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Open Duka wins Oscars

We are so excited to find out that Open Duka has won the Honesty Oscars (Special Effects category), following nominations and widespread voting. Like the Academy Awards’ “Best Special Effects” this category honors new technologies, innovative strategies and tools, and creative campaigns that (in our context) call attention to issues of transparency, accountability and corruption.…

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Open Data Day 2015

Open Data Day is back After a very successful Open Data Day 2014, Kenya is once again gearing up for 2015 edition of the International Open Data Day. A gathering of citizens in cities around the world to develop applications, liberate data, create visualisations, publish analyses using open public data to show support for and…

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Players or Spectators – 6 Observations of CSO participation in OGP

Our founder, Al Kags is happy to publish Players or Spectators – Observations on CSO Participation in the Open Government Partnership, a culmination of a study that he conducted while interning at OpentheGovernment.org in August and September this year. “The experience that I gained at OpenTheGovernment.org under the guidance of Patrice McDermott and her colleagues…

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Give Your Input to Kenya’s Draft OGP Action Plan

Kenya is one of the 65 participating countries of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multilateral initiative that seeks to make governments more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. Overseen by representatives from governments and civil society organisations, the multi-stakeholder effort aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption and harness…

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Buntwani 2014 ends on a high note!

The just concluded Buntwani 2014 Conference which brought together stakeholders in citizen engagement was a tremendous success! Government officials (from both the national and county governments), members of civil society organisations (CSOs) and academia, technologists and donors converged at the Kenya School of Government on the 7th and 8th October 2014 to share knowledge, insights…

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Speech by Ms. Anne Waiguru, OGW, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Devolution and Planning, During the Buntwani Conference

SPEECH BY MS. ANNE WAIGURU, OGW, CABINET SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEVOLUTION AND PLANNING, DURING THE BUNTWANI CONFERENCE ON 7TH OCTOBER 2014 AT THE KENYA SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, NAIROBI. Vice President, Africa TechSoup Group; Founders, Open Institute; Members of Advisory Group; Senior Government Official; Distinguished Guests;   Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to…

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Buntwani 2014

The Open Institute & TechSoup Globalpartnered to organise the Buntwani 2014 conference that was held in Nairobi on October 7th – 8th. The aim of Buntwani 2014 was to bring together leaders in government (both national and county), civil society, the private sector and other stakeholders in the Devolution space in Kenya. The landmark conference fostered…

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