You can now access more public data easily and faster. The Kenya Open Data Portal (KODI) (www.opendata.go.ke) turns four with a new version of the web portal and a host of changes in the number of data sets available, the visualisation of the information and timely and interactive feedback to data consumers.
The portal’s primary goal is to maintain a comprehensive data transparency website that provides a user friendly, one-stop access to data from government ministries, agencies and counties. The data, constituting government development, demographic, statistical and expenditure information is available in a digital format for researchers, media, policymakers, ICT developers and the general public with a view to promoting transparency, innovation and improving efficiency.
The website has grown to provide more than 680 datasets from an initial of 200, in 2011 and hosts a variety of government data that include expenditure and resource allocations, education, health, energy, tourism, demographics studies and County Government specific data.
“Opendata.go.ke has elicited much interest around the world from scholars who have shown how local entrepreneurs use the data to make better decisions that improve their business processes and profitability. This example and many more fulfill our objective of setting up the platform. As it expands and evolves over time, Kenya Open Data will spark innovation, improve efficiency, promote accountability and promote credibility in government projects among the public,” says Victor Kyalo, Chief Executive Officer, the ICT Authority, the implementing agency, for the KODI project.
The new mantra of the platform is the link between use of data to make better decisions and create solutions at individual, business and government level.
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