Motali · Dataset

Observatories

Three structured datasets on African digital and linguistic landscapes. Each register carries its sources, its exports, and its licence.

01Digital sovereignty
African digital sovereignty observatory
Who is building what, where, at what stage, and on what source. A register, neither thesis nor commentary.
- 41 initiatives
- 24 countries
- 2 regional entries (including Africa, CEMAC, which are not countries)
Open the register
Download Digital sovereignty
Revised 1 September 2026 Licence CC BY 4.0
- Digital sovereignty, CSV, 41 rows, 18 columns, 44.5 kB
- Digital sovereignty, JSON, 41 rows, 16 columns, 62.8 kB
02Nzamba
Observatory of what is built
What the startups featured on air have delivered, what their founders promised, and what held them back. Every line carries its source and date.
- 3 startups surveyed
- 2 countries
Open the survey
Download Nzamba
Revised 23 August 2026 Licence CC BY 4.0
- Nzamba, CSV, 3 rows, 14 columns, 0.5 kB
- Nzamba, JSON, 3 rows, 11 columns, 3.3 kB
03Umuzi
African languages observatory
Each language documented across five axes: vitality, reach, crossroads, written heritage, modern presence. No data extrapolated.
- 10 languages
- 29 countries and territories
- 5 dates
Open the language register
Download Umuzi
Revised 23 August 2026 Licence CC BY 4.0
- Umuzi, CSV, 10 rows, 19 columns, 2 kB
- Umuzi, JSON, 10 rows, 9 columns, 34.9 kB

Public data under CC BY 4.0. Documented corrections and additions are welcome.

A broadcast disappears from the feed. The Observatory turns conversations into usable memory — the Analyses draw a longer read out of it.