Data Governance and Policy in Africa

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Prototype Data Governance Framework for Africa -- Chapter 3: A Value Chain Approach to Data Production, Use and Governance for Sound Policy Making in Africa -- Chapter 4: Data Protection Legal Regime and Data Governance in Africa: An Overview -- Chapter 5: Data Regulation in Africa: Free Flow of Data, Open Data Regimes and Cyber Security -- Chapter 6: Digitalisation and Financial Data Governance in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 7: More Than Just a Policy - Day to Day Effects of Data Governance on the Data Scientist -- Chapter 8: The Economics of Blockchain Within Africa -- Chapter 9: Conclusion.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Way Forward -- 1.3 Potential for Future Research -- Chapter 2: A Prototype Data Governance Framework for Africa -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Background and Literature Review -- 2.3 An Organizational Framework for Data Governance -- 2.4 A Prototype Data Governance Framework for Africa -- 2.4.1 Principles -- 2.4.2 Infrastructure -- 2.5 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 3: A Value Chain Approach to Data Production, Use, and Governance for Sound Policymaking in Africa -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Methodology -- 3.3 Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics in Africa -- 3.4 Value Chain Theory in Data Production, Use, and Governance -- 3.5 Value Chain Approach to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics in Africa -- 3.5.1 Identification of Data Needs for Different Users -- 3.5.2 Designing Data Production Processes -- 3.5.3 Development and Testing of Data Collection Instruments and Other Key Processes -- 3.5.4 Data Collection, Processing, and Analysis -- 3.5.5 Dissemination and Use of Official Statistics -- 3.5.6 Data Governance -- 3.6 Case Studies -- 3.6.1 Case Study One: Australian Bureau of Statistics -- 3.6.2 Case Study Two: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda -- 3.6.3 Case Study Three: Statistics South Africa -- 3.6.4 Discussion on the Case Studies -- 3.7 Recommendations -- 3.7.1 Strengthening the Systems Used in Collection and Processing of Administrative Data -- 3.7.2 Use of Non-traditional Sources of Data in Production of Official Statistics -- 3.7.3 Identification of Needs for Different Users and Establishing a National Users' Engagement Platform.