Event May 3, 2025

Launching the African Botanical Open Data Initiative

Ìjìnlẹ̀ Research Labs is launching the African Botanical Open Data Initiative (ABODI), a collaborative effort to create the first comprehensive, open-access knowledge graph linking traditional plant usage data with modern phytochemical and pharmacological profiles.

ABODI will launch with data covering over 200 species documented across West and East Africa. The platform is built on open standards and will be freely available to researchers, policymakers, and traditional medicine practitioners.