Kwami Ahiabenu,II Knowledge Chief

KWAMI AHIABENU     22 NOVEMBER 2017  What is datafication? Data is a key driver in our information society. We are in an era where billions of data are generated by people and machines every second; this gives room for huge opportunities, as well as challenges. Datafication describes a new trend where many activities we undertake as individuals are systematically collected, converted into computerised data and thereafter transformed through analysis into information with high value. Datafication connotes the situation where previously dark data which holds a lot of valuable but 'invisible' information is made visible (you see patterns and trend more easily) to advance in data science and analytics capabilities of new digital technologies. You can think of datafication as the use of new digital technologies to liberate knowledge associated with your day-to-day physical activities by analysing data associated with such activities.  Practically,...