This is a guest post from Dr. Bitange Ndemo More by this Author I spent most of last week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, attending the Africa Open Data Conference at the ultra-modern Julius Nyerere Convention Centre. I moderated one of the sessions and was also a discussant on the future of Open Data in…
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The Africa Open Data Conference is underway in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I had the privilege to manage the first session of the pre-conference programme, entitled “Understanding Open Data.” This session was focused on bringing on board the members of the audience who were new to the Open Data conversation. This conference is unique from many…
Read articleThe Open Institute in conjunction with the PEPFAR-MCC Partnership is organising a session at the Africa Open Data Conference that shall be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 2nd to 5th September 2015. The three-hour session shall be held on the 5th at the Julius Nyerere Conference Centre from 9:45am. The event is designed…
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Over the last two days, the Kenyan Deputy President, HE William S. Ruto presided over the first National Data Forum in Nairobi. The forum was a multi-stakeholder led event, which he co-hosted together with Tade Aina, the Executive Director of PASGR and our own Muchiri Nyaggah, currently the Executive Director of LDRI. The first of its…
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The Open Institute, Techsoup Global and Making All Voices Count successfully organized the second Buntwani conference Johannesburg, South Africa. Coming a year after holding the first Buntwani in Nairobi, Kenya, the conference was a global gathering of actors from the civil society, technology, donor, research, government and policy sectors focusing on the intersection of governance…
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This original blog was posted by Julia Keseru Strong evidence on the long-term impact of open data initiatives is incredibly scarce. The lack of compelling proof is partly due to the relative novelty of the open government field, but also to the inherent difficulties in measuring good governance and social change. We know that much…
Read articleFour cities across the world are preparing to launch the “GovCombinator.” Jean-Louis Sarbib (left), Dennis Whittle (middle) and Nathaniel Heller (right) are promoting a new process for solving city-level problems. They call it “GovCombinator.” (Christopher Swope) WASHINGTON, United States—On the fifth floor of a glassy office building here, just a few blocks from the White…
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We are happy to unveil Badili (Swahili for Change), which is an on-line resource to share stories and experiences, initiatives, content, and generally track progress on the data revolution in Africa. This initiative, driven in partnership with Development Initiatives – Africa Hub, Hivos East Africa and the Association of Freelance Journalists, is a contribution to the growing momentum…
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The following post is by Beatrice Martini, capacity builder and event curator, and a co-facilitator of T/AI’s Follow the Money Workshop last month in Berlin. Cross-posted from beatricemartini.it. When we talk about financial transparency,numbers and data are understandably what first comes to mind. But are the platforms and portalscollecting all that, the real starting point of our…
Read articleThe Open Institute is today announcing the transition of Muchiri Nyaggah who has been serving as Deputy Executive Director and Policy Lead. Muchiri will be transitioning out over the next few months from the position he has served in since 2013. Although he will not be serving in an executive position at the Open Institute, Muchiri will…
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