Background: Regardless of the nature of business and industry, data has become the new oil. Data and evidence-based decision making is the key driver of efficiency and effectiveness. Achieving SDGs is largely hinged on evidence-based interventions and decisions. Conventional data collection methods have transformed into more efficient tech-savvy and artificial intelligence-driven data production. Although there are great strides, all over the world about data production and use, access to data is still limited to most of the population in Africa. A pressing challenge is the complex ways in which data collected and processed by public and private sectors in various African countries is presented to the common person. Making data comprehensible in the sense of simplified statistical data, makes it accessible to all and fosters an environment of trust and accountability.