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#OpenMD Week & Reflections on Generation Y

I am sitting in at Ataturk Airport in Turkey on an eight-hour overlay. I am headed to Chisinau, Moldova (Its a small Eastern European country that used to be part of the USSR in the bad old days). Today, Moldova is trilblazing in many areas ...

All is well. I’m back on this blog

It really has been a long time since I last blogged. So as I start again, lets get you caught up on whats been up Nowadays, I ride a bicycle to work and back - when it isn't raining. I was inspired to do so during ...

Open Data Jan 2012: Media User Community Engagement

Kenyan media owners and open governance advocates resolved this week to urgently establish a national task force to promote data-driven journalism. The industry-led task force will explore practical ways for the media to tap into the government’s pioneering Kenyan Open Data Initiative (KODI), as well as pilot practical projects ...

The Power of Open: my reflections

I said yesterday that, I am likely to have more to say as part of the discussion started by Nathaniel Heller of Global Integrity Commons, wherein he wondered whether Open Data is a good idea for the Open Government Partnership. Of course, I hold that ...

Open Africa: Kenya achieves another milestone

This week, as the world went through its annual routine of holding the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, a very significant global milestone was achieved: 38 governments of the world made known their strong explicit intention to adopt principles of Open Government  in ...

The value of Open Data

Today, I have been thinking a great deal about Open Data and the value that would - or should (or maybe must) be assigned to Open Government Data. This is especially because dealing with government officials in Africa, I have found myself needing to make ...