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We have not innovated our institutions since colonialism
Recently, I sat down with an old classmate of mine, MaqC Eric Gitau on his Youtube Channel, Development Dynamics. The channel is designed into go through the autobiography of leaders in the social sector – essentially from birth to date, while in the course of it sussing out the lessons and the influences that make …
The barriers to citizen engagement
The Open Institute works in two main ways as regards government – citizen relations. First, we promote proactive government transparency and second, we work with citizen groups and CSOs to foster active citizenship. Government transparency has in the past decade been achieved, to some level of success, by implementing ideas such as building open data platforms, and …
in Me
From literacy to participation: our goal for 2022
I started working on data as a tool for transparency in 2010 when my friends Jay Bhalla and Kaushal Jalla asked me to help with a strategy for getting Kenya to be the first country in African to have an Open Data Initiative that publishes data freely and in machine readable format. A few months …
in Society, Technology, world view
On the realities of farming and the challenges of funders
I have been a farmer for about eight months, having moved to Malindi my home town at the beginning of the year. Before that I was a typical city dweller in Nairobi. I was fortunate to be living in a nice neighbourhood and had an office not far from the president’s State House. In a …
Most Useful Farming Facebook Groups in Kenya (for me)
I don’t usually do lists, or advice, but I thought I might share some of the Facebook Groups that I have found to be most useful for me as a new farmer. This is a basic list with no order. Africa Farmers – Most relevant content and a large community of practicing farmers with useful …
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