Somalia lacks policies to regulate or govern use of the data that the government and aid groups collect.
Dr. Becky Faith, the Head of Digital and Technology at IDS UK, Digit Center, and Counter Backlash revealed this.
She wrote an article on Project-Syndicate.org on this issue.
According to Dr. Faith’s article, the East African nation produces huge volumes of data each year.
Unfortunately, the absence of policies relating to use of the data prevents the country from benefiting from the information.