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The Data Science Africa Visiting Fellowship presents exciting opportunities for members of the DSA community to explore and deepen their academic and professional interests through research visits to DSA partner academic institutions. This fellowship is an opportunity for individuals to carry out independent research, to build professional links, and to develop their interests in data science and artificial intelligence research and policy.

Most importantly, participants in the fellowship get a valuable opportunity to establish connections with academic and industry experts, furthering their professional and personal development.

Details about how to participate in the fellowship will be published soon.

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The fellowship inaugural project

Having built a strong foundation of data literacy and created and nurtured a community of African data scientists, DSA is starting to engage and initiate programs aimed at strengthening the foundations of the digital economy across Africa through effective data policy.

The first project in the DSA visiting fellowship will focus on the opportunities and challenges associated with data sharing across the public and private sector. By identifying lessons from the use of data science in the COVID-19 pandemic response, it will develop a blueprint for more effective data sharing collaborations and create a policy framework to support safe and effective data use.

This project is being hosted in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge

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Fellowship Study and Results

Study Title: Increasing data sharing and use for social good: Lessons from Africa’s data-sharing practices during the COVID-19 response

Pitch Deck - here

Resulting Paper - Published by Cambridge University Press

Study presented at Data for Policy - 2022 Brussels: Youtube Link

Two resulting blogs: Deploying data in Covid-19 response — What worked? and Increasing Data Sharing from Africa’s Covid-19 Response

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Hosting institutions

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