“…OGD is also known as public sector information (PSI), wherein information regarding the traffic, environment, libraries, schools, hospitals and other public utilities is provided via the internet (Conradie and Choenni, 2014). At the same time, OGD has been used synonymously as open government information (OGI) (Shepherd, 2015;Zhang and Chen, 2015;Gerunov, 2016). The raison d'etre for espousing OGD policies by governments are with regards to their emphasis upon collaboration, participation and transparency in the provision of public services (Zuiderwijk and Janssen, 2014;Ohemeng and Ofosu-Adarkwa, 2015).…”