big data

The symposium will be held in hybrid mode (virtual and physical) at Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

The workshop will identify niche areas where there is commonality or where there are opportunities to address scientific challenges through leveraging on the strengths of others in the region.

The Beijing Declaration underscores the collective commitment to leveraging digital innovations for sustainable progress.

An event organised by TWAS Young Affiliates and supported by the Elsevier Foundation brought big data lessons to a new generation of researchers

A first-of-its-kind event is planting the seeds for critical data-analysis expertise in Africa.

Organizations from around the world joined the Science International initiative for open access to publicly funded "big data" sets.

Big data has enormous potential to benefit human communities. But two African data experts say that scientists, policymakers and the public must work together to achieve that potential.

How can less-developed countries take advantage of the data revolution and prevent another digital divide?

The role of big data in developing countries will be the focus of the TWAS roundtable at Trieste Next on 23 September.

Science International 2015, launches a campaign for "Open Data in a Big Data World" at Science Forum South Africa in Pretoria. The campaign is supported by ICSU, ISSC, IAP and TWAS.