Free Online Courses at GIZ Africa Union collaboration with Global Gateway | Free Certificate
Data isn’t just for tech experts. It affects how we live, work and interact in the modern world.
As organizations increasingly rely on data to improve services and drive innovation, understanding how that data is managed effectively and responsibly is a skill for everyone.
That we offer several free, self-paced online courses on the Atingi platform. They help you understand.
Why Enroll?
✅The courses are free
✅You learn at your own speed
✅You earn a certificate for every course you complete
The Online Free Courses:-
1. How Africa’s data fits into the global context
About this Course
This course explores how Africa’s data economy connects local realities with regional and global data systems, and why effective data governance is essential for sustainable development. Through real-world cases and African policy frameworks, you will examine how cross-border data flows, cooperation, and shared principles create public and economic value. The course highlights Africa’s growing role not only as a participant in the global data ecosystem, but as an active shaper of its own data agenda.
The course is suitable for:
- Professionals with foundational knowledge of data governance seeking regional and global context
- Non-technical practitioners who want to understand the societal, regulatory, and institutional dimensions of data
- Learners interested in pursuing careers in African data governance and digital policy
What will you learn:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the main idea of Africa’s continental data agenda and explain why cross-border data cooperation matters.
- Identify the key African data governance frameworks and state their basic purpose.
- Explain how combining local and regional data can create value, using examples from the Gabon and Kenya cases.
- Recognise the governance principles that support trusted data sharing across borders.
2. How citizens can have a voice in data governance
About this course
This course explores how participatory approaches to data governance help build trust, legitimacy, and accountability across Africa’s evolving digital landscape. Through real-world African cases and governance practices, you will examine how stakeholder engagement, inclusive mechanisms, and multi-stakeholder cooperation contribute to effective and resilient data governance systems. The course highlights the importance of collaboration in ensuring that data governance serves both public interest and innovation
The course is suitable for:
- • Professionals with foundational knowledge of data governance seeking regional and global context
- Non-technical practitioners who want to understand the societal, regulatory, and institutional dimensions of data
- Learners interested in pursuing careers in African data governance and digital policy
What will you learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the main idea behind Africa’s continental data agenda and why cross-border data cooperation matters.
- Identify key African data governance frameworks and their basic purpose.
- Explore how combining local and regional data can create value, using examples from Kenya and Gabon.
- Recognise the governance principles that support trusted data sharing across countries.
3• What happens when data moves across borders
About this Course
Description: This course explores how data creates value as it moves through systems—from local data flows within countries to cross-border exchanges across regions—and why governance is essential at every stage of this process. Through practical examples and African contexts, you will examine how decisions along the data lifecycle shape access, reuse, and value creation. The course highlights how strong local data governance enables trusted and scalable data use, and how cross-border data flows depend on clear conditions, safeguards, and regional coordination. Ultimately, it shows how Africa is shaping data flows not as automatic processes, but as governed pathways that balance value creation, trust, and sovereignty.
The course is suitable for:
- Professionals with foundational knowledge of data governance seeking regional and global context
- Non-technical practitioners who want to understand the societal, regulatory, and institutional dimensions of data
- Learners interested in pursuing careers in African data governance and digital policy
What will you learn?
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand how data moves across its lifecycle and where value is created as it flows through systems.
- Identify the key factors that enable or constrain local data flows, including governance, standards, and institutional coordination.
- Analyse the relationship between local data governance and the ability to support effective cross-border data sharing.
- Evaluate the conditions—such as purpose, safeguards, accountability, and alignment—that enable responsible and trusted cross-border data flows.
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