Alongside 15 African governments, including: South Africa, Congo, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Ghana; GODAN signed a declaration for comprehensive open data collaboration in the nutrition and agriculture sectors, to help combat the global food security crisis. This historic declaration was the first of its kind to form a ministerial level network focusing on open data in agriculture and nutrition. The Nairobi Declaration was signed during a Ministerial Conference, hosted by GODAN and the Kenyan Government, at the 4th Agritec Africa Exhibition on 16 June, 2017 in Nairobi