In case you missed the Economist article mentioning OpenCorporates doing the rounds online on Thursday, I wanted to share it with you here. The article is in the Corporate Transparency section and begs the question about…
Today, we are happy to announce the launch of our latest campaign: Map the Banks - possibly first ever global sprint to scrape a single class of data from every…
Beneficial Ownership is a terrible expression. Outside of the NGO and anti-money-laundering community, nobody knows what it means, or why it's important. In fact the UK now refers to this…
Today is Anti-Corruption Day. I've been following the #breakthechain hashtag on twitter which has a plethora of tweets from different corners of the world talking about corruption, the damage it…
This is a guest blog by James Moulding. If you would like to write for us, get in touch at community@opencorporates.com Yesterday, I attended a #FlashHacks event by OpenCorporates at…
The time is here for me to finally announce OpenCorporate's Community plan for the upcoming year. We have kept a tight lid on it so far because we have been…
Last weekend saw Accountability Hack, a hackathon focussing on making innovative use of public data from National Audit Office, Office of National Statistics and Parliament. The joint event was a great…
Yesterday, the OKFest team launched a beautiful report on numbers, impact and stories associated with this years OKFest in Berlin. It's one of the best reports on the impact of an…
This is a guest blogpost by Nikolaos Theodorakis, Lecturer at University of Oxford. If you would like to write for us, email community@opencorporates.com. Researchers at the University of Oxford and the…
OpenCorporates had the pleasure of being part of Open Development Camp earlier this month in Amsterdam. Open Development Camp is a gathering of NGOs and open data organisations who are interested in creating development.…