OCKA is an open climate data infrastructure built from Africa, for Africa. A scientific commons governed by its contributors.
A path to be traced, not merely walked. Ecosystems, industries, and African practices that deserve their own data.
The databases that structure global climate analysis — LCA, MRV methodologies, carbon frameworks — are designed from Europe and North America. They describe the industries, soils, energy mixes and agricultural practices of those regions.
For Africa, two options today: use these data as a proxy (scientifically inaccurate), or buy costly licences for databases that do not describe the continent.
This dependency has concrete consequences. African companies' carbon footprints are poorly estimated. Carbon projects struggle to qualify. National climate policies lean on data that do not reflect local realities.
OCKA reverses the logic. Rather than waiting for European databases to adapt to the African context, we build — from Africa — the databases the continent actually uses.
The sources are African: continental scientific publications, institutional reports (MTEDD, HCP, ONEE, OCP in Morocco, and their equivalents in other countries), academic theses, field data collected by economic stakeholders.
Governance is distributed. Contributors validate data collectively. Sectoral maintainers are elected by the community. No central authority decides on its own what is true.
OCKA is initiated and operated by Konfluance SARL, a Moroccan ClimaTech company based in Rabat. The technical infrastructure (hosting, development, community stewardship) is borne by Konfluance.
Scientific ownership belongs to the community. Every published datum is attributed to its contributors. Editorial decisions are made collectively by elected maintainers.
During the beta phase, contributions are made in direct liaison with Konfluance. The public contribution workflow will open in the coming weeks.
