Despite reports of online surveillance, relatively few African governments – 8 to be exact – requested user information or content removal from Facebook or Google.

Now two years old, the Kenya Open Data Initiative has set a high standard for Open Data in Africa. The platform – the first of its kind in a developing country – has encouraged government transparency within Kenya and beyond.

The global share of Google traffic coming from African countries has grown anywhere from 25-200% since the start of 2012.

Open data is a hot topic in Africa. A handful of open data initiatives exist, with more on the way.

In the interest of e-governance, African governments would be wise to protect their institutional websites from hackers.

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