Guest Post: From Buntwani 2017: Two Areas of Work for the Africa We Want
Muchiri Nyaggah – Executive Director, LDRI and one of the convenors of the Africa Open Data Network Buntwani is a Swahili word for the open air
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Guest post: Musings from Buntwani 2017
Mark Irura, Principal Consultant, Development Gateway When data — particularly government data — is made relevant and available, we as “infomediaries” have an opportunity to
Success: 4 days, 4 locations Introductory meetings in Nakuru North
In the past week, the Open Institute has completed its first set of four-day marathon meetings in four locations in Nakuru North sub-county, as part
New Experiences Expected as we Scale up Global Goals for Local Impact Programme.
Working at the grassroots is so exciting for us. It is there that all the work that we do makes sense. When we talk about
Of women’s unpaid work and the SDGs – a village discussion
One thing that always, always strikes me when I go for community meetings in places like Lanet Umoja is how far removed they are to
LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND: Gender Data – Women and Girls Matter
Recently, part of the Open Institute team attended the SDG 5 forum in Nairobi that was organized by CIVICUS, FEMNET and SDGs Forum Kenya. It
Global Goals for Local Impact: Lanet Umoja Community Leaders’ Meeting
We are coming to the end of our pilot exercise for the Global Goals for Local Impact project in Lanet Umoja location. Data was collected
What if we knew the cost of Panadol in all East African hospitals?
This is a guest post from Dr. Bitange Ndemo More by this Author I spent most of last week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, attending
#OKFest14 – Open Government Data Around the World in Two Minutes
In March last year Kenyans took to the polls and elected a new government. With this, we saw the devolution and formation of 47 county
Open Institute at #OKFest2014
Anne Muigai (OI Knowledge Lead) and Simeon Oriko (OI Community Lead) are in Berlin for this year’s Open Knowledge Festival (#OKFest2014). Anne will be speaking