Open Switch Africa launches an Open data community in the Lagos State University campus. – Open Switch Africa

"Open Data Day event in Lagos was about holding a workshop to teach participants about how to use open data tools and its advantages. 

Held at the Tetfund Hall, Lagos state University  on 25th April, 2017, the event included presentations on open data resources; workshop on how to use them (Kayode Yussuf, Creative commons Nigeria, Tech Lead) and a presentation on the importance of open access in scholarly publishing (Adisa Bolutife). It was attended by academic staff, and students drawn from different faculties of the University.

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  The student and faculty will work together to ensure that a DAOJ open access repository is built and linked to the school website.

Also that the open data movement should be done on a wider scale and coverage to encourage better participation in Nigeria.

   The event was really a success and the participants were eager to build a growing community platform where they would continually hold meetings and build projects and ideas on Open data within the university. Open Data Advocates LASU in the Lagos State University is the new community formed as a brain-child of this event, this included five core members of the Students representative council, including the president. "