The database hugging in public institutions is hampering innovation.

The idea is to go from numbers to information to understanding.

Most people are not updated. 50 years ago 1 in 5 children died before age 5, now only 1 in 20!

Let the dataset change your mindset

I have a motto: it's never too late to give up. It's never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realise you love.

My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.

My experience from 20 years of Africa is that the seemingly impossible is possible.