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Partnership between Vodacom and Flowminder
Since 2018, Vodacom Congo and the Flowminder Foundation have been collaborating to put anonymised mobile data at the service of development and humanitarian action in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This partnership combines operator metadata (CDRs) provided by Vodacom Congo with Flowminder's analytical expertise in big data, in strict compliance with subscriber privacy. Together, the two organisations have produced mobility indicators to support the government's response to COVID-19, estimate population displacement following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in 2021, and strengthen routine immunisation planning for the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI). This collaboration illustrates how the Congolese private sector, national health authorities, and technical partners can combine their strengths to produce timely, evidence-based insights for the benefit of the people of the DRC. The analyses are carried out on de-identified mobile data. No individual-level data leaves Vodacom’s secure premise
Acknowledgements
This work was funded by the King Baudouin Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The underlying DRC programme of work was established with funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Data is provided by Vodacom Congo, with support from Vodacom Foundation.