Unleash
collaborative power
for our data
Discover communities building
community owned data infrastructure
C3Data.Africa
African Data Commons Cooperative Collective
Our mission is to build communities that
collectively develop open business models and technology for
federated African data cooperatives
Providing democratic community owned
data infrastructure
for local and secure
data stewardship and accessibility
toward social benefit
Why?
Practical control and ownership of data is power
Help us all reclaim this power to...
ensure our data privacy and safety
enable African data for Africans
provide user-centered data governance
How?
Grassroots Communities
Build and connect communities across Africa to incubate data cooperatives with open business models and technology stacks
Coordinating Foundations
Establish at least one foundation to help coordinate and fund activities of our communities according to shared values and preferences
Entrepreneurial Coalitions / Federations
Incorporate our first data cooperative with various low risk pilot projects
Harden services for high risk projects
Incubate new data cooperatives across Africa with support and services from communities and existing data cooperatives
FAQ
Join our Discourse server at forum.c3data.africa
Find out more about this global movement at
https://platform.coop/
