Global Archives

Lessons from KODI: Completing the Job

Al KagsGlobal, Government, Open Data, Thought Leadership, world viewMarch 1, 2013

My friend, Alex Howard from O’Reilly Radar, asked me a question in September last year that I have wrestled with since: “What are the lessons learnt from the Kenya Open Data Initiative experience?” I have wrestled with this question all of this time because …

Getting Open Data to the people – An example: GotToVote!

Al KagsGlobal, Government, Open Data, Thought LeadershipNovember 22, 2012

I am really excited. Just yesterday, I was speaking at a conference organised by Development Initiatives in Nairobi, where Civil Society Oorganisations were thinking through how to work with Kenya Open Data Initiative, how they can use it and add …

Poor, Poor Silvio!

Al KagsGlobal, Society, world viewNovember 1, 2012

Silvio Berlusconi is back in Malindi, after being sentenced to four years in Prison. He is sure to rue the day he was born now…! The Huffington post reports that it is merely a “Healthy retreat” because he is “tired”. Quite understandable …

Make it okay to fail, and maybe development will fail forward

Al KagsAfrican issues, Global, Open Data, philosophy, Society, Thought Leadership, world viewOctober 7, 2012

Blog post #2 from the Open Africa Summit, Zanzibar Until today, I had never met Rakesh Rajani, the great man who leads Twaweza. I knew of him by reputation and we came close to meeting on a number of occasions …

Interest of Gov’t same as Interests of the people?

Al KagsGlobal, Open Data, Thought Leadership, world viewOctober 7, 2012

Blog Post #1 from the Open Africa Summit, Zanzibar I write this on the flight back to Nairobi from Zanzibar’s Melia Hotel (the subject of its very own blog post later), where I attended one day of the Open Africa …

Category: Global

Lessons from KODI: Completing the Job

Getting Open Data to the people – An example: GotToVote!

Poor, Poor Silvio!

Make it okay to fail, and maybe development will fail forward

Interest of Gov’t same as Interests of the people?

Share on Mastodon

Category: Global

Al Kags Articles.

Lessons from KODI: Completing the Job

Getting Open Data to the people – An example: GotToVote!

Poor, Poor Silvio!

Make it okay to fail, and maybe development will fail forward

Interest of Gov’t same as Interests of the people?

Sliding Sidebar