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Can data analytics improve record-keeping for African small businesses?

Anik Ashraf, Elizabeth Lyons

Blog

Traditional market negotiation in Kenya, Ella. Photo credit: Sebastian Condrea
Data and AI
How Zambia is improving AI evaluation with ground truth data

Rory Hardie, Matteo Larrode

Blog

University of Zambia students classify Labour Force Survey responses
Innovative data solutions for fragile and conflict-affected settings

Abdilahi Ali, Hélène Donnat Gonzalez Holguera, Sanjana Srivastav, Miguel Fajardo-Steinhäuser

Synthesis paper

Innovative data solutions for fragile and conflict-affected settings
IGC appoints senior advisors on data and AI

IGC Press Release

Cosmina Dorobantu and Oliver Chinganya
Strengthening the hidden infrastructure of public health through AI

Aleta Starosta, Shahrukh Wani, Stephen Jackson

Blog

A focused female doctor wearing business attire works on a desktop computer in an office, reviewing digital information displayed on a large monitor. Photo credit: wilpunt / E+ via Getty Images.
Cosmina Dorobantu

Professor in Practice London School of Economics and Political Science

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Data and AI
Harnessing AI, data and technology for growth in Pakistan

Hina Shaikh

Blog

Pakistan flag and robot looking towards it to demonstrate how AI is used in Pakistan.
What’s in the bin? Cities' waste data can guide smarter decisions

Oliver Harman, Victoria Delbridge

Blog

Plastic wastes are seen in Kampala, Uganda on March 10, 2022
Data and AI

Latest: How Zambia is improving AI evaluation with ground truth data

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Data and AI
From promise to practice: Making AI work in LMIC governments

Shahrukh Wani, Harry Mayne, Tobias Edison

Blog

A data for policy workshop hosted in Zambia in 2025 to discuss the use of AI and data in government.
Data and AI
Artificial intelligence in national statistics: Insights from Zambia

Tyler Rossow

Blog

An image of a person working on a laptop with data graphics superimposed to demonstrate how AI is changing the way labour force surveys are analysed in Zambia.
Cape Town promises an ‘open data’ revolution ↗

Tech Central says the Cities Spatial Model, developed by IGC Cities that Work, the City of Cape Town and the World Bank, could lead to an “open data revolution”.

TechCentral (South Africa)

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Building a strong evidence base for policymaking and action in cities

Siobhan McDonough

Blog

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Data for decision making in the COVID-19 crisis

Zeeshan Abedin, Emanuele Brancati, Victoria Delbridge, Sebastian Kriticos, Hina Shaikh

Blog

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 24: A general view during Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula inspection of Cape Town International Airport on September 24, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo credit: Gallo Images / Contributor / Gallo Images via Getty Images.
IGC’s response to COVID-19: A message from IGC’s Executive Director

Jonathan Leape

Blog

Volunteer nurse, Anita Thumbi (L), who is also an elected Member of County Assembly (MCA) in the Nairobi County Government, sits at a facility used to train the public on infection prevention and management at a local health centre in Waithaka, a Nairobi suburb on May 12, 2020, on International Nurses Day. Photo credit: Tony Karumba / AFP via Getty Images.
Data and AI
Each for equal: Bridging the gender gap and the data revolution

Laura Sili

Blog

A focused female doctor wearing business attire works on a desktop computer in an office, reviewing digital information displayed on a large monitor. Photo credit: wilpunt / E+ via Getty Images.
Data and AI
Urban data innovations: Three cities showing their smarts

Victoria Delbridge, Oliver Harman

Blog

Kimara, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania