We are a research data service at the University of Cape Town that gives open access to data from African countries.
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๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐๐!
AHEAD, the African Harmonised Early-Grade Assessment Data, pools EGRA and EGMA surveys from USAID-funded projects across Africa.
๐ย Explore the catalogue: datafirst-aflearn.github.io/โฆ
๐ Access the data: doi.org/10.25828/2287-mw84
๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐.
Applications are now open!
datafirst.uct.ac.za/aflearn/โฆ
๐ Want to learn how to work with the foundational learning module in MICS?
Applications are now open for our training course, Foundational Learning Data in MICS: FLS and FLM 2.0, co-developed with UNICEF.
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Apply by 8 November 2026!
๐datafirst.uct.ac.za/aflearn/โฆ
๐ Read the latest #AFLEARN Insights: What Averages Hide About Who Gets Left Behind. Why the choice of learning indicator changes how large or small Africaโs wealth gaps in learning appear.
๐datafirst.uct.ac.za/aflearn/โฆ
#FoundationalLearning #EducationData #EvidenceMatters #Africa
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ (๐๐๐ฆ)
Planning and monitoring data to improve the living conditions of all South Africans
๐Get the 2025 data:
datafirst.uct.ac.za/latest-rโฆ
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ?
New research from DataFirst finds that Census 2022 offers a distinctly different description of household formation compared to survey data and previous censuses.
datafirst.uct.ac.za/sites/deโฆ
๐ Read the latest #AFLEARN Insights: What Do Average Scores Hide?
Why understanding children's learning means looking beyond headline indicators
๐datafirst.uct.ac.za/aflearn/โฆ
#FoundationalLearning #LearningAssessment #EducationData #OpenData #EvidenceMatters #Africa
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For more details and to RSVP, please click this link: saldru.uct.ac.za/events/annuโฆ
We hope you will join us in person, but a link for virtual attendance is available on request.
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Join us and @DataFirstAtUCT for the fourth annual Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture at UCT, which will be presented by Professor Sakhela Buhlungu.
Date: 15 October 2026
Time: 18:00 SAST
Venue: Kramer Law Building, UCT
RSVP: see next tweet
๐@StatsSA's Survey of Employers and Self-Employed (SESE) collects data on SA's informal sector businesses โ those not registered for VAT.
It helps track tax status and the informal sector's contribution to SA's economy.
๐ Download the data: doi.org/10.25828/0nrs-fs10
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐?
Why representation is the first question we should ask before interpreting assessment results.
๐Read the latest #AFLEARN insight - datafirst.uct.ac.za/aflearn/โฆ
#FoundationalLearning #LearningAssessment
๐Are We More Certain Than the Evidence Allows?
Our latest #AFLEARN article asks whether some of the numbers we rely on look more precise and more comparable than the underlying evidence actually allows.
๐datafirst.uct.ac.za/aflearn/โฆ
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ก ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ
๐ Explore the AFLEARN MICS guide and resources: datafirst.uct.ac.za/aflearn/โฆ
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Are you a researcher, policymaker or education practitioner working on foundational learning?
Our ICANโICAR 2025 microdata is publicly available through the @DataFirstAtUCT Open Research Portal, giving you access to anonymised data for deeper analysis and further exploration.
The dataset covers 89,185 children, 56,913 households and 2,917 enumeration areas across 11 countries, with supporting documentation and metadata.
Use the data to conduct your own analysis, explore new research areas, and strengthen the evidence base for foundational learning.
Access the ICANโICAR 2025 microdata:
tinyurl.com/2rktr3f4
Access 2025 ICAN-ICAR report: tinyurl.com/mz5k6hd6
#PALNetwork #ICANICAR #OpenData #EducationResearch #FoundationalLearning
โฐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐!
Applications for the Wilson Wittenberg Prize for Data-Driven Research close 13 September 2026.
Two R10,000 prizes up for grabs:
๐นDissertation Prize
๐น Journal Article Prize
๐More info: datafirst.uct.ac.za/articlesโฆ
โณFrom Assessment Data to Better Evidence
Why learning assessment data should be treated as long-term public assets
๐ Read the second #AFLEARN Insight: datafirst.uct.ac.za/aflearn/โฆ
#OpenData
๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: Learner Unit Record Data for South African schools
DataFirst now shares multi-year data from the Department of Basic Education's Learner Unit Record Information and Tracking System (LURITS).
โก๏ธView the collection - datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportโฆ
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ?
Transparency & reproducibility matter. But open data also improve the science.
๐ Read the first #AFLEARN Insight: datafirst.uct.ac.za/aflearn/โฆ
#OpenData
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐: ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฌโ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
Built from Stats SAโs published time-series data, this dataset tracks how the cost of a fixed basket of goods and services has changed over time.
๐doi.org/10.25828/5zye-y989
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐
A new value-added version of Statistics South Africa's Population and Housing Census 2022 data is available from our data site.
โก๏ธGet the data: doi.org/10.25828/wafz-wj19
