Where research data is preserved, shared and put to work.
The Centre for Data Archiving, Management, Analysis and Advocacy safeguards Ghana's research data and equips scholars to turn it into evidence for better decisions.
Trusted partners Ghana Statistical Service · ICPSR
- Short courses
- 5
- MSc programme
- 1
- Partner institutions
- 2
- Research seminars
- Monthly
Who we are
A national home for research data and the skills to use it.
Established at the University of Cape Coast, C-DAMAA gives researchers, students and institutions a trusted place to preserve data for the long term, discover what others have collected, and build the analytical skills that turn numbers into policy.
- Permanent, secure preservation of surveys, microdata and administrative records.
- Open discovery through the NADA microdata catalogue and StatsBank.
- Hands-on training in R, Stata, Python and reproducible research.
Good decisions begin with good data. Our mission is to make Ghana's research data findable, reusable and understood — for generations.
What we do
Four commitments, one data lifecycle.
Our name is our mandate — from the moment data is created to the moment it shapes a decision.
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Archiving
Preserve for good
Long-term, standards-based storage so no dataset is ever lost.
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Management
Organise and govern
Data management plans, metadata and stewardship that meet global norms.
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Analysis
Turn data into insight
Statistical support and training that make evidence usable.
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Advocacy
Champion data culture
Promoting data-driven decisions across policy and academia.
Training & short courses
Build real data skills, fast.
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Data Science and Analytics Research
Designed for graduate students to apply data science and analytics tools and techniques in multidisciplinary research —...
- Duration
- 40 contact hours
- Level
- Graduate
Fee: GH₵ 1,600
Details : Data Science and Analytics Research -
Quantitative Methods
Enhances graduate-level skills in quantitative methodologies — descriptive statistics, sampling, hypothesis testing, fac...
- Duration
- 40 contact hours
- Level
- Graduate
Fee: GH₵ 1,500
Details : Quantitative Methods -
Qualitative Methods
Equips students with the skills to design and undertake qualitative research — phenomenological methods, grounded theory...
- Duration
- 40 contact hours
- Level
- Graduate
Fee: GH₵ 1,500
Details : Qualitative Methods
Our partners
We work with the institutions that make data matter.
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Ghana Statistical Service
statsghana.gov.gh (opens in a new tab) -
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
www.icpsr.umich.edu (opens in a new tab) -
University of Cape Coast
Host institution
Find data
Discover Ghana's research microdata
Search hundreds of curated surveys and datasets in the NADA catalogue, or explore national indicators on StatsBank.
Share data
Deposit your data with us
Preserve your research for the long term and make it discoverable. Tell us about your dataset and our team will guide you through deposit.
Latest news
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Teaching and learning
Turn your interest in data into a career.
The MSc in Data Management and Analysis builds the technical and ethical foundations to lead data work in research, government and industry.
