Introduction: Open Data and Africa | Leonelli et al. | Data Science Journal

"Abstract: This introduction outlines the contents of the [essay] collection “Open Data and Africa”, which documents the goals and aspirations associated with Open Data means in Africa today: what opportunities they offer, what challenges they pose and what the implications follow from the increasing political and institutional support for this concept.

Keywords: open data,  African research,  data policy,  data management,  Open Science"