Data Visualization Training at TISA
On 29th May 2014, we conducted a Data Visualization training at The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA), a civil society initiative committed towards the achievement of
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BUNTWANI 2014 - “The Potential of ICT in Strengthening Citizen Engagement and Participation”
Buntwani aims to be a conversation starter and facilitator among various stakeholders actively involved and/or interested in the potential of ICT in strengthening citizen engagement
A look back at Kenya’s open data jouney
This past week I had the privilege of attending and participating in the International Conference for e-Democracy and Open Government (CeDEM14), at the Danube University Krems in
The great thing about fellowship programmes
At Open Institute we are thrilled that our very own Al Kags has been selected as one of the inaugural cohort of Washington fellows, under
What’s the problem with education in Kenya?
In November last year, as the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams were being held, we released data that we have collected relating to primary
The Link Between Devolution in Kenya and Open Governance
It has been just over a year since Kenya formed a decentralised form of government, devolving into 47 county governments accompanied by central government. The
Devolution Conference 2014
The Council of Governors (CoG) hosted to a two-day inaugural Devolution Conference held on 3rd and 4th April in Kwale County. The conference, titled “One
Open Duka
December 2013 – April 2014 When we left the incubation by AMI, our first project was Open Duka, which soon became a pet project. It
Open Duka and the Transformative Power of Open and Visualized Data
GUEST BLOGGER: MICHAEL MURUNGI, CEO, KENYA LAW Leafing through a print edition of the Kenya Gazette has always been more like looking for a morsel
Post-2015 and the Data Revolution.
I recently had the honour of participating in the Dialogue on Data for accountability within the post-2015 agenda framework earlier this year in New York.