LCADB is the first component of OCKA. It collaboratively documents the emission factors of African industries, adapted to the continent's real processes.
Dominant LCA databases — Ecoinvent, GaBi, and their peers — are designed from Europe and North America. They describe those regions' industries, soils, energy mixes and agricultural practices.
For Africa, two options today: use these data as a proxy (scientifically inaccurate), or pay expensive licences for bases that do not describe the continent.
LCADB fills that gap. Data is drawn from primary African sources: PSD MTEDD, OCP reports, scientific publications, academic theses, field measurements.
Every contribution follows a transparent workflow: submission, auto-review, public community review, decision by an elected sectoral maintainer, final publication with cryptographic signature.
LCADB is operated by Konfluance SARL, a Moroccan ClimaTech company based in Rabat. The technical infrastructure is borne by Konfluance.
Scientific ownership belongs to the community. Each published datum is attributed to its contributors. Editorial decisions are made collectively by elected sectoral maintainers.
A datum under VERIFIED status is immutable: its cryptographic signature guarantees integrity, its change history is public, its reuse is governed by the CC-BY-SA 4.0 licence.
During the beta phase, contributions are made in direct liaison with Konfluance. The public contribution workflow will open in the coming weeks.