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#ApostADay: Taking up the Challenge and leading ladies.

At work, I have some ladies who I often refer to as “my ladies”. In the early days of the Open Institute’s life, we were very male and undiverse. As we grew, we made a decision to strengthen our gender diversity by prefering to employ qualified, smart women in every new hire. Not affirmative action …

Me. Refreshed. Again.

Every so often, I can’t help myself – I feel the need to change the look of this site. I suppose it happens often when I am in the midst of a new change in my life – when something big happens. Well, something has.

#KCPETRENDS: Tracking Performance in Primary Schools

At the Open Institute we are keen to add value to the public discussions on current issues by providing data at the very least. Today, we are happy to release the #KCPETrends web app that allows people to find out how well their primary school alma mater has been doing since 2006. The simple idea …

Reflections After Demo Africa: Getting Innovation out of Nairobi

Today, it was suggested that I am loosing my business touch – with regards to Kenya’s development – and that I was getting perhaps a little too socialist in my ideas of what it would take to develop ICTs in the country. Certainly, Kenya has come a long way since 2006, when I really started …

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 NDI Conference on Technology and Transparency and in general, the faces of my audience told me that I am too simplistic and that it is impossible. I am not convinced that …

I am a writer first and foremost. I am passionate about social entrepreneurship, which I define by finding ways to innovate the world’s processes to make life better for people – whether in business or in the non-profit sector. I am professionally involved at the Open Institute, Thellesi Co and various agricultural ventures.