Video: Decolonising Data
June 24, 2026
We began Better Deal for Data with a mission to unlock siloed social impact data for the benefit of all humanity, rather than for the benefit of only a few. And, in our many conversations with individuals, communities, and organizations contributing and working with data, we heard time and again that the data they shared was often used against them–extracted and exploited as a resource.
Watch Jim Fruchterman’s keynote address at the 2026 ICT4D Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, where he traces BD4D back to a conversation about data colonialism, discusses how today’s tech industry is strip mining the world’s data, and what nonprofits can do about it.