Africa's commitment to accelerating economic prosperity and improving the livelihoods of its populations is evidenced in several development frameworks, such as the Malabo Declaration for Accelerated Agricultural Growth, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the African Common Position, and Agenda 2063.
To achieve these goals, the continent's decision-makers must rely on data-backed evidence to ascertain sustainable outcomes. Data mapping is an essential part of many data management processes. However, data collection and processing tools are not always readily accessible to practitioners who lack the required technical training.
The Fast Mapping Tool by AKADEMIYA2063 is an easy-to-use automated mapping tool responding to the preceding access issue. Designed to serve practitioners who may not possess technical data mapping capabilities, this Fast Mapping Tool allows for quality data mapping to facilitate data management and analysis for data-driven decision-making. The features of the tool facilitate data entry, visualization, exportation, and communication about the data and, by so doing, contributes to evidence-based programmatic and policy interventions across Africa.
- Contribute to evidence-based decision-making in Africa.
- Support access to data management tools to support evidence-based interventions.
- Drive Africa’s development agenda through knowledge management support.
- Development practitioners and program managers — to map, manage, and analyze data for evidence-based program planning and implementation.
- Policymakers and government officials — to use mapped data to inform policy decisions and interventions.
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) specialists — to visualize, analyze, and communicate program data.
- Researchers and data analysts — to organize, visualize, and export data for analysis and reporting.
- NGOs and development organizations — to support data-driven programming and communicate findings to stakeholders.
The Fast Mapping Tool enables practitioners without specialized mapping skills to enter, manage, visualize, analyze, and export data. By simplifying data mapping and communication, it supports data-driven decision-making and evidence-based programmatic and policy interventions across Africa.
Target users include: