Reflections from IGF2022: The opportunity for Africa See #IGF2022 reflections on Digital Reflections Last week, I attended the Internet Governance Forum (IGF2022). By the end of it, I have had several December 10, 2022 12:38 am No Comments
It’s time to raise the standards of how we manage sport in Africa Reflections from the Africa Youth Chess Championships 2022 in Lusaka, Zambia My son and I have just returned from Lusaka, where he and 20 July 13, 2022 1:59 am 2 Comments
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 March 8, 2022 10:21 pm No Comments
A teenager’s pregnancy changed the destinies of two people forever. Here’s the story of how Benjamin Katana dropped out of school to become a breadwinner When I started telling you the stories of Kenyans August 11, 2021 8:11 pm No Comments
To thrive, professionals must go rural This week I took interest in seeing a tweet by an engineer who I understood to express tongue-in-cheek, her frustration in being unable to July 6, 2021 12:36 pm No Comments
These are ways to make people count A couple of weeks ago, I wrote here about Mama Furaha, a woman that I met that does not officially exist and how many June 24, 2021 1:23 am No Comments
There are people who don’t exist (Story 1) The story of Mama Furaha and her group (Kilifi County). There are people who live in Kenya but don’t exist. Mama Furaha is 40 June 9, 2021 5:14 pm One Comment
Living Memories: I married a paramount chief when I was a teenager. I am passionate about learning from the past and I have spent years talking to people who were alive in the 1930s, 1940s and June 14, 2020 1:11 am No Comments
The 77%: This is your month About 770 million people in Africa are aged below 35 years old. Thats 77% of Africans who are potentially the generation who are responsible August 1, 2019 12:12 am No Comments
Last year, I attended the very successful Africa Open Data Conference and there I said some things that I was later told are unpopular August 26, 2016 5:16 pm One Comment