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
Reflections from IGF2022: Digital Inclusion The Internet Governance Forum was one of my first global conferences to speak back in 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and I have attended the November 28, 2022 1:05 pm No Comments
My wishlist for rebuilding Kenya: One The electioneering period is over and President William S Ruto has taken to his office with an encouraging start. I buy his articulated philosophy November 6, 2022 2:33 pm No 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
Thinking about Hewlett Foundation’s Strategy and Decolonising Philanthropy In this blogpost, I decided to be a bit presumptive – to pronounce myself on the idea of decolonising development (and by extension, philanthropy) August 23, 2021 1:24 am 2 Comments
Thoughts that preoccupy me In the course of living my life, I am usually preoccupied with key life questions that guide my thoughts, work and impact. This is June 29, 2021 12:27 pm No Comments
Beyond the top 1% of Kenyans and the employed, there are Kenyans who don’t exist. A couple of weeks ago, there was an article in the Business Daily that has costed me many nights of sleep and much consternation. April 1, 2021 11:59 am 5 Comments
Proposed law could take us back to the dark days I was alarmed to read an article in this newspaper on Wednesday that said Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i may soon access mobile phone June 26, 2020 9:24 pm No Comments
Citizen Generated Data vs. Official Statistics Should Citizen Generated Data be official? If not, does it make it any less essential? There is a tension that has existed in the May 8, 2019 10:53 pm No Comments
Champions for Change: Orienting me to my mission The past couple weeks have been important weeks for me. It just so happens that November 2018 is one of my busiest months and December 4, 2018 10:05 pm No Comments