Ashaba Jasper

Pearl Insights civic data platform

Uganda's public data, made explorable.

Role
Built at Persmon Technologies
Kind
System
Sector
Research
Stack
  • React
  • Vite
Pearl Insights home page with a district map of Uganda shaded by population density

How it works

How Pearl Insights turns public data into tools

How Pearl Insights turns public data into toolsCensus, district, budget and public-service data for Uganda come together in Pearl Insights, a React and Vite application. It serves five explorers for anyone to use in the browser, and an open data API with a guide and FAQ for developers who want to build on it.Public dataPlatformToolsPeople2024 censusDistrictsNational budgetPublic servicesPearl InsightsReact and ViteExplorersFive public toolsOpen data APIGuide and FAQAnyoneIn the browserDevelopersBuild on the API
Census, district, budget and public-service data for Uganda come together in Pearl Insights, a React and Vite application. It serves five explorers for anyone to use in the browser, and an open data API with a guide and FAQ for developers who want to build on it.

Context

Pearl Insights is an independent civic data platform for Uganda. It brings census, district, budget and public-service data together in explorers anyone can use, and offers an open data API for people who want to build on it.

What we built

  • A 2024 census explorer
  • A directory of districts
  • A national budget explorer
  • A public services finder
  • A development tracker
  • An open data API with a guide and FAQ

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