On April 3, 2025, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection (MoGCSP), in collaboration with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and APC-Colombia, hosted a national validation workshop in Accra as part of the Make Inclusive Data the Norm (MIDN) initiative.

On March 27, 2025, Kenya's Artificial Intelligence Strategy for 2025-2030 was launched by the Ministry of Information, Communications, and Digital Economy at the Kenyatta International Convention Center.  

This comprehensive strategy positions Kenya as Africa’s leading AI innovation hub and marks a new milestone in Kenya’s journey toward harnessing the transformative power of AI to drive sustainable development, economic growth, and social inclusion. 

Following the adoption of the United Nations Pact for the Future and Global Digital Compact in September 2024, the UN General Assembly requested the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) to establish a working group on data governance at all levels.

The Global Partnership recently participated in the 56th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UN56SC) in New York from 4 to 7 March, 2025.

Cholera outbreaks continue to threaten public health, particularly in regions with limited access to clean water and sanitation. However, data-driven solutions are transforming how we predict and respond to outbreaks.

On January 21, 2025, Global Change Data Lab announced the appointment of two new board members, including CEO of the Global Partnership, Claire Melamed.

Claire joins the Board of Trustees at Global Change Data Lab, the charity that publishes and maintains Our World in Data. With a long career leading public institutions focused on global data, Claire will contribute expertise on how to make the data the Global Change Data Lab provides as comprehensive and useful as possible. 

The Municipality of Luján de Cuyo, in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, joins the Inclusive Data Charter (IDC) as part of their commitment to developing strategies to open and analyze data on gender, disabilities, and vulnerable neighborhoods.

As IDC Champions, they strive for more and better data to identify progress made, and where gaps persist.

Their key priorities include: