As the financing for development community prepares to gather in Seville for next week’s 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, the Global Partnership’s CEO has made a call to safeguard the data that drives sustainable development.

In a letter to the Financial Times, Claire Melamed highlighted how recent U.S. data cuts are impacting lives around the world, derailing development initiatives, and revealing the fragility of key data sources.

The first panel discussion of the Conference on the State of Artificial Intelligence in Africa (COSAA) 2025 focused in understanding the Kenya AI Strategy for advancing AI in Kenya. The panel featured experts involved in drafting the Strategy, including Linet Kwamboka, the Global Partnership's Senior Manager, Innovation for Development. 

From 27–29 May 2025, Kenyan data leaders, advocates, and practitioners came together at the Movenpick Hotel in Nairobi for an inclusive data workshop, a key milestone in the country’s journey under the Make Inclusive Data the Norm (MIDN) initiative. Co-hosted by the Global Partnership and the Open Institute, the workshop strengthened national capacity to create data systems that reflect the lived experiences of everyone, especially marginalized groups.

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In Ahero, Kisumu County, Kenya, CAN Data Fellow Andrew Karanja is helping farmers tap into the power of data to transform their livelihoods and build climate resilience.

Through his placement at ICON Data and Learning Labs (IDL) under the Global Partnership’s Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) Fellowship, Andrew is spearheading a farming initiative that combines satellite imagery, weather forecasting, and community engagement to address three key challenges: climate adaptation, nutritional outcomes, and equitable access to farming solutions.

The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data is excited to welcome two new board members bringing extensive experience and expertise: Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, President and CEO of ONE Campaign, and H.E Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana. 

Nigeria officially became an Inclusive Data Charter (IDC) Champion in February 2022, committing to strengthening inclusion, coordination, evidence-based planning, decision-making, and resource allocation in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) principle of ‘leaving no one behind’ and the five principles of the IDC.