, and volunteers

• 50 - 60: Updates and opportunities from around the room

• Open Data Day funding opportunities and regional activities

• Code for Nigeria looking for Program Manager

• SOTM Africa in Uganda

• HDX (Humanitarian Data Exchange) training tools

https://join.skype.com/uwlgkGcdy1Bb (virtual meeting) and live notes: http://bit.ly/AODC_Me­­etup_Notes