Topics

The DataVerse Blog is organised around a number of core topic areas that reflect how data, AI, and digital systems operate in real-world contexts across Ghana and Africa.

These topics are not rigid categories. They are analytical lenses through which we explore institutions, technologies, skills, and everyday practice.

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Data Ecosystem & Policy

This section examines how data is collected, governed, shared, and regulated and how policy, institutional capacity, and infrastructure shape data use in practice.

AI in Everyday Contexts

Explorations of where AI systems are applied in real settings, where they fall short, and how local realities influence outcomes beyond technical design.

Skills, Careers & Capacity Building

Writing on education, training pathways, and the development of sustainable skills for data and AI work in African contexts.

Community, Events & Field Insights

Perspectives from the field, including conversations, events, and lived experiences from practitioners working at the intersection of technology, policy, and society.

Tools, Tutorials & Practical Guides

Practical tools, workflows, and guides designed for real-world use, particularly in low-resource or constrained environments.