andausman/awesome-african-datasets

A curated list of high-quality datasets focused on Africa, covering AI, economy, healthcare, governance, and more. Open-source and community-driven # Awesome African Datasets A curated list of high-quality datasets focused on Africa, spanning various domains like AI, economy, healthcare, and governance. ## **Why This Repo?** Africa-focused datasets are often scattered across different sources, making them difficult to find. This repository brings them together in one place for researchers, developers, and AI practitioners. ## **Categories** Click on a category to view relevant datasets: - 🌍 General & Demographics - 💰 Economy & Business - 🏥 Health & Medicine - 🤖 AI & NLP - 🌿 Environment & Agriculture - 🏛️ Governance & Policy ## **Featured Datasets** ### 1. African Development Bank Open Data - **Description:** Socioeconomic data across African countries - **Category:** Economy, Demographics - **License:** Open Data ### 2. Common Voice African Languages - **Description:** Speech datasets for African languages - **Category:** AI, NLP - **License:** CC0 (Public Domain) ### 3. OpenStreetMap (Africa) - **Description:** Geospatial data for mapping and navigation - **Category:** Environment, Governance - **License:** OpenStreetMap License ## **Contribute** We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on adding new datasets. ## **License** This repository follows the MIT License.