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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wisdom Donkor wisdom_dk@hotmail.com Date: Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 4:26 PM Subject: {GDG Ghana} INVITATION TO ATTEND AFRICA OPEN DATA CONFERENCE 2017 AT THE ACCRA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER. To: G-gtug ghana-gtug@googlegroups.com

Dear All,

I am please to bring to your attention the 2nd Africa Open Data Conference 2017 (Scheduled) to be hosted by Ghana and Supported by the Africa Open Data Collaboratives and partners across the world. The conference will take place in Ghana at the Accra International Conference Centre from July 17 – 21st 2017. The core theme for this year’s conference is: “*Open Data for Sustainable Development in Africa”* supported by Seven (7) sub-themes: Heath, Education, Agriculture and Nutrition, Energy, Gender, SDG’s and Extractive Industry.

The 2nd Africa Open Data Conference aims to strengthen the use of open data for innovation, job creation and grow in Africa. In partnership with civil society and private sector, Governments are modernising their own processes, improving service delivery, and increasing transparency and citizen satisfaction. A world class roster of speakers and open data experts committed to furthering the transfer of knowledge across African countries and globally will be speaking at the conference.

We invite you to share in the knowledge and network with industry, business and in governance professionals on open data from around the globe. The conference offers you the opportunity for face-face discussions and to introduce wide area of issues related open data policy globally and roadmaps to reaching the SGD’S by 2030. Additionally, you will be able to help drive the bottom up consensus model in developing open data policy in Africa.

For registration and information please visit the following website: www.africaopendata.net or call 0208128851.

Thank you,

WISDOM DONKOR Email: wisdom_dk@hotmail.com wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh Skype: wisdom_dk