We are pleased to announce the successful completion of the VODAN FAIR Engineering Training Programme, conducted from 13 February to 22 May 2026. This intensive professional development initiative brought together participants from across Africa and Europe to strengthen expertise in the design, deployment, integration, and governance of FAIR-based digital data infrastructures.
We must recognize that without a sovereign framework, Africa risks a descent into “Digital Slavery,” where our narratives, body-politic, and health records are harvested and controlled by external powers. Data Must be handled from a Federated depository stand point, which can be FAIR- repositories. From a legal stand point, The F³JA (FAIR–Federated–Solid–Justice Architecture) model can be adopted as an option for a foundational continental trust infrastructur
Following the successful Sensitive Data Conference on January 27, 2026, the academic focus shifted the very next day to a broader, more urgent theme: “Talking and promoting African consciousness in African academic institutions.”
Join policymakers, researchers, humanitarian actors, and technology experts in shaping a future where African-led data spaces strengthen sovereignty, enable ethical AI, and advance health and humanitarian action.
