Driving inclusive decision-making with citizen-generated data
We are proud to work with KNBS as they lead the Technical Working Group on Citizen-Generated Data. The Open Institute is proud to have played
Category: Grassroots
#BeLit: Lit Initiative’s work with Malindi’s youth
We’ve been supporting Lit Initiative, an organisation based in Malindi, Kilifi County, in a training programme educating 18 students on the functional literacy subsets of literacy and numeracy, financial literacy, civic literacy, digital literacy and life skills. At the point of graduation on the 7th of May, 2022, 12 students successfully finished the programme.
Piloting Sabasi: Data Collection Made for Africa
We have been developing Sabasi as a free and open-source tool designed to help individuals and organizations to collect and manage data. We realised that there are a lot of tools out there, but many of them do not work in our context, where we frequently need to do our work in very remote areas. Designed for our African context, Sabasi is easy to use and requires minimal training.
Our Technology Director tells all about his recent trip to Bujumbura where we are piloting the use of Sabasi.
Great things happen when we come together
We recently held the second data leaders fellowship programme workshop on 29th September 2021 at the Lake Naivasha Country Club. It was great to interact with all the data fellows we have been working closely with throughout this programme. Read on to find out more about how it went.
How Counties Use Their Data: Assessing Data Maturity in 10 Counties
It is no secret that we live in a data-driven world. Everyday, quintillions of data are generated and utilised by Big Data and private sector
Supporting contact tracing for COVID in Africa through the Sabasi app
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit our continent, it became apparent that some gaps, particularly the shortage of healthcare workers, existed across different African countries. The
What 2020 has taught us
What a year this has been! For many of us, this year has been an unparalleled horror show one that will not easily be forgotten.
Announcing The Decent Work Initiative
SDG 8 aims to “promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all”. Sustainable Development Goals Martin Wairegi
Announcing Nuru, a community monitoring tool during the COVID-19 pandemic
We are excited to announce Nuru (Kiswahili for light), a tool that is designed to empower citizen community monitoring to crowdsource observations about how they
Announcing Shiriki, an open marketplace for ideas, innovations & initiatives fighting COVID-19.
As part of our efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are excited to announce the Shiriki initiative. Shiriki (Kiswahili for Partnership) is a