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Buntwani 2015 was a huge Success!

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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Moving on and up: Muchiri Nyaggah transition from OI executive

The 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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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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