We support and encourage individuals and organisations to use our resources. We kindly ask that credit is appropriately attributed to the Africa Data Hub when using our materials. Please follow the guidelines below when using data, dashboards or other material from our platform.
You are welcome to republish content generated by the Africa Data Hub for non-commercial purposes, and our work including blogs, toolkits, datasets and dashboards are generally available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.
- When using our written content including blogs, mentorship materials, or training content, you must give appropriate credit to the Africa Data Hub and the author, and provide a link to the original story on the Africa Data Hub website. Please also include this text on your page: “This story was originally published by the Africa Data Hub.” When using royalty-free or stock images from commercial services, please confirm your rights to use them and adhere to the image licensing terms.
- When using our dashboards, you must give appropriate credit to the Africa Data Hub and the organisation that developed the product (which will always be clearly marked on the dashboard landing page). Please also provide a link to the original dashboard on the Africa Data Hub website and include, “This dashboard was originally developed and published by the Africa Data Hub”.
- When using our data, there are three different types of datasets available on the Africa Data Hub’s data repository (available here):
- Data that has been pulled straight from the original source without any manipulation, analysis or changes: Please attribute directly to the original source. Please follow their attribution guidelines.
- Data that has been extracted or digitally translated by the Africa Data Hub: Please attribute to the original source via the Africa Data Hub. For example, data originally collected by the Kenya Bureau of Health Statistics that the Africa Data Hub has scraped and cleaned from PDFs and made available in spreadsheets would be cited as “Data supplied by Kenya Bureau of Health Statistics, extracted by the Africa Data Hub.” Please also provide the link to the dataset as available on Africa Data Hub’s data repository.
- Data collected by the Africa Data Hub and its partners is attributed directly to the Africa Data Hub and its partners using the following statement, “This data was collected by [partner organisation] for the Africa Data Hub”. Please also provide the link to the dataset as available on Africa Data Hub’s data repository.
Data users should exercise caution when modifying data, ensuring that any changes are well-documented to distinguish them from the original dataset. Maintaining data integrity is of critical importance to the credibility of the dataset and any work that is derived thereof. It is advisable to periodically review Africa Data Hub for updates or changes that may affect your data usage.
- When sharing republished articles or assets on social media, we kindly request that you mention or tag our official accounts, which can be found under the handle @Africadatahub on Twitter(X), Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook.
For additional information, documentation, and resources, please visit Africa Data Hub's official website. For any inquiries or clarifications, our support team is readily accessible at info@africadatahub.org.
