"A Beacon is a simple genomics variant discovery tool by aggregating worldwide genomics dataset under one umbrella. The Beacon Project is developed under an initiative by Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) for the federated discovery of genomic data in biomedical research and clinical applications."
The full potential of beacons lies in using the aggregated search engines such as beacon-network.org
Below is a list of resources related to H3Africa and beacons.