Sources & Attribution
Where the numbers come from.
Every indicator and every photograph on Cusp Africa is sourced from a public, citable origin. This page lists who, when, and under which licence — so research, journalism, and reuse stay honest.
Data Hub
Indicator providers.
World Bank — Open Data
Visit source- What we use
- Population, life expectancy, GDP, literacy, electricity access, and 12 other indicators across 54 African countries (1960–present).
- Refresh
- Daily ETL via the World Bank Indicator API.
- License
- CC BY 4.0 — free to share and adapt with attribution.
WHO — Global Health Observatory (GHO)
Visit source- What we use
- Health indicators including maternal mortality, under-five mortality, and others. Country-level by year.
- Refresh
- Weekly ETL via the GHO OData API.
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO — non-commercial reuse with attribution.
UNICEF — Data Warehouse (SDMX)
Visit source- What we use
- Child and population indicators planned for the Data Hub. Currently scaffolded; full integration pending an SDMX structure-message fetch.
- Refresh
- Weekly when wired.
- License
- CC BY 4.0 — with attribution.
OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)
Visit source- What we use
- Tourism destination coordinates, names, and categories — heritage sites, parks, beaches, viewpoints across Africa.
- Refresh
- On-demand re-import per country.
- License
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 — open data with share-alike attribution.
Tourism Hub
Imagery & photography.
Unsplash
Visit source- What we use
- Country, destination, and editorial-pick photography.
- Refresh
- Curated; download tracking via the Unsplash API.
- License
- Unsplash License — free to use, photographer credited inline where the API surfaces attribution.
Wikimedia Commons
Visit source- What we use
- Permitted as a fallback for editorial or heritage imagery when an Unsplash equivalent isn't available.
- Refresh
- Manual.
- License
- Per-image — generally CC BY-SA or public domain. Credit inline.
Cusp Africa licenses
The Cusp Africa codebase is open source.
The Cusp Africa editorial copy (introductions, story headlines, what-to-see notes) is CC BY 4.0 — reuse with attribution to Cusp Africa.
The data downloads (CSV / JSON / XLSX) inherit the license of their original source. Each download includes a source column and a citation block on the dataset page.
Questions about licensing or reuse? hello@cuspafrica.com