How the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard can help to share information on corporate structuresRequesting information on how companies are owned or controlled by people or other companies is a crucial part of onboarding processes as…1d ago1d ago
How Botswana is using the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard to power its public beneficial…Botswana has launched a new public beneficial ownership register, powered by the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard, the world’s leading…Mar 23Mar 23
Missed opportunities in the EU’s revised open data and re-use of public sector information…Published by the European Union on June 26th, the revised directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information — or PSI…Jul 10, 2019Jul 10, 2019
Paradise Lost: a data-driven report into who should be on the EU’s tax haven blacklistRead Paradise lost, a data-driven investigation looking at who should feature on the forthcoming EU tax haven blacklistNov 27, 2017Nov 27, 2017
Building a pilot database of public country-by-country reportingTax justice and open data experts come together to work on the first stages of creating a pilot country-by-country reporting databaseJul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Why MEPs Should Vote In Favour of Releasing Public Country-By-Country Reporting As Open Data.Tax avoidance and profit shifting by corporations across the world is an issue which has been gaining visibility over the past decade with…Jun 1, 2017Jun 1, 2017
A roadmap for creating a public database of country-by-country reporting dataWhite paper published by Tax Justice Network and Open Knowledge International following a year-long project looking at available data…Feb 20, 20171Feb 20, 20171
Connecting with activists working on tax justice campaigns across AfricaOpen Knowledge International is coordinating the Open Data for Tax Justice project in partnership with the Tax Justice NetworkSep 22, 2016Sep 22, 2016
Joining Open Knowledge InternationalI’m excited to say that from today I’ll be joining the Open Knowledge International (OKI) team in the role of Portfolio Manager: Planting…Jun 21, 2016Jun 21, 2016
Rwanda takes the next step towards a data-driven futureIf something is described as the “new black gold”, everyone from leading businesspeople to presidents tends to listen. So when a panel at…Jun 14, 2016Jun 14, 2016
Published inCode For AfricaExploring the power of networks and platforms at the 2016 International Journalism FestivalThis year’s International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy was dominated by two events unfolding elsewhere that demonstrated the…Apr 27, 2016Apr 27, 2016
Published inCode For AfricaHow open data and new technologies hold keys to the media’s future across AfricaThe spread of mobile phones and connectivity across Africa offers opportunities and challenges for the way that information will be…Apr 11, 20161Apr 11, 20161
Published inCode For AfricaJournalists in Sub-Saharan Africa have crucial role as focus of HIV/AIDS funding shiftsThe fight against HIV/AIDS is a decades-long global battle which had claimed the lives of 34 million people by the end of 2015. Yet the…Feb 19, 2016Feb 19, 2016
Published inCode For AfricaHow do African countries rate in terms of available open government data?What open data is available from governments around the world, in what formats are the data available, and how can you easily find or use…Jan 28, 2016Jan 28, 2016
Published inCode For AfricaWill 2016 see the rise of the chat bots?Have you ever spoken to a chat bot? You may have done so and not even realised it. But if technology companies have their way, it’s likely…Jan 27, 2016Jan 27, 2016
Published inCode For AfricaThe business side of open data: how developing countries can learn from the UKThis blogpost was originally published on tumenye.rw by Claude Migisha, the Code for Africa/Open Knowledge open government fellow for…Nov 22, 20152Nov 22, 20152
Published inCode For AfricaTanzania Calling: help us kickstart data journalism and civic tech in Dar es SalaamWe’re expanding Code for Africa into Tanzania, and are looking for local media innovators and digital pioneers to help spearhead the…Nov 19, 2015Nov 19, 2015
Published inCode For AfricaHelp us find data on forced migration and the global refugee crisisThere are now more than 60 million refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons in the world — and the number is rising. The…Oct 28, 20153Oct 28, 20153
Published inCode For AfricaCelebrating International Right to Know Day 2015September 28th is International Right to Know Day when data activists and information campaigners around the world unite to remind everyone…Sep 28, 2015Sep 28, 2015
Published inCode For AfricaWhy aren’t the media taking part in the open data conversation?In early September, hundreds of open data practitioners, civil servants, researchers, technologists and specialists in health, agriculture…Sep 23, 2015Sep 23, 2015