A lot of organisations, NGOs and academics – especially in Indigenous allied health and education – are frustrated by the clear data disparity between Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Australians. While the limitations on Indigenous data can be partially attributed to the digital inclusion gap, in large part those limitations are self-imposed; a measured response to a decades-long status quo where individual and community data is regularly weaponised against the Aboriginal people and communities it belongs to. The often acknowledged, but rarely implemented solution is Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Enter BoAb Co…
BoAb Co’s founder, Blair Quin, ACC, is driven to deliver social equity and economic advancement to First Nations people through technology and sovereign data. Indigenous Data Sovereignty requires that Indigenous peoples have the right to control and manage data about themselves, their communities, their lands and their resources. BoAb Co, provides technology and software services that are rooted in Indigenous Data Sovereignty and designed to address the unique challenges faced by Indigenous communities.
Designed by and for Aboriginal people, BoAb Co’s tailored service solutions can provide clear data analysis to shape policy decisions and strategies, ensuring outcomes based accountability for community benefits. BoAb Co can support the IDS project and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Commons in a host of ways, and Blair is keen to collaborate with participating community controlled organisations and universities (especially you, Lowitja Institute )
BoAb Co can also assist Aboriginal corporations and businesses, NTPBCs, government agencies, NGOs and NFPs, training and education orgs, and private sector businesses seeking to deliver purpose-driven initiatives, community development and employment outcomes.
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“The ability to get the right support at the right time is invaluable. Finding a business coach, like Verity, has been immense for BoAb Co and me personally. I know if you seek out support from the Hub you will find the same experience.”
Blair Quin, a Gija and Jaru man from the East Kimberly Region of Western Australia, is the founding director of BoAb Community Partnerships, an Indigenous Technology development company based in Perth, WA.
Read all about Blair’s business journey and experience with the Waalitj Hub here: wf.org.au/latest-news
