Unlocking Nigeria's economic potential through shared data

The Data harbour is a social impact initiative designed to facilitate the donation and use of publicly available data to accelerate the growth and technological innovation in the MSME, Creative Industries and Public Health.

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Why we are building this

For too long, valuable data has been locked away in silos across Nigeria's most vital sectors, preventing innovation. DataHarbor is designed to transform this fragmented data landscape to drive growth.

Democratize data access

Democratize data access for AI innovation

Make valuable data accessible to a wider audience, including MSMEs, researchers, and innovators.

Secure data sharing

Ensure secure & compliant data sharing

Ensure that all data contributions and access are handled with robust security measures, building trust among data providers and users.

Boost collaboration

Boost innovator collaboration

Allows for cross-sectoral insights and the development of new, innovative solutions that wouldn't be possible with fragmented data.

Data-driven decision making

Enhance data-driven decision making

Enabling businesses & individuals to democratize datasets & making them accessible to researchers, entrepreneurs, encouraging social innovations

Our focus areas

We will start with high-impact sectors where accessible data creates significant social & economic ripple effects.

Micro, Small, & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Micro, Small, & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Address the lack of unified market intelligence that hinders business expansion, especially in a continent-wide market.

Fashion Industries

Fashion Industries

Identify gaps in the fashion and creative sectors to help businesses understand consumer preferences and identify growth opportunities.

Public health (Non-Communicable diseases)

Public health (Non-Communicable diseases)

Create integrated repositories for non-communicable diseases (NCD) data & empower evidence-based interventions and improve public health.

Who can contribute to the
Data Harbour data resource

MSME owners
& Entrepreneurs

Share market research, customer behavior patterns, supply chain data, or any insights on demand and business operations

Fashion & Creative
industries stakeholders

Datasets on consumer preferences, purchasing habits within the fashion and broader creative sectors.

Public Health
professionals

Contribute open-sourced, anonymized clinical data or clinical observations, particularly related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Academic researchers
& students

Share your findings and datasets from academic studies in business, health, and creative disciplines.

Ready to contribute?

Have a dataset you thinkwill be of value? submithere for review.

All data must be open-source and publicly available.Our goal is to serve as a secure hub for sharing andaccessing information that drives social good