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CDC Group launches data visualization platform to enable companies to make data-informed decisions
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CDC Group, the United Kingdom’s development finance institution and impact investor, has launched the Access Insights Platform (AIP). AIP is an open-source data visualization tool delivering key insights that enable businesses across multiple sectors to make data-informed decisions. The platform has been developed by Catalyst Off-Grid Advisors and is funded by CDC Plus, CDC Group’s technical assistance and support facility.
The AIP aggregates key data sets, including geospatial mapping, census data, and business intelligence, on an easy-to-use public-facing tool. Its geospatial module contains statistics that observe economic activity, population density, demographics, household assets and more.
CDC Democratizes Open-source Data With Access Insights Platform
By Soko Directory Team / Published April 19, 2021 | 12:07 pm KEY POINTS
The platform launch will be followed by subsequent launches in Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.
CDC Group has announced the Access Insights Platform (AIP) launch – an open-source data visualization tool delivering key insights that enable businesses across multiple sectors to make data-informed decisions.
The platform has been developed by Catalyst Off-Grid Advisors and is funded by CDC Plus, CDC Group’s technical assistance, and support facility.
Tackling the challenge of handling data effectively and efficiently – the AIP aggregates key data sets, including geospatial mapping, census data, and business intelligence, on an easy-to-use public-facing tool.