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Datasketch

📍 Colombia · 2015 · Datasketch

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Description

Colombian data and social technology organization (founded 2015, Bogotá) that democratizes access to data science for journalists, activists, civil society and the public sector. It covers the entire data cycle: it builds data where none exists, requests access to public information, and creates visualizations without needing to code. Projects: analysis of 6.2 million public contracts, 'Stalker de la contratación', and data governance with Fundación Karisma.

Linked evidence

How Colombia's Datasketch wants to make data visualization easier for Latin American newsroomsStorybench (Northeastern University) · 2019EvidenceGovTech y el futuro del gobierno: el caso de Datasketch en ColombiaCAF - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina · 2020EvidenceReflexiones para una gobernanza de datos democrática en ColombiaDatasketch / Fundación Karisma / ILDA · 2021Evidence