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Maisha Namba: Thoughts about Kenya’s evolution of identity

Al KagsGovernment, Society, Technology, Thought Leadership, world viewSeptember 2, 2024

Last week, I attended a meeting presided over by Amb. Prof. Julius Bitok, the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Immigration & Citizen Services. It was a Public Participation exercise on the Maisha Namba, Kenya’s new Unified Personal Identifier …

Philip Thigo’s appointment as Special Envoy gives me hope

Al KagsTechnology, Thought Leadership, world viewMay 20, 2024

I am excited that President William Ruto appointed Philip Thigo as Special Envoy for Technology, the first in Kenya. I have known Philip since around 2011, as he has been in the trenches of developing our ICT industry from when …

Africa: It’s Time to Boldly Rewild the Digital Jungle

Al KagsAfrican issues, Long Read, Society, Technology, Thought Leadership, world viewMay 16, 2024

#LongRead In the early, heady days of the internet, a boundless frontier of digital innovation was promised—a digital utopia where anyone could make their mark. Fast-forward to April 2024 and this dream has been co-opted by a handful of tech …

Reflections from IGF2022: Digital Inclusion

Al KagsTechnology, Thought Leadership, update, world viewNovember 28, 2022

The Internet Governance Forum was one of my first global conferences to speak back in 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and I have attended the conference almost every year since. I am happy that my first conference since the COVID-19 pandemic …

Nostalgia, technology and other thoughts

Al Kagscolumn, Global, Me, Mine, Society, Technology, Thought Leadership, world viewOctober 25, 2022

Today, I listened to my friend David Sasaki talk on his substack about technology and nostalgia. He sent me down a nostalgic path of memories of how I engaged with media and technology from my youth and the impact that …

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Maisha Namba: Thoughts about Kenya’s evolution of identity

Philip Thigo’s appointment as Special Envoy gives me hope

Africa: It’s Time to Boldly Rewild the Digital Jungle

Reflections from IGF2022: Digital Inclusion

Nostalgia, technology and other thoughts

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Maisha Namba: Thoughts about Kenya’s evolution of identity

Philip Thigo’s appointment as Special Envoy gives me hope

Africa: It’s Time to Boldly Rewild the Digital Jungle

Reflections from IGF2022: Digital Inclusion

Nostalgia, technology and other thoughts

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