Image Credit Crystal Asige, our Ability Programme’s lead, has officially been gazetted as a Senator – representing persons living with disabilities in the Kenya Senate. We extend our congratulations to her and trust in her ability to advocate and advance the needs of persons with disabilities in her new role. Crystal has been instrumental in…
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In 2016, we started building a tool that could simplify the data collection process that we were frequently involved in our citizen generated work, partnering with communities to create a better understanding of the power of data. We believe that development happens from the lowest level upwards, and because of this we work to ensure…
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The Open Institute’s Green Fellowship is given in line with our goal to shed light to “the invisibles” – those communities of people who are most left behind due to poverty, lack of functional literacy and government support. The Open Institute is happy to announce The Open Institute Green Fellowship, a three-month-long programme in partnership…
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We have been developing Sabasi as a free and open-source tool designed to help individuals and organizations to collect and manage data. We realised that there are a lot of tools out there, but many of them do not work in our context, where we frequently need to do our work in very remote areas. Designed for our African context, Sabasi is easy to use and requires minimal training. Our Technology Director tells all about his recent trip to Bujumbura where we are piloting the use of Sabasi.
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The Open Institute and Amnesty continue to lead the push for the championing of Data Protection and Data Rights in Kenya and beyond. Launching two reports resulting from studies on data protection practices and regimes in Kenya and beyond, we look forward to engaging with more stakeholders on this key issue of our times.
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The Open Institute has today taken a raft of measures to reduce our team’s exposure to COVID-19. Starting today and for the next 30 days, we shall not participate in any physical meetings or activities. We are also implementing a “no travel” policy starting tomorrow for the next 30 days, when the policy will be…
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We have closed our office and empowered our team to work efficiently from home. Happy new year! We are so excited to be back and to have made it to 2021. As you have seen from our previous blogs, we have been examining ourselves and talking about how we are changing ourselves as an organisation…
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What a year this has been! For many of us, this year has been an unparalleled horror show one that will not easily be forgotten. For us, this has been a pivotal year – one of the most interesting complexities. On the one hand, 2020 was billed to be the year that we move to…
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In a small team, just like in a family, the loss of one member is felt in a huge way. Today, our family mourns the loss of one of our own: Jonah Mngola. Jonah was passionate about the artisanal small scale mining (ASM) community, and as our Open Extractives Program Lead, he spearheaded the process…
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We are excited to announce our new Director of Team Wellness, Loise W. Mboo, who joined our team this month. Loise is an accomplished and experienced organizational development specialist with over 18 years experience across the fields of consulting, private and public sectors. She is an agile, thought leader whose passionate about people development, organizational…
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📅 Dates: November 25 & 26, 2024
📍 Location: Nairobi, kenya
Unlock the future of data governance with industry leaders, insightful sessions, and networking opportunities!
