DataFirst

We are a research data service at the University of Cape Town that gives open access to data from African countries.

[DataFirst @DataFirstAtUCT]

🗣️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴?
Fewer than 1 in 5 African children are taught to read in the language they speak at home.
📖Read the latest #AFLEARN Insights: https://t.co/12cKDER0SE

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🎉 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗖𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰, 𝗔𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗖 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱
Congratulations to @CONFEMEN and the PASEC team!

📊 Data: https://t.co/W07QwIPHRV 📖 Resources: https://t.co/qQk2BYxu3H

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📊 Available from our data repository: 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟬 – 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟯𝟴 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱)
👉More info: https://t.co/y5bnoBqWaJ
🔗Dataset: https://t.co/BcuFSGiZfn

[DataFirst @DataFirstAtUCT]

📊Latest Dataset: LOGIC Data
How do people living 'off-grid' in cities access essential services and meet their basic needs?
📥 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮: https://t.co/wbcfuKg0i8
🔎 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: https://t.co/wyrvDWmMx4

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🏆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀!
📄 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲-Jacqueline Mosomi
🎓 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 - Raynold Runganga
🔗https://t.co/fIddRIpAxC

[UCT @UCT_news]

Former dean of the Faculty of Humanities at UCT, Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, delivered this year’s Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture. Delivering the lecture on 15 October, Professor Buhlungu warned that poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and the deterioration of small towns were placing growing pressure on families and communities.

Read more: https://t.co/XrNrlKmz9M

[DataFirst @DataFirstAtUCT]

📢 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁!
AHEAD, the African Harmonised Early-Grade Assessment Data, pools EGRA and EGMA surveys from USAID-funded projects across Africa.
🔎 Explore the catalogue: https://t.co/v3wh54x7Fa
🔗 Access the data: https://t.co/1Zqk3U87Tx

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🎓 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
Applications are now open!
https://t.co/BDZObcHXbe

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📊 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.
📅 Apply by 8 November 2026!
🔗https://t.co/m0FakJF9TX

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📖 Read the latest #AFLEARN Insights: What Averages Hide About Who Gets Left Behind. Why the choice of learning indicator changes how large or small Africa’s wealth gaps in learning appear.
🔗https://t.co/zZw34AouWL
#FoundationalLearning #EducationData #EvidenceMatters #Africa

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📊 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲: 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦���𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 (𝗚𝗛𝗦)
Planning and monitoring data to improve the living conditions of all South Africans
🔗Get the 2025 data:
https://t.co/6Bsd3AMyff

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📊 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮?
New research from DataFirst finds that Census 2022 offers a distinctly different description of household formation compared to survey data and previous censuses.
https://t.co/ebtiQ9uK28

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📖 Read the latest #AFLEARN Insights: What Do Average Scores Hide?
Why understanding children's learning means looking beyond headline indicators
🔗https://t.co/zKGKXQvpJv
#FoundationalLearning #LearningAssessment #EducationData #OpenData #EvidenceMatters #Africa

[SALDRU @SALDRU1]

For more details and to RSVP, please click this link: https://t.co/22wweU7TYW

We hope you will join us in person, but a link for virtual attendance is available on request.

[SALDRU @SALDRU1]

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

[DataFirst @DataFirstAtUCT]

📊@StatsSA's Survey of Employers and Self-Employed (SESE) collects data on SA's informal sector businesses — those not registered for VAT.
It helps track tax status and the informal sector's contribution to SA's economy.
📊 Download the data: https://t.co/xVozEbRKXs

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🔍 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁?
Why representation is the first question we should ask before interpreting assessment results.
📖Read the latest #AFLEARN insight - https://t.co/D8oCM6tyuj
#FoundationalLearning #LearningAssessment

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🔎Are 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.
🔗https://t.co/dtrWvtG4rb

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📊 𝗔𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮
🔗 Explore the AFLEARN MICS guide and resources: https://t.co/KiKh6usOwb

[PAL Network @palnetworkHQ]

Are you a researcher, policymaker or education practitioner working on foundational learning?
Our ICAN–ICAR 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 ICAN–ICAR 2025 microdata:
https://t.co/Ki1sxpAcI0
Access 2025 ICAN-ICAR report: https://t.co/J1WNMteaTv
#PALNetwork #ICANICAR #OpenData #EducationResearch #FoundationalLearning