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Maternal mortality remains a significant public health concern in Kenya. While progress has been made in maternal and reproductive health, continued maternal deaths point…
Author: Rachel Juma There is a moment in many data-for-evidence projects when a number becomes a lived reality. It is the moment a spreadsheet…
By Lydia Furaha | Community Liaison, Maono Space “We cannot allow the digital divide to harden into an AI divide,” United Nations Secretary-General António…
Authors: Catherine Gichobi, Rachel Juma Within the corridors of a county referral hospital, a health records officer transcribes numbers from a paper register into…
Part Two of a two-part series on data at the subnational level | By Christine Ajulu, Deputy Director – Open Institute Earlier this year,…
Across East Africa, governments have made significant investments in public participation processes. Constitutional provisions, county forums, digital platforms, and citizen consultations have become increasingly…
By Furaha K. Hesketh – Community Manager, Maono Space and Data Values Advocate When I joined the Data Values Fellowship, I thought I was…
Five years. Over 200 million touchpoints. One stubborn gap. Kenyans know they have data rights. But most still don’t know how to use them.…
There is a quiet disconnect in development data that lies between where data is collected, who it serves, and whether it ever makes its…
In Kiswahili, maono means vision. It is also the name of one of the projects closest to our heart at the Open Institute; a…
The brown envelope has its own language and names. Every journalist in Kenya knows it. Za kabej. Mshiko. Facilitation. Kakitu. Za macho. Niko na…
By The Open Institute | 19 May 2026 Kenyans woke up this week to near-empty roads and stranded commuters. On Monday, 18 May 2026,…
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