Open Data Day #KE is here! I am so excited. The International Open Data day is coming up on February 22, 2014 and in Kenya, we are holding it simultaneously in three February 5, 2014 10:32 am No Comments
Meeting IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde This week, the 11th Managing Director of the IMF, Ms. Christine Lagarde is in Nairobi, at the end of a three year (2011-2013) credit January 5, 2014 4:24 pm No Comments
My 2013 challenge: find all matatu routes in Nairobi So I have set myself a challenge before the end of this year. I would like to document all matatu routes in the greater December 22, 2013 9:22 am 2 Comments
I am worried. I am worried. What is worse, is that my worries are non-specific, nagging and lurking at the back of my mind constantly as I June 14, 2013 5:54 pm No Comments
Lessons from KODI: Completing the Job 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 March 1, 2013 11:39 pm 2 Comments
Getting Open Data to the people – An example: GotToVote! I am really excited. Just yesterday, I was speaking at a conference organised by Development Initiatives in Nairobi, where Civil Society Oorganisations were thinking November 22, 2012 4:12 pm One Comment
Make it okay to fail, and maybe development will fail forward Blog post #2 from the Open Africa Summit, Zanzibar Until today, I had never met Rakesh Rajani, the great man who leads Twaweza. I October 7, 2012 9:15 pm No Comments
Interest of Gov’t same as Interests of the people? 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 October 7, 2012 8:15 pm 2 Comments
Why not? Why can’t Kenya vote via SMS? In my last post, I promised to share my musings on the Kenyan elections. I did muse a little on this subject at the September 11, 2012 3:42 pm 17 Comments
NDI Conference: Open Data and Elections This past week I was invited by the National Democratic Institute team in Kenya to speak at a conference they organised in Nairobo to September 9, 2012 1:49 pm 2 Comments