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- [Why AI Tools Training Must Reach Every Entrepreneur](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/07/29/why-ai-tools-training-must-reach-every-entrepreneur/) - By Lydia Furaha | Community Liaison, Maono Space “We cannot allow the digital divide to harden into an AI divide,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told delegates at the opening of the inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva on 6 July 2026, held back-to-back with the ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit. Speaking
- [Why Kenya's Health System Depends on Data Quality](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/07/15/why-kenyas-health-system-depends-on-quality/) - Authors: Catherine Gichobi, Rachel Juma Within the corridors of a county referral hospital, a health records officer transcribes numbers from a paper register into a digital system. In a remote dispensary, a nurse tallies the day's immunisations, deciding how to classify a child who received a catch-up dose. At the Ministry of Health, analysts compile
- [Making Numbers Matter: How to Get Data Moving at the County Level](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/06/29/making-numbers-matter/) - Part Two of a two-part series on data at the subnational level | By Christine Ajulu, Deputy Director - Open Institute Earlier this year, I wrote about why data so rarely moves at the county level. That first article sat with an uncomfortable set of obstacles: data that clashes with political agendas, county staff with
- [Why Won't the Data Move? The Quiet Struggle to Make Numbers Matter at the County Level](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/03/02/why-wont-the-data-move/) - Part One of a two-part series on data at the subnational level published by Christine Ajulu, Deputy Executive Director Imagine a nurse in a county health facility somewhere in Kenya. Call her Amina. Every month, she fills in a register on how many children have been immunised. She writes the figures neatly, signs the form,
- [Beyond Access: Why Good Governance Requires Information That People Can Understand](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/06/23/beyond-access-why-good-governance-requires-information-that-people-can-understand/) - Across East Africa, governments have made significant investments in public participation processes. Constitutional provisions, county forums, digital platforms, and citizen consultations have become increasingly common. Yet despite these efforts, participation often remains procedural rather than meaningful. Citizens are invited to meetings, budgets are published online, and draft laws are shared for comment. But an important
- [From Learning About Data Values to Seeing Them in Practice](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/06/18/from-learning-about-data-values-to-seeing-them-in-practice/) - By Furaha K. Hesketh - Community Manager, Maono Space and Data Values Advocate When I joined the Data Values Fellowship, I thought I was signing up to learn about data. In many ways, that was true. Over the months that followed, I was introduced to concepts around data governance, ownership, inclusion, stewardship, and the ways
- [When Data Belongs to the People: Lessons from the Frontlines of Community-Led Data](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/06/08/when-data-belongs-to-the-people/) - There is a quiet disconnect in development data that lies between where data is collected, who it serves, and whether it ever makes its way back to the communities that generated it in the first place. Across East Africa, that disconnect is starting to close. Civil society organisations, county governments, data journalists, and community members
- [From Awareness to Action: Launching Ficha Uchi Phase 4](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/06/10/ficha-uchi-phase-4/) - 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. That is the finding driving everything we do next. The Journey That Got Us Here When we launched Ficha Uchi in 2021, we were trying to solve a translation problem. "Data
- [Maono: Backing the Closest Point in the System](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/05/26/maono-backing-the-closest-point-in-the-system/) - In Kiswahili, maono means vision. It is also the name of one of the projects closest to our heart at the Open Institute; a programme built around a simple belief: that community-based organisations are not at the bottom of the development pyramid, but the closest point in the system to the citizens it serves. Across
- [Brown Envelopes and Broken Trust: The Real Threat to Democracy](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/05/22/brown-envelopes-and-broken-trust/) - The brown envelope has its own language and names. Every journalist in Kenya knows it. Za kabej. Mshiko. Facilitation. Kakitu. Za macho. Niko na njaa. Jua ni kali. Za uji. The words shift, the envelope stays the same. The brown envelope has names in every language, every newsroom, every city, county and across the country,
- [Evidence Mkononi: Putting the Power of Data Back into Community Hands](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/04/20/evidence-mkononi/) - Across many communities, data is constantly being collected about people’s needs, challenges, and lived realities. Yet, the very communities represented in this data are often excluded from understanding, managing, or using it meaningfully. Evidence Mkononi is a project led by Furaha, our Community Manager at Maono Space, under the Data Values Advocate Programme and a
- [When the Pump Runs Dry on Trust: Kenya's Fuel Crisis and the Case for Transparent Governance](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/05/19/kenyas-fuel-crisis-and-the-case-for-transparent-governance/) - By The Open Institute | 19 May 2026 Kenyans woke up this week to near-empty roads and stranded commuters. On Monday, 18 May 2026, a nationwide transport strike brought cities to a standstill. Four people were killedand more than 30 injured as protests erupted across several towns. A further 348 people were arrested. The immediate
- [The evidence exists. Are we using it?](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/05/14/the-evidence-exists-are-we-using-it/) - Across Africa, researchers are producing credible, rigorous, and often urgent findings. Governments are making decisions without them. This is not a research problem. It is a power problem, a communication problem, and an honest reckoning with who the evidence is actually made for. There is a version of this conversation that is easy and safe
- [Statement: The Open Institute Announces Leadership Transition](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/05/04/statement-the-open-institute-announces-leadership-transition/) - After twelve years at the helm, Al Kags has left the role of Executive Director of the Open Institute. This is in accordance with the organisation's ongoing succession planning framework. Co-founder Jay Bhalla has been appointed Interim Executive Director and will lead the organisation through this period while a search for a new Executive Director
- [AI Mtaani: Making Artificial Intelligence Practical for Communities That Need it Most](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/04/09/ai-mtaani/) - Artificial Intelligence is no longer a distant concept, it is already shaping how we work, learn, and make decisions every day. Yet for many communities, especially in underserved and remote areas, AI still feels out of reach. It is often seen as complex, technical, and disconnected from everyday realities. So we asked ourselves a simple
- [Building Trust, Accountability, and Human Rights in East Africa’s Data Ecosystem](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/03/13/east-africa-data-governance-conference-2026/) - By Esther Njagi, Open Institute and Sharlene Muthuri, Amnesty International Kenya Amnesty International Kenya (AIK) and Open Institute (OI) have collaborated since 2020 to advance data governance, data protection, and privacy rights across Kenya and the wider region. Our joint work bridges the gap between data for development and data for human rights, demonstrating that
- [Navigating the Future of Data Governance in East Africa](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/03/06/the-future-of-data-governance-in-east-africa/) - Next week, policymakers, technologists, regulators, journalists, civil society leaders, and innovators will gather in Nairobi for the East Africa Data Governance Conference 2026. Over two days, participants from across the region will engage in one central question: How can East Africa advance innovation and digital transformation while safeguarding rights, trust, and accountability? This year’s theme, “Navigating Duality in
- [A Studio for Stories That Refuse to Be Bought](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/03/02/maono-podcast-studio-launch/) - On Wednesday 25th February 2026, we launched a podcast studio at Maono Space in Malindi, and while it is easy to describe it in technical language, microphones calibrated properly, cameras that respect light, acoustic panels that absorb echo, the real story lies in why such a space matters in the current media climate and why
- [Beyond the Brown Envelope: Rebuilding Trust in Kenya’s Media](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/02/24/beyond-the-brown-envelope/) - The brown envelope is quietly reorganising Kenya’s journalism, deciding what stories get told and which ones stay silent. Our recent reflection paper, Between Truth and the Brown Envelope: Rebuilding Kenya’s Narrative Infrastructure by our Executive Director, Al Kags and the Association of Freelance Journalists (AFJ) president Winnie Kamau, unearths cold truths. It says out loud
- [AI Ethics Requires Participation: From Delhi to Kilifi](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/02/20/ai-ethics-requires-participation-from-delhi-to-kilifi/) - By Christine Ajulu In New Delhi, I joined a global conversation on designing rights-respecting AI systems. The discussion focused on privacy across the AI lifecycle — from data collection and model training to deployment and downstream use. We explored safeguards, accountability, and regulatory evolution. As the conversation deepened, a foundational truth became clear: ethical AI
- [Journalism, Narrative Infrastructure, and Citizenship in Kilifi County: What We Learned from a Year of Working with Grassroots Journalists](https://openinstitute.africa/2026/02/02/grassroots-journalists-kilifi/) - Grassroots journalists in Kenya face an uphill battle. In counties like Kilifi, reporters navigate underfunded newsrooms, precarious contracts, limited access to public data, and political pressures that shape which stories reach the public. Investigative journalism, which shines a light on accountability, innovation, and community agency, is often impossible under these conditions. The narratives that dominate
- [Code4Kenya Launch](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/02/22/code4kenya-launch/) - Below the speech delivered by Jay Bhalla, Executive Director of The Open Institute Trust, during the Code4Kenya Launch Event held on the 24th of January 2013. A very good morning to everyone. It’s been slightly over a year and a half since Kenya embarked on its ambitious Open Data Initiative. At the time there were great hopes
- [Lessons from KODI: Completing the Job](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/03/03/lessons-from-kodi-completing-the-job/) - Perhaps to answer the question we should start by reviewing what we hoped to do when we started the process. The KODI task force had four streams of activities: Gathering & collating data - At the time that we started this process, any data that the government had, was in disparate places – mostly in
- [AfricanSpending – Monitoring The Money in Africa](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/03/19/africanspending-monitoring-the-money-in-africa/) - The Open Knowledge Foundation, in partnership with the Open Institute in Kenya and the African Media Initiative have submitted a proposal to the Knight News Challenge on Open Government: AfricanSpending – Monitoring the Money. We want to build a platform (leveraging OpenSpending) for journalists and civil society to track public money and mineral wealth across Africa
- [From Feedback to Action: 5 Principles for Sustainable Citizen Engagement.](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/04/03/from-feedback-to-action-5-principles-for-sustainable-citizen-engagement/) - There’s a basic premise held by many in the citizen agency space. Empower citizens with the right information and the right tools and they will change the governance environment for better. This premise is encoded in just about any program / initiative focused on improving service delivery in Africa. The premise is broken. “The late
- [Announcing the Global Open Data Initiative](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/06/11/announcing-the-global-open-data-initiative/) - The Open Institute is excited to announce the Global Open Data Initiative, which it is spearheading together with the Sunlight Foundation, Worldwide Web Foundation, Open Knowledge Foundation and Fundar. The Open Data Movement globally has grown exponentially over the past four years. In the last two years, it has gained significant momentum in Africa - starting
- [Do Rural Folk Know About Open Data?](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/06/13/do-rural-folk-know-about-open-data/) - I have spent the last couple of days in Wote, Makueni County with Sam Lee and Felipe Estefaan from the World Bank Institute in Washington DC. I’ve been here before a couple of times and it always gives me great pleasure to make new contacts and learn more about the people and their lives. This
- [APRM, OGP, What's The Plan?](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/07/04/aprm-ogp-whats-the-plan/) - In May 2013, delegates convened in Mombasa for the first OGP Africa Regional Meeting; a two-day conference that brought together representatives from Civil Society Organisations, Academia, Open Government Partnership participating countries and donor organisations to discuss new ways of driving Open Government forward in Africa. Emerging from the discussions held during the meeting was concern
- [Ghana and Malawi Data Bootcamp](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/07/31/ghana-and-malawi-data-bootcamp/) - Since 2012, the Open Institute, in partnership with the World Bank Institute, Africa Media Initiative and Google, has been running data bootcamps for various intermediaries and user groups across multiple channels. These camps are typically an intense 2-3 day event, that immerse users into the value of Open Data, teaches them new skills in Open
- [Africa Shares Technical expertise with Nepal](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/08/01/africa-shares-technical-expertise-with-nepal/) - African Data Journalists and Code for Africa Hacktavists this week traveled to Nepal to be part of the country’s Open Data Initiative launch. The grassroots initiative dubbed Open Nepal week, is a series of week-long activities that is aimed to catalyze and spur the Open Data Movement in Nepal. The week began with a Media
- [Code4Kenya](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/08/31/code4kenya/) - When we started out in 2011, we were incubated by the Africa Media Initiative to implement the Code4Kenya project (it later scaled up to an organisation) and we worked on projects that tried to get infomediaries such as media and others to understand and use data for citizen benefit. We worked with AMI until August
- [Why Kenya’s open data portal is failing — and why it can still succeed](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/10/15/kenyas-open-data-portal-failing-can-still-succeed/) - This is a cross post from Greg Brown Kenya’s open data portal is floundering. Despite the excitement that surrounded its launch in July 2011, the portal has not been updated in eight months, has seen stagnant traffic, and is quickly losing its status as the symbolic leader of open government in Africa. For a number of reasons,
- [Announcing the Global Open Data Initative’s declaration on open data](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/10/25/godi-declaration/) - The Global Open Data Initiative partners are excited today to share a draft Declaration on Open Data, and welcome comments and feedback on its contents. Open Data has enormous unfulfilled promise to change how governments work and to empower citizenship. Even as more governments and issue experts discover new potential in the public release of data, civil society
- [Defining Grassroots Google Hangout - Thursday, 7 November at 4pm (EAT)](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/10/25/defining-grassroots-google-hangout-thursday-7-november-4pm-eat/) - As we bridge gaps between open data ecosystems, we continually ask ourselves what impact our work has on grassroot communities and how open data can be used to improve their lives. But who are these people that we are talking about? Who are the grassroots? In our attempt to unravel the term, we often come
- [Welcome to the Open Institute Website](https://openinstitute.africa/2012/08/03/welcome-to-the-open-institute-website/) - It's a great pleasure to welcome you to the Open Institute Website. The Open Institute is a catalyst think-do tank of Domain Experts that provide technical and advisory services in the Open Data and Open Governance Space to Governments, CSO's, Media and Corporate Companies. In doing s the Institute supports governments and other civic organizations
- [The Power of Open: my reflections](https://openinstitute.africa/2012/08/24/the-power-of-open-my-reflections/) - I said yesterday that, I am likely to have more to say as part of the discussion started by Nathaniel Heller of Global Integrity Commons, wherein he wondered whether Open Data is a good idea for the Open Government Partnership. Of course, I hold that it is a necessary component of any truly open government. Today I met with a young
- [Citizen Generated Data vs. Official Statistics](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/05/09/citizen-generated-data-vs-official-statistics/) - Should Citizen Generated Data be official? If not, does it make it any less essential? There is a tension that has existed in the past few years about the co-existence of official statistics on the one hand and citizen generated data on the other. The development community continues to grapple with the “official-ness” (and therefore
- [Ability: We are Back](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/04/01/ability-we-are-back/) - We are excited to be back after a long silence since we started the Ability Project in 2018. As you will recall, last year, we worked with volunteers to map out Nairobi's Central Business District, from University way to Haile Selassie Avenue and from Uhuru Highway to Tom Mboya Street. The idea behind the mapping
- [Nandi County wins 2023 Open Government Award!](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/09/06/nandi-county-wins-2023-open-government-award/) - Nandi County is again in the spotlight, basking in the glory of its remarkable achievements. On September 6th, Nandi County received an impressive win for the 2023 Open Government Award in the Digital Technologies category for Africa and the Middle East. This award, warmly received by the Deputy Governor, Dr Yulita Mitei, clearly demonstrates their
- [Examining Data Protection Practices In Kenya & Africa: Launching Key Data Reports](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/12/06/launching-data-reports/) - 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.
- [The Value of Time: Why Unpaid Domestic and Care Work Deserves a Place in Kenya’s Economy](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/11/05/unpaid-work-in-kenyas-economy/) - If you were to count every hour spent preparing meals, cleaning homes, tending to children, or caring for the elderly, how much of the economy would that be worth? For decades, the daily rhythm of unpaid work, mostly done by women, was invisible in national statistics. Time-use surveys started as simple diaries of how people
- [The Future of Devolution is Citizen-Led](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/10/06/the-future-of-devolution-is-citizen-led/) - Citizens in Kilifi met with their Governor and his cabinet to present their needs - with data.
- [From Voice to Action: How Grassroots Citizens are Shaping Democracy in Kilifi](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/09/16/how-grassroots-citizens-are-shaping-democracy-in-kilifi/) - Every year on 15th September, the world pauses to mark the International Day of Democracy, a day to reflect on the state of democracy and celebrate the people and institutions working to uphold it. This year, as the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) celebrates 20 years of advancing democratic values, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reminded
- [What Kenya’s Second Strategy for the Development of Statistics Must Deliver](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/09/10/what-ksds2-must-deliver/) - In 2019, Kenya launched the first Kenya Strategy for the Development of Statistics (KSDS I) – our first attempt to organise how the nation produces, manages, and uses official statistics. It promised four things: a stronger national data system, better quality, smarter investments in people and technology, and wider use of data by citizens. Six
- [How Open Data Is Powering County Success - Reflections from The Devolution Conference](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/08/19/how-open-data-is-powering-county-success-reflections-from-the-devolution-conference/) - The Devolution Conference 2025 convened in Homa Bay marked a key milestone in Kenya’s political and development calendar. It was a moment to reflect on over 12 years of county-level transparency since the 2013 Constitution. For us at Open Institute, it marked more than a decade of collaborating with counties to build open, responsive institutions
- [Kilifi’s Journey to Community-Led Accountability](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/07/10/kilifis-journey-to-community-led-accountability/) - Over the past year, Kilifi County has emerged as a shining example of how communities, civil society, and government can come together to use data for meaningful change. With support from the Open Institute and through partnerships with youth-led community-based organisations, such as Kilifi Youth Assembly (KIYA) and the Maono changemaker network, citizens in Kilifi
- [Building Inclusive Data Systems in Kenya: From Dialogue to Action](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/06/04/building-inclusive-data-systems-in-kenya/) - What happens when people are invisible in the numbers? When communities are omitted from datasets that shape national policy? When stories that are rich, complex, urgent are reduced to a footnote or not recorded at all? In Kenya, where 2.2% of the population — over 1 million people — are recorded as having a disability,
- [We Each Hold a Piece. Let’s Build the Full Picture — Together](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/05/14/the-cso-data-commons/) - By Florence Syevuo and Al Kags At a recent breakfast gathering in Nairobi, we asked each person who walked into the room to take a single puzzle piece. No explanation. No picture of the final image. Just that small fragment, handed over with a quiet challenge. As the morning unfolded, something wonderful happened. Strangers began
- [Public Participation Has Been a Performance. This Bill Could Change That—If We Let It.](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/05/06/public-participation-bill-2025/) - Public Participation Bill 2025 When Parliament tabled the Public Participation Bill, 2025, we welcomed it. At last, there’s a serious effort to build structure around a practice that has too often been treated as symbolic. Public participation is not just a constitutional obligation—it’s the soul of democracy. But for too long, the way it's been
- [Reimagining Data Systems: Principles for Building From the Soil Up](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/04/21/reimagining-data-systems-principles-for-building-from-the-soil-up/) - We propose ten principles for guiding the reimagination of digital and data infrastructure. The funding freezes and project shutdowns we are now witnessing across Africa’s public digital infrastructure are not just unfortunate side effects of shifting geopolitics. They are symptoms of a system designed with fundamental weaknesses. And those weaknesses have long been known: dependency
- [Gauging the needs and challenges of the global open data community](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/02/21/gauging-needs-challenges-global-open-data-community/) - This is a cross-post by Julia Keserü from the Sunlight Foundation, taken from the Global Open Data Initiative blog. A few months back, the Global Open Data Initiative (GODI) sought input from the transparency community to learn more about the needs and challenges associated with open data. We wanted to know what definitions, guidelines and resources the community relies
- [Open Duka](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/04/15/open-duka/) - December 2013 - April 2014 When we left the incubation by AMI, our first project was Open Duka, which soon became a pet project. It was supported by Hivos East Africa. Through Open Duka, we aim to provide citizens, journalists, and civic activists with a practical and easy-to-use tool to understand the ownership structure of
- [What's the problem with education in Kenya?](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/05/20/whats-problem-education-kenya/) - In November last year, as the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams were being held, we released data that we have collected relating to primary (or elementary in some countries) school education in Kenya. Through KCPE Trends, we released KCPE results data with the view of stimulating conversations about education standards in Kenya. In doing
- [Celebrating Peter da Costa](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/08/21/celebrating-peter-da-costa/) - We are very sad to learn of the passing of our friend, Peter da Costa. His death marks a huge loss for the development community globally and for us at the Open Institute. For us, Peter was perhaps the most consequential friend that we have had over the years - a consistent sounding board for
- [#RestoreDataRights: Data use in the COVID-19 response must be transparent, inclusive and accountable](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/04/29/restoredatarights-data-use-in-the-covid-19-response-must-be-transparent-inclusive-and-accountable/) - The declaration of the COVID-19 virus as a public health emergency of international concern on the 30th January 2020 by the World Health Organisation will be recorded in history as a defining moment of the 21st century. The pandemic has already caused an enormous shock to governmental institutions around the world. In some cases, the
- [Releasing #KCPEtrends](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/11/20/releasing-kcpetrends/) - This past week, as primary school pupils in Kenya started their Kenya Certificate of Primary Examinations (KCPE) - a landmark examination in any Kenyan’s life, we released some data that we have collected in recent months. Through the Kenya Open Data Initiative and with the help of the Ministry of Education and Kenya’s National Examinations
- [Open Duka wins Oscars](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/02/25/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.
- [Moving on and up: Muchiri Nyaggah transition from OI executive](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/02/25/announcing-leadership-transition/) - 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
- [Inviting Female Developers to Apply](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/02/21/inviting-female-developers-to-apply/)
- [Our Website Reloaded (Again)](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/02/21/our-website-reloaded-again/) - Today, we relaunch (again!) our new website. This would be the fourth iteration of our website since we started out in September 2012. What's more, is that it is the second iteration since we rebranded in June 2018. This iteration was provoked by a recent hacking attack on our online properties and as we strengthened
- [Kenya's First County Data Desk Launched](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/10/15/kenyas-first-county-data-desk-launched/) - Elgeyo Marakwet County is the first devolved unit in Kenya to establish a Data Desk, which is a government function that will collect, compile, analyze and disseminate the county’s data and in a bid to have devolved governments be more responsive to the needs of its citizens. H.E. Eng. Alex Tolgos, Governor of Elgeyo Marakwet,
- [Spotlight on Amy Lehman, founder of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/03/24/spotlight-on-amy-lehman-founder-of-the-lake-tanganyika-floating-health-clinic/) - We had a virtual sit down with Dr Amy Lehman, founder of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic, an international organisation whose mission is to address healthcare access and education for isolated communities in the Lake Tanganyika Basin/Great Lakes region in Central Africa.
- [Is Your Data at Risk? How Kenya's Finance Bill Proposes Access to Citizens' Data](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/06/26/is-your-data-at-risk-how-kenyas-finance-bill-proposes-access-to-citizens-data/) - The Finance Bill, 2024 has sparked significant uproar across Kenya, leading to widespread demonstrations and public outcry. Citizens have taken to the streets to protest against the proposed tax increases, expressing their frustration and discontent with the government's financial policies during a period of economic hardship. The protests have been marked by large gatherings in
- [Setting the Stage for the East Africa Data Governance Conference](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/02/03/setting-the-stage-for-the-east-africa-data-governance-conference/) - With technology advancing and data becoming key for decision making, East Africa is in need of a strong governance framework to balance the use of data with privacy, ethics, and security. To address this, the Open Institute in collaboration with Amnesty International Kenya will be hosting the East Africa Data Governance Conference on November 26-27,
- [Strengthening Narrative Power for Civic Engagement](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/03/17/strengthening-narrative-power-for-civic-engagement/) - Last week, we launched a five-month programme in partnership with AFJ-K to engage journalists on how they can promote alternative narratives. It was clear from the first session that this is not just another training. Journalists didn’t just learn about investigative reporting; they challenged, uncovered, and reimagined storytelling. They explored the ethics of reporting, the
- [More Openness, Not Less: Why We Must Defend Transparency in a Shrinking Civic Space  ](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/03/13/more-openness-not-less/) - In recent years, the global civic space has been shrinking at an alarming rate. Governments are cutting budgets, laying off staff, and scaling back initiatives that support openness, transparency and accountability. At the same time, restrictions on civil society, the media, and digital freedoms are making it harder for citizens to access information, engage with
- [Advancing Data Governance in East Africa: EA Data Governance Conference 2025](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/03/03/ea-data-governance-conference-2025/) - The East Africa Data Governance took place on 26th and 27th February 2025, calling for collaboration to advance data governance in East Africa.
- [The Evolution of our #FichaUchi Campaign: Insights and Lessons ](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/02/17/the-evolution-of-our-fichauchi-campaign-insights-and-lessons/) - In partnership with Amnesty International, we embarked on an ambitious journey to strengthen data governance in Kenya and across East Africa. Central to this mission has been the #FichaUchi Campaign, a multi-phase initiative aimed at raising awareness about data privacy and protection in East Africa. From its inception in 2021 the campaign has evolved significantly.
- [How 3 young women are shaping generations in Kilifi County](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/03/08/women-shaping-generations/) - As we celebrate International Women’s Day it is important for us to recognise the important role women play in shaping communities and promoting sustainable development. Take Janet Chanzera who lives in Kilifi County for example. Despite facing tough economic conditions, as a wife and a mother to five children, she has been able to fend
- [A World at a Crossroads: SDGs Won't Be Achieved Until…](https://openinstitute.africa/2025/01/17/a-world-at-a-crossroads-sdgs-wont-be-achieved-until/) - In 2015, the world united behind 17 ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the aim of eradicating poverty, tackling inequalities, and addressing climate change by 2030. It was a bold vision for a fairer, more sustainable world. Yet, as we near the end-point, the progress toward these goals tells a troubling story. According to the
- [Final Day of Community Leaders Induction: The Bahati Location Experience](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/04/03/final-day-of-community-leaders-induction-the-bahati-location-experience-2/) - Bahati Location, marked the final location of Community Leaders Induction. Since we understand that an organised community is a crucial ingredient to successful citizen participation and engagement, we set out on a journey in the beginning of this month together with Nakuru North sub-county leadership namely: the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) there, Mr. Kisilu Mutua
- [We have Rebranded!](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/06/10/rebranded/) - Today, marks a new chapter in our lives. We have rebranded. For the past six years, we have come a long way - from once being horribly incubated by another organisation, to starting from scratch in a small room above a bar in Nairobi West to being a stable, growing inclusive organisation that works towards
- [Farmers Get Datafied](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/09/05/farmers-get-datafied/) - The farmers in Nakuru North Sub County are set for a new skill that will change their way of doing business. 400 farmers had been invited for a data training by the Nakuru North Sub-County Deputy County Commissioner (DCC), Mutua Kisilu and his the Assistant County Commissioners and Chiefs. Other invited participants were the County
- [Nakuru Leaders Leverage on Data for Better Agriculture](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/10/03/nakuru-leaders-leverage-on-data-for-better-agriculture/) - Agriculture has been recognized as a major economic driver in the African region. Current statistics (http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/population/) indicate a population of 1.2 billion people in Africa with 200 million of them being the youth at the ages between 16 - 24 years. The growing number of youth, unfortunately, don't see agriculture as a source of income
- [Introducing Kobole: know how much you pay in taxes](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/10/17/kobole-for-taxes/) - The Open Institute is happy to release Kobole, an initiative borne out of a collaboration with the International Budget Partnership (Kenya), the National Taxpayers Association, Development Initiatives and Institute of Public Finance (Kenya) called in an initiative dubbed #CollectiveKe. Kobole is a tool for Kenyans to calculate their total tax contribution - both their income tax
- [Welcoming new team members](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/05/15/welcoming-new-team-members/) - All policy decisions are mainly influenced and discussed by government, large Civil Society Organisations and large Companies. Citizens are often invisible in these engagements. As our work increases and becomes more focused, we are happy to grow our team even more. Jonah will lead our Open Extractives Programme, which we are in the process of
- [Launching a movement for transparent, inclusive and accountable data governance:  Introducing the #RestoreDataRights Declaration](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/11/10/launching-a-movement-for-transparent-inclusive-and-accountable-data-governance-introducing-the-restoredatarights-declaration/) - The #RestoreDataRights movement comprises seven partners across Africa; Paradigm Initiative (Nigeria), Africa Digital Rights Hub (Ghana), Tom Moultrie (Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town) (South Africa), Media Rights Agenda (Nigeria), CIPESA (Uganda), Open Institute (Kenya) and Amnesty International (Kenya). It sprang from discussions on how data used as part of the COVID-19 response should
- [Supporting contact tracing for COVID in Africa through the Sabasi app](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/02/04/supporting-contact-tracing-for-covid-in-africa-through-the-sabasi-app/) - When the COVID-19 pandemic hit our continent, it became apparent that some gaps, particularly the shortage of healthcare workers, existed across different African countries. The Africa CDC PACT Project, a brainchild of the health committee at the African Union (AU), sought to ensure that Africa was not left behind in matters of health. The project
- [14 Countries, 1 Event: Open Data Day Africa 2021](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/04/06/14-countries-1-event-open-data-day-africa-2021/) - The Open Institute on the 6th of March convened virtual webinars across various African countries to commemorate the global celebration of the Open Data Day. This year’s event was themed “Data for Equal Development”, and discussions centred around the need to promote the conversation on data governance in the COVID-19 context, a topic that inspired the #RestoreDataRights movement that seeks to promote transparent, accountable and inclusive data governance in Africa.
- [Sabasi - Data Collection Simplified!](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/07/05/sabasi-data-collection-simplified/) - 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
- [We are ten! Here are our 10 lessons in 10 years](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/09/28/10-lessons-10-years/) - This week, we celebrate ten years since our founders started on a journey towards an open society that is managed by informed, fact-driven citizens. Here’s a fun factoid: our original name was going to be lengthy - The African Centre for Open Governance and Open Data (ACOGOD). As we start thinking about things we are
- [Accelerating Progress Toward 2030: A Call for Action](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/12/17/accelerating-progress-toward-2030-a-call-for-action/) - The Annual Multistakeholder Conference on SDGs Implementation provided a pivotal moment for reflection as the 2030 deadline looms. Centred on the theme "Solutions to Leapfrog SDG Implementation in the Last Stretch to 2030," the event brought together a diverse group of stakeholders—government representatives, civil society, grassroots organisations, and private sector leaders—to address a critical question:
- [Reflecting on a Year of Impact and Progress: 2024 Highlights](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/12/20/reflecting-on-a-year-of-impact-and-progress-2024-highlights/) - As 2024 comes to a close, we find ourselves looking back on an extraordinary year filled with milestones and meaningful moments. Amid the festive buzz and year-end preparations, we’re taking a moment to celebrate, reflect, and appreciate the incredible journey we’ve had. It has been a journey of partnerships, innovation, and transformation, all fueled by
- [Local Climate Action and Awareness - COP29](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/11/19/local-action-on-climate-change-cop29/) - The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) is underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, highlighting the urgent need for action on climate change in both urban and rural areas. Urban regions often dominate these discussions due to their high population density, industries, and infrastructure, which intensify climate impacts. However, rural areas face distinct challenges that also demand
- [Lessons: Transforming Subnational Data Systems](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/12/09/lessons-transforming-subnational-data-systems/) - These are lessons we have taken over the years working with subnational governments on transparency using data and what it takes to organise such initiatives.
- [The New Sabasi Suite is here!](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/11/29/the-new-sabasi-suite-is-here/) - We’re thrilled to introduce Sabasi Suite! A powerful evolution in data collection, built with Africa’s diverse needs at its core. Whether you're a researcher, a policymaker, a non-profit, or a business, Sabasi Suite helps you gather data efficiently. It also enables you to analyse it effectively and share impactful insights seamlessly. We designed Sabasi Suite
- [Emerging Issues in Civic Tech: Reflections from CTIF 2024](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/11/05/emerging-issues-in-civic-tech-ctif2024/) - The Civic Tech Innovation Forum 2024 opened up fresh perspectives on the interplay between technology, data, and governance across Africa. Themed “Under The Hood”, it caused civil society players to reflect on the relationship between self, community and tech while looking under the hood, underneath the surface of our work, our communities and the technology
- [Building Communities that Drive Lasting Impact](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/10/18/building-communities-that-drive-lasting-impact/) - We’ve all heard the saying that “If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to walk far, walk together.” At our Maono Space we believe that every person – every changemaker – holds authentic strengths and experiences that have the potential to enrich the entire community. And when these different strengths and
- [Unlocking Africa’s Data Potential: Insights from the Innovate Africa Symposium](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/10/02/unlocking-africas-data-potential-insights-from-the-innovate-africa-symposium/) - By Loise Mboo & Al Kags The vibrant city of Kigali became the epicentre of Africa's data future last week as we joined thought leaders, innovators, and policymakers at the Innovate Africa Symposium. We engaged in powerful discussions for two and a half days exploring how data shapes the continent's development. From economic growth and
- [How Citizens are Discovering Their Crucial Role in Improving Service Delivery in Kilifi County](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/09/30/citizens-improving-service-delivery-in-kilifi-county/) - Across Kenya, citizens are taking ownership of their role in shaping service delivery at the local level, driving impactful change in their counties. In Kilifi County, changemakers are playing a central part in improving livelihoods, education, and environmental conservation, proving that collective action and community engagement are essential for lasting progress. This youth-led movement is
- [Announcing Our New Leadership Team: A New Chapter for Maono Space](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/09/03/announcing-our-new-leadership-team-a-new-chapter-for-maono-space/) - At Maono Space, we have always been committed to creating a vibrant and supportive community for changemakers. We understand the unique challenges faced by community-based mobilisers and organisers, many of whom work tirelessly in isolation, striving to bring about positive change without access to the resources they need. That’s why Maono was developed—to offer a
- [National Action Plan V: A Bold Leap Toward Transparency and Citizen-Driven Change](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/09/16/national-action-plan-v-a-bold-leap-toward-transparency-and-citizen-driven-change/) - Kenya has embarked on a transformative journey by launching the 5th National Action Plan (NAP V) under the Open Government Partnership (OGP). This is not just another policy initiative—it is a bold leap into a future where governance is transparent, inclusive, and powered by the people's voices. The sheer ambition of this plan makes it
- [Nandi County’s Data-Driven Revolution: A Model for Effective Service Delivery](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/09/13/nandi-data-driven-revolution/) - For years, the Open Institute has worked diligently to guide counties towards more effective, data-centred decision-making. Our focus has been on equipping local governments with essential tools and expertise, ensuring better resource allocation, stronger policies, and improved public services. In the last two and a half years, our partnership with Nandi and Kilifi counties has
- [Investing in Changemakers for Social Progress in Africa](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/08/12/changemakers-social-progress-in-africa/) - For the first time in a decade, the world has witnessed a significant decline in social progress. The Social Progress Index highlights that last year, 61 countries saw a decline, 77 stagnated, and only 32 made real progress, with the UK falling into the second tier for the first time. With 4 out of 5
- [Kisumu and Siaya Counties urged to allocate more healthcare resources](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/06/07/kisumu-and-siaya-counties-urged-to-allocate-more-healthcare-resources/)
- [Is it possible to harmonise data governance in Africa?](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/07/26/harmonise-data-governance-in-africa/) - In today’s data-driven world, We are generating data at an unprecedented rate. Data can reveal trends and patterns, highlight areas needing investment, and monitor the effectiveness of policy interventions. By leveraging data, governments can make informed decisions that lead to better outcomes for citizens, promoting more accountable and responsible governance. Should we harmonise data in
- [A Collaborative Future for Journalism: Unveiling the Media Centre at Maono Space](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/07/24/media-centre-at-maono-space/) - The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) partnered with the Open Institute to launch the first media centre in Kilifi County! Launched at the Maono Space in Malindi in March 2024, the Maono Media Hub aims to support the production of high-quality content and provide journalists with a conducive working environment. Supporting Journalists Countrywide Established in
- [Data for Development: A citizen-led initiative in Kilifi County](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/07/23/data-for-development-kilifi/) - One of the main goals of our active citizenship work is making sure that data is widely accessed and used not just by governments but by citizens. We cannot achieve true data democracy when citizens are not involved in an active way in the data life cycle. We need to move away from only seeing
- [Building a society that works for Marginalised Women](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/07/15/marginalised-women/) - For far too long, women in remote areas have struggled to be seen and heard. At the Open Institute, we're committed to the ideal of leaving no one behind, especially those most marginalised. We have taken the view that achieving the sustainable development goals is best done at the local level - in all villages.
- [Hyperlocal Social Infrastructure for Systems Change](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/07/11/hyperlocal-social-infrastructure-for-systems-change/) - Systems change is the goal of our work and our pursuit of this goal has continually convinced us that systemic transformation must be built from the ground up.
- [Announcing Maono Space, the dynamic collaboration space for changemakers](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/02/20/maono-space/) - We are thrilled to announce the opening of Maono in Malindi, Kilifi County, an innovative space designed specifically for changemakers. In Maono, community mobilisers and organisers are offered the support and resources they need to make a significant impact. Economic activity and cultural diversity in Malindi combine to make it an ideal location for Maono.
- [#FichaUchi: The WorldCoin Craze and what it means for Kenyans](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/08/08/worldcoin-craze/) - The World Coin phenomenon has rightly brought to the fore the conversation on data privacy and how our sensitive personal information can be collected and misused. World Coin, a company whose parent Tools for Humanity has obtained a registration certificate from the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner to collect Kenyans data, has been trending
- [Are Today's Young People Active Citizens? ](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/06/19/young-people-active-citizens/) - There's a perception that young people are less interested in politics and development than older generations. This might be true for traditional forms of citizen participation like voting, but it doesn't mean they're disengaged. An active citizenry is vital for a healthy democracy. When young people feel their voices are unheard and the issues they
- [From Child Bride to Changemaker: How one woman's story ignited a movement](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/05/29/child-bride-to-changemaker-movement/) - #Growing up as a girl here is tough. Right from birth, the path of our lives is beaten, leading us to places against our own will. Further, there was an outcry in the community which caught the attention of local leaders. The governor of Kilifi, responding to the overwhelming public pressure, took the unprecedented step
- [Promoting Quality Healthcare through Citizen Generated Data](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/05/27/healthcare-citizen-generated-data/) - We are currently experiencing a shift towards patient-centric care, where healthcare providers are expected to meet growing patient expectations while ensuring high-quality services. A 2021 report by KPMG revealed that 79% of healthcare facilities in charge believed the sector should adopt a more patient-centric approach to better address patient needs and preferences. Despite this, only
- [International Labour Day: The Value of our team in Our Mission](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/04/30/international-labour-day/) - As we embrace the spirit of Labour Day, it is with immense gratitude and appreciation that we extend our heartfelt thanks to the remarkable team of staff and partners who make our organisation thrive.Every year on May 1st, the world comes together to celebrate International Labour Day, a time to honour and appreciate the invaluable
- [#FichaUchi: How community radio localized Data Rights Awareness in Kenyan Communities](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/03/15/fichauchi-community-radio/) - We launched the #FichaUchi campaign to raise awareness about the inadvertent exposure of personal information among Kenyan citizens. Through a series of talk shows broadcasted on community radios across nine counties in Kenya, we sought to shed light on data protection and educate citizens with knowledge about their rights. The discussions touched on various facets
- [#FichaUchi: Insights from Focus Group Discussions on Data Protection](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/03/11/ficha-uchi-fgd/) - In 2023, the Ficha Uchi Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) covered 9 counties, aiming to understan citizens' perceptions of personal data. This is what we learned.
- [#FichaUchi: Analyzing the Impact of the Campaign's Messaging](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/02/26/fichauchi-analyzing-the-impact/) - After the successful Ficha Uchi campaign we ran in 2023, reaching over 100 million people digitally, we assessed the impact of our messaging using a powerful tool called Swayable. Swayable operates on the principle of test and control sampling, a method widely employed in research and marketing to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions. The test
- [What will it take to promote and strengthen active-citizenship?](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/02/15/strengthen-active-citizenship/) - Meet Jamila, a 24 year old ambitious young woman living in Nairobi. Jamila loves dancing almost as much as she loves volunteering at her local community centre where she has served for 6 years. So she knows about the challenges her community faces but sometimes she wishes things were different. She wishes young girls could
- [Data Protection in the Rise of Fraud ahead of new digital ID system launch.](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/08/25/data-protection-in-the-rise-of-fraud/) - Most of us, if not all, have had someone politely call or message them asking for MPesa Refunds which often sound like, “Nancy, nimekutumia 5K kwa MPesa by mistake, naomba unirudishie.” (Nancy, I have erroneously sent you Kes. 5,000, kindly send it back) or “ Niko na mtoto hospitalini, ameumwa na nyoka. Please nitumie pesa
- [Sabasi is getting bigger and better!](https://openinstitute.africa/2024/02/05/sabasi-bigger-and-better/) - Sabasi, our innovative and simple-to-use data collection tool will be going through a series of upgrades throughout the month of February. It has been exciting to witness the platform’s success, and we are committed to providing our users with the best possible experience. As we grow and thrive together, it is now crucial that we
- [Championing Citizen Generated Data in Kenya in Partnership with KNBS](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/12/06/championing-citizen-generated-data-in-kenya-knbs/) - The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) continues to lead the way in championing Citizen Generated Data in Kenya. On 22nd November the KNBS inaugurated their Technical Working Committee on Citizen-Generated Data (CGD) to strengthen stakeholder collaboration in adoption of quality CGD as an alternative source of data for official reporting where data gaps exist,
- [Maono: Equipping Organizations and Changing Lives](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/12/11/maono-changing-lives/) - We believe that citizens require a local support system that empowers them to take part in community development. This system involves local leaders, community-based organizations, and organizers, providing citizens with the knowledge and courage to engage in public processes. This network of social structures and community institutions aims to empower citizens by providing the tools
- [Journey to innovating a life changing "NoAppForThis Project" in Africa](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/11/22/noappforthis-project-in-africa/) - When seeking care at health centres in the recent past, patients were bound to physical pamphlets or cards. The landscape, however, is changing rapidly, with electronic health records (EHR) ushering in a new era of healthcare accessibility. Even though technology has unquestionably transformed society, not all African nations have completely embraced this digital transition. There
- [4 points to consider when designing an Open Data programme](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/09/10/4-points-to-consider-when-designing-an-open-data-programme/) - This is truly unchartered for me since I have never written a blog before - even though I have been a software geek for more than two decades (!). My job at the Open Institute is to manage technology largely and in the three years I have worked here, I have generally remained in the
- [Release: DevolutionHub v2 Beta - One Stop Platform for Devolution Information](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/04/14/devhubv2/) - The Open Institute is really excited to release the beta version of a new iteration of DevolutionHub. DevolutionHub is designed as a one-stop-repository for all devolution documents in Kenya. The project was developed in recognition that there is a need in Kenya, to have an easy-to-use platform where the body of knowledge that is developed on
- [Training of the Open County Initiative to Elgeyo Marakwet County sector data champions](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/04/25/training-of-the-open-county-initiative-to-elgeyo-marakwet-county-sector-data-champions/) - In the last post on this series, we were commencing activities in Elgeyo Marakwet and Baringo counties. We defined the Open County (OC) Initiative and argued that it provides a structured framework through which county-level engagement between county government, private sector and civil society can be sustained. This is with the focus being data use
- [Announcing the Green Fellowship](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/03/29/green-fellowship/) - 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
- [Al Kags Joins GPSDD Technical Advisory Group](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/10/30/al-kags-joins-gpsdd-tag/) - We at the Open Institute, are proud to announce that our Founder, Al Kags, has been invited to join the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD). GPSDD comprises of Data Champions who aim to harness the data revolution to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Open Institute
- [Data Visualization Training at TISA](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/06/13/data-visualization-training-tisa/) - On 29th May 2014, we conducted a Data Visualization training at The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA), a civil society initiative committed towards the achievement of sound policy and good governance in local development in Kenya, to uplift livelihoods of, especially, the poor and marginalized. TISA collects, organizes and publishes tons of data with a view
- [Top 7 Trends Shaping Data Privacy - 2024](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/11/14/top-data-privacy-trends-2024/) - As we approach 2024, data privacy has become an increasingly relevant topic. Just this July 2023, Kenya faced a pivotal moment when the e-Citizen government platform, entrusted with our most sensitive personal information, fell victim to a cyberattack. It was a Distributed denial-of-service (DDOC) attack that would see many Kenyans locked out of their government
- [Towards Africa's GDPR?](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/11/04/towards-africas-gdpr/) - Africa, with its tapestry of cultures and a history as old as time itself, is now amid a digital awakening. Stepping into the data era with purpose, it’s time we asked ourselves, "How do we take control of our digital narrative?" Multinational corporations are setting up the data rules—much like someone else dictating how we
- [Stepping into Our Biggest Transition, Yet!](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/11/07/our-biggest-transition-yet/) - In March 2020, the world as we knew it changed. The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to transform our homes into offices, adapt to a new way of working, and find creative solutions to maintain our productivity. After the second surge of infection ravaged the globe, it was clear that working from the office posed a
- [Connecting the dots on Health and Education in Nandi County](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/11/02/health-and-education-in-nandi-county/) - In our ongoing journey to educate communities through data-driven initiatives, the Open Institute remains committed to supporting Nandi County. Our latest endeavor involves the systematic update of the Nandi county's data desk, with a phased approach centered around key sectors: Health, Education, and Agriculture. Data Transformation in Phases Our project kicked off in October with
- [Unleashing Communities' Potential: One year reflections of Maono Space](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/10/18/one-year-reflections-of-maono/) - In today's dynamic landscape, collaboration is not just a nicety—it's a necessity. Silos stifle growth and innovation, and our community-based organizers, once isolated, yearned for deeper connection. This is where Maono Space has been transformational. Over the past year, by offering reliable internet, communal spaces, and an energizing community spirit, Maono has torn down walls,
- [#FichaUchi 2.0: Your Data, Your Rights](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/10/11/fichauchi-2-0/) - In an increasingly digital world, our lives have become intertwined with technology, opening up avenues for both convenience and vulnerability. The digital age has ushered in new opportunities for scammers, and it seems no one is immune to their tactics. Building on our last data protection awareness campaign, we sought to address issues of data
- [The Impact of Citizen-Generated Data](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/09/29/the-impact-of-citizen-driven-data/) - While data generated by National Statistical Organisations (NSOs) and corporations has long been the focus of attention, there's a growing recognition of the significance of Citizen Generated Data (CGD). CGD is data produced at the grassroots level by individuals, often through their daily activities and interactions. Through CGD citizens are not just data subjects but
- [Citizen-Generated Data puts power in the citizens’ hands ](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/09/27/citizen-generated-data/) - Traditionally, data collection initiatives have often been top-down, with external organizations setting the agenda and citizens responding reactively. In the traditional model, institutions play a central role in defining what data is collected and how it is collected. Citizens are seen as respondents, participating in data collection exercises initiated by others. While this approach is
- [The Power of Local Engagement: Reflections from the Global Goals for Local Impact Project](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/09/18/reflections-from-the-global-goals-for-local-impact-project/) - In 2015, we did some work to try and see what citizens care about enough to act and be engaged with the government. We had a simple goal - to stimulate active citizenship and foster responsive government using data to aid communities to provide input into government activities. This project showed us that citizens cared
- [The Power of Data: Unlocking the Data Dividend for Development](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/09/17/the-power-of-data-unlocking-the-data-dividend-for-development/) - We are excited to have signed a letter to world leaders, calling on them to harness the power of data and unlock the data dividend, which we firmly believe is pivotal in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The letter will be highlighted in the High Impact Initiative 'Power of Data: Unlocking the Data Dividend
- [Safeguarding Data Privacy in an AI driven world](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/09/12/data-privacy-in-an-ai-driven-world/) - It is very easy for us to hear about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and think this is just another discovery in the world of technology that has nothing to do with us. We don’t mean to burst your bubble but, you are already using AI as you read this. AI is slowly but surely becoming a
- [From Global to Local: Local Communities are Key to Achieving the SDGs](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/09/08/communities-are-key-to-achieving-the-sdgs/) - In the grand scheme of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the spotlight often falls on national and global leaders making lofty promises. However, the real action, the actual implementation, happens at the grassroots level. It's in the hands of mayors, governors, chiefs, and the local communities themselves. Unfortunately, the tracking and transparency needed to
- [From Learners to Leaders: SUCAM's Data-Driven Advocacy Journey](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/09/04/sucams-data-driven-advocacy-journey/) - Between May and July this year, we successfully ran a 6-week Data Leaders Fellowship Program tailored for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs). The program was aimed at equipping them with skills to understand the use of data and evidence to demand accountability. This initiative aligns with the United Nations Global Goals,
- [A Decade of Devolution & The Pursuit of Transformation](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/08/16/decade-of-devolution/) - This week, we join counties in celebrating a decade of devolution - ten years since Kenya’s 47 counties came into being. The counties were established under the 2010 Constitution, but were actualised after the 2013 general elections. At those elections, Kenyans elected 47 new governors for the first time. Scenes from the 2023 Devolution Conference
- [#FichaUchi: Understanding citizen behaviour on data rights and data protection](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/08/08/ficha-uchi-focus-group/) - Every day, we willingly or unwillingly disclose our personal information to individuals or organisations, often without awareness of how this data may be utilised. At the Open Institute, we have been educating Kenyans on how to handle their personal data more carefully, and what their data rights are, through a social media campaign dubbed #FichaUchi.
- [Building the Data Ecosystem in Kenya: The Data Leaders Fellowship for CSOs](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/05/09/cso-data-fellowship/) - Discover how the CSO Data Fellowship empowers grassroots Civil Society Organizations to use data for positive change. Learn how this 6-week program is bridging the gap and helping CSOs strengthen their advocacy using data and evidence to make better decisions about important issues.
- [Building a data-driven culture to #MakeNairobiWork](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/03/03/make-nairobi-work/) - Goal 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explicitly recognizes the importance of data in strengthening the means of implementation of the global partnership for sustainable development. It highlights the need to improve the availability of high-quality, timely, and reliable data. The availability of real-time data helps governments make more informed decisions that are based
- [Announcing Open Chats on Youtube](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/02/15/open-chats-on-youtube/) - The Open Institute is excited to announce the launch of our new talk show series on YouTube, Open Chats by The Open Institute!
- [Driving inclusive decision-making with citizen-generated data](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/02/09/inclusive-decision-making-with-data/) - We are proud to work with KNBS as they lead the Technical Working Group on Citizen-Generated Data. The Open Institute is proud to have played a role in Kenya's progress in institutionalizing Citizen-Generated Data as part of the National Statistical System (NSS). Since 2015, the Open Institute has worked with communities in Nakuru North sub-county,
- [Open Institute Appoints New Board of Directors](https://openinstitute.africa/2023/02/01/board-of-directors/) - The Open Institute team is proud to announce the appointment of five exceptional individuals to its Board of Directors. These notable additions bring a wealth of experience, knowledge, and drive to our mission of advocating Responsive Government and Active Citizenship throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. We have been governed by the Trustees and an Advisory Board over
- [The Governors Baraza](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/10/25/the-governors-baraza/) - The Governors Baraza, a high-level breakfast meeting that brought together Governors, civil society organisations and development partners was co-organized by the Open Institute, The SDGs Kenya Forum and Baraza Media Lab. The Governors Baraza's ultimate goal is to enable CSOs to provide support, build relationships and to advocate for the governors to adopt good practices from the onset.
- [Nandi County Data is now open](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/11/15/nandi-county-data/) - Last Friday, Nandi County released the Nandi Data Desk Dashboard, which seeks to showcase the county's data. This marks another milestone in the work we have been doing with them since we signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a data desk, which was launched in May this year. Acknowledging the partnership between the Open
- [Global Goals Week 2022 - it's time to #Act4SDGs differently](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/09/16/globalgoalsweek2022/) - Today marks the start of the Global Goals Week 2022, a shared commitment between more than 170 partners in civil society, business, academia, and the UN system to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially during the UN General Assembly High-level Week. Thousands of organisations and stakeholders congregate in hundreds of events worldwide to discuss ways
- [Congratulations, Senator Crystal Asige](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/09/16/congratulations-senator-crystal-asige/) - 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
- [We've officially handed over the Nandi Data Desk!](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/08/17/nandi-data-desk-hand-over/) - After the successful launch of the Nandi Data Desk, we were back at it, working together with Nandi’s county leaders to prepare their data for public view. Through our engagement, the team from Nandi were well trained to manage the system. With the simple accessible web application, the Nandi data desk provides a responsive and seamless data upload process. The engagements culminated in the successful handing over of the system to the technical team, who are well equipped to manage the County Data Desk.
- [Reflections on the Data Governance Programme, 2 years on](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/07/18/reflections-on-data-governance/) - Two years on, we are reflecting on what our joint data governance programme has achieved. Read, and let's engage!
- [#BeLit: Lit Initiative's work with Malindi's youth](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/07/07/lit-initiative/) - We've been supporting Lit Initiative, an organisation based in Malindi, Kilifi County, in a training programme educating 18 students on the functional literacy subsets of literacy and numeracy, financial literacy, civic literacy, digital literacy and life skills. At the point of graduation on the 7th of May, 2022, 12 students successfully finished the programme.
- [Nandi officially launches the County Data Desk](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/05/06/nandi-officially-launches-the-county-data-desk/) - Nandi County’s Data Desk was officially launched on 5th May 2022 amidst pomp and glamour at the County headquarters in Kapsabet, making it the second county to establish the facility that collects, curates, analyzes and publishes relevant county data, in line with their commitments to the Open Government Partnership.
- [Nandi County signs MOU to establish Data Desk](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/03/24/nandi-mou/) - Yesterday marked a great milestone in our Open County programme as we signed an MOU with Nandi County, committing ourselves to establishing a Data Desk in the county. This would make Nandi County the second county to formally establish the facility that has a dedicated team from every department that collects, curates, analyzes and publishes
- [Check your bias! Components of effective citizen engagement](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/02/24/check-your-bias-components-of-effective-citizen-engagement/) - How do biases affect how we interact with others? We explored this question during our recent Data Leaders Fellowship workshop where we looked at citizen engagement as an interactive two way process that encourages participation, exchange of ideas and flow of conversation. An effective citizen feedback framework considers trust, participation, language, context and bias as components that work together to ensure that the maximum level of engagement is achieved.
- [Piloting Sabasi: Data Collection Made for Africa](https://openinstitute.africa/2022/02/21/data-collection-made-for-africa/) - 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.
- [#FichaUchi: Guard your personal data](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/06/30/fichauchi-guard-your-personal-data-online/) - #FichaUchi is a social media campaign that was aimed at demystifying the Data Protection concept by providing factual, age-appropriate information about Data Protection.
- [Announcing Jonah's Miners Report](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/11/08/jonah-miners-report/) - As we remember our dearly departed colleague, Jonah Mngola, we are excited to publish his report on Artisanal Small Scale Miners, who represented his life's mission. In this step, we also worked with opinion leaders in Taita Taveta, Migori, Vihiga and Kakamega to identify and get basic data on their membership - demographics, alternative occupations
- [#LoveMalindi: Malindi Content Creators' Meet Up](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/10/26/lovemalindi-malindi-content-creators-meet-up/) - Mwanajuma Hamadi is a shy 24-year-old who lives in Shela, the old town of Malindi. On Saturday, October 23 2021, she was effusive in her words. "Sikuamini kwamba mimi pia naweza kuwa repota hata kama sikumaliza shule. Wajua mtu waona kama ambae maisha yasha kwisha kwa hiyo unang'angana tu." (I could not have imagined that
- [Great things happen when we come together](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/10/14/great-things-happen-when-we-come-together/) - We recently held the second data leaders fellowship programme workshop on 29th September 2021 at the Lake Naivasha Country Club. It was great to interact with all the data fellows we have been working closely with throughout this programme. Read on to find out more about how it went.
- [How Counties Use Their Data: Assessing Data Maturity in 10 Counties](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/09/17/data-maturity-assessment/) - It is no secret that we live in a data-driven world. Everyday, quintillions of data are generated and utilised by Big Data and private sector companies, who weave data analytics into their operations in order to deliver value and target their customers. Governments hold more data now than ever, and by harnessing the power of
- [The Data Leaders Fellowship Programme is underway](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/08/27/data-leaders-fellowship-started/) - We are very excited that the Data Leaders’ Fellowship Programme is now underway, as 10 Chief Officers in charge of Economic Planning got together in the inaugural workshop last week. We established this 8-week fellowship Programme to build the capacity of Chief Officers in charge of Planning and Economic Development Nairobi, Makueni, Isiolo, Mandera, West
- [Through the lens of a woman film-maker at OI](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/07/28/through-the-lens-of-a-woman-film-maker-at-oi/) - I am told, I am the first woman to get inside a gold mine in Vihiga county, Kenya. In many parts of the world, women are not allowed to go anywhere near a mine because it’s believed that mining sites are men's territories, so women are responsible for removing gold from the soil after the actual mining process. Women are kept away from the mine shafts; dark, dusty, claustrophobia-inducing holes that usually go almost a Kilometre into the earth. “It is not safe for a woman to go down there. It is just not done."
- [Supporting county systems towards openness & accountability: A case of Kilifi County](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/06/24/supporting-county-systems-towards-openness-accountability-a-case-of-kilifi-county/) - As an organization, we are passionate about building capacity and supporting county systems, and working with Kilifi County has once again provided an opportunity to support their work in increasing accountability and openness of the county projects that have been undertaken in the County since the inception of devolution in 2013.
- [The Truth About Remote Working](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/06/04/the-truth-about-remote-working/) - Loise Mboo, Wellness Director at the Open Institute reflects on our experience as a remote working organisation 5 months in.
- [Open Data and Personal Data Protection - Al Kags on Ole Law Podcast](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/06/02/open-data-and-personal-data-protection-al-kags-on-ole-law-podcast/) - Our Executive Director, Al Kags, was featured on the Ole Law Podcast where the issues of active citizenship and responsive governments - our main mandate as an organisation - were discussed.
- [Data protection and open government - are these compatible tenets in the Kenyan context?](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/05/19/data-protection-open-government/) - Open government is an inclusive and participatory approach to governance that allows citizens to be involved in the formulation and eventual implementation of public policies, and has been recognized as a catalyst for democracy and inclusivity in sustainable growth. Government is open when it follows the principles of transparency, accountability and participation; key initiatives include open data, public participation, open contracting, open parliament, among others.
- [WhatsApp’s new Terms & Conditions: What they mean to us](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/05/18/whatsapps-new-terms-conditions-what-they-mean-to-us/) - Eight years after it gained popularity in Kenya, WhatsApp is now not only owned by Facebook but has more features added to it making it more appealing for masses and increasing its penetration in most countries worldwide. With the new ownership came new terms and conditions in 2012 which most users agreed to without reading. A new set of terms and conditions were unveiled by the company early this year which caused quite a stir online. Data protection experts, governments and civil societies went up in arms with the new terms and the extent in which individual and business data is collected from the platform. At the Open Institute, we convened an informal lunch time chat to discuss the new terms and conditions and to try and explain what the impact of them would be to the everyday citizen.
- [The Next Best Time To Restore Data Rights Is Now!](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/04/08/the-next-best-time-to-restore-data-rights-is-now/) - Written by ‘Gbenga Sesan This is a guest blog written by the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative, a key #RestoreDataRights partner from the Nigerian region, emphasising the importance of data governance issues in Africa as outlined in the Restore Data Rights declaration which calls for responsible data use on the continent. On January 1, 2020,
- [Announcement: Our team is going into lockdown to reduce COVID-19 exposure](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/03/22/covid-19-lockdown2021/) - 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
- [My Experience as a Remote Worker](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/01/29/my-experience-as-a-remote-worker/) - In this blog, Mukanda shares her personal experience with working from home. From time to time, we feature posts by different team members and encourage them to give their personal thoughts and opinions on various topics of interest to the organisation. My alarm clock went off at 4.30 a.m, I woke up ready to conquer
- [We are now an entirely remote-working organisation](https://openinstitute.africa/2021/01/08/wfh/) - 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
- [The data collection and digitization process for Citizen Generated Data in Elgeyo Marakwet](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/12/17/the-data-collection-and-digitization-process-for-citizen-generated-data-in-elgeyo-marakwet/) - Deep in the heart of the county of champions, in the scenic and partly remote wards of Arror, Tambach, Kayego and Kaptarakwa, the activities for the citizen-led household census in Elgeyo Marakwet County are underway, targeting data collection in 101,000 households. The training of enumerators, data collection and data entry activities have been taking place
- [What 2020 has taught us](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/12/24/what-2020-has-taught-us/) - 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
- [Reimagining our future](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/12/16/reimagining-oi/) - When we started the Open Institute, we never imagined that it would achieve so much in such a relatively short time. Don't get us wrong - our ambition was, and still is, humongous. We truly want to see a world where citizens are so active that they tell their governments what to do and how
- [What are Data Rights, and why should they matter to you?](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/09/24/what-are-data-rights-and-why-should-they-matter-to-you/) - In the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic, contact tracing - and the swift actions that governments initially took to take to curb the spread of COVID-19 have thrust the issues of data rights to the fore. Citizens have ceded personal data to states - in many cases unwillingly or without full knowledge of the
- [The importance of stakeholder engagement to ensure participation and successful project results](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/11/26/the-importance-of-stakeholder-engagement-to-ensure-participation-and-successful-project-results/) - When undertaking any project, it is important to note that it will usually involve multiple stakeholders; and each one potentially has the ability to speed up, slow down or completely obstruct the project’s progress. Most importantly, stakeholders play a role in ensuring steady progress, focusing on goals and improvement of the general quality of project
- [Design considerations for  the citizen-driven census in Elgeyo Marakwet County](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/11/23/design-considerations-for-the-citizen-driven-census-in-elgeyo-marakwet-county/) - In our work in citizen-generated data, we have had experiences that have demonstrated that the results of our projects are usually high-impact and long-lasting. This inspires us to keep working with citizens empowering them to use data to drive change within their communities. When citizens understand the power of data, they turn into data champions
- [How Do You Break The NEWS? The Lesson No Leader Has Mastered](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/11/23/how-do-you-break-the-news-the-lesson-no-leader-has-mastered/) - When I joined the Open Institute, I was clear about my role and excited at what I would be doing. I had been given my marching orders and I knew that the goals for my role were to strengthen the team's connectedness - given that the team was now mostly working from home - and
- [Unajua Mtu…? Why Kenyan systems are no greater than the sum of their parts](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/11/18/unajua-mtu-why-kenyan-systems-are-no-greater-than-the-sum-of-their-parts/) - In Kenya, there is a widespread notion that, in order to receive services from a public office, one must know someone influential in that office. Picture this: when a child is born in Kenya, the parent must register the birth with the Registrar of Births. It is common to find new parents who need this
- [Building Partnership with the Open Governance Institute to Promote Good Governance at the County Level](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/11/13/building-partnership-with-the-open-governance-institute-to-promote-good-governance-at-the-county-level/) - It is no secret that we are passionate about citizen generated data. We believe that active citizens have a lot of power to influence governments to bring about the change they want. We started out in 2015, working with local communities to collect data from every household as a means to understanding their needs and
- [Rest well, Jonah](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/10/29/rest-well-jonah/) - 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
- [Meet Loise, our new Director of Team Wellness](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/10/28/meet-loise-our-new-director-of-team-wellness/) - 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
- [Farewell, Chief Kariuki](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/10/22/farewell-chief-kariuki/) - We are sad to lose a champion for community driven development We are terribly sad to learn of the passing of our great friend, Chief Francis Kariuki of Lanet-Umoja location in Nakuru County, famously known as the Tweeting Chief, who passed on on October 21, 2020 after a short illness. We have lost a friend
- [A Restore Data Rights Initiative for Africa](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/10/16/a-restore-data-rights-initiative-for-africa/) - The Restore Data Rights initiative was born out of necessity; we realised that personal digital rights were being exploited with the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst. We presently comprise of six partners across Africa; Paradigm Initiative (Nigeria), Africa Digital Rights Hub (Ghana), Tom Moultrie (Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town) (South Africa), Media Rights
- [Being corrupt is usually the cheaper option, so what should we do?](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/10/14/corruption-cheaper/) - Imagine you are driving from one city to another in your country and a policeman stops you for speeding. The correct process that should be followed is that the policeman would have to take you to the police station and you would have to pay a cash bail of USD 50 and get an appointment
- [Announcing The Decent Work Initiative](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/09/16/decentwork/) - SDG 8 aims to “promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all”.Sustainable Development Goals Martin Wairegi is a vibrant young man, who got a job working at a factory in Nairobi’s Industrial Area. The Industrial Area is the city’s central hub of manufacturing that employs the majority
- [Adapt or die: When rivers change course](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/08/18/adapt-or-die-when-rivers-change-course/) - In August 2020, a story went viral about the Choluteca bridge in Honduras. Legend has it that the very well constructed bridge was built in a contract with the Japanese government in 1996. In 1998, when the bridge was commissioned for use, Honduras was hit by Hurricane Mitch, which caused considerable damage to the nation
- [Announcing Nuru, a community monitoring tool during the COVID-19 pandemic](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/05/19/announcing-nuru-a-community-monitoring-tool-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/) - We are excited to announce Nuru (Kiswahili for light), a tool that is designed to empower citizen community monitoring to crowdsource observations about how they are coping in the exceptionally difficult circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim of inspiring engagement with civil society, governments and other stakeholders to take action and effect change
- [COVID-19 and it's Impact on Access to Education.](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/05/04/covid19-and-its-impact-on-access-to-education/) - (Image from Standard Digital) During the early days of the Coronavirus disease outbreak, the Government of Kenya announced that all primary and secondary schools were to be closed and learners sent home with immediate effect. This was closely followed by the closure of all universities. Despite the strict measures to curtail the spread of the
- [Moving Together: Managing Urban Mobility During Covid-19](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/05/11/moving-together-managing-urban-mobility-during-covid-19/) - On 5th May 2020, the Open Institute supported The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Health Organisation (WHO) along with SLoCaT Partnership, The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), Walk 21 and other high-level partners to convene a half-day digital expert group meeting to share experiences,
- [Announcing Shiriki, an open marketplace for ideas, innovations & initiatives fighting COVID-19.](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/04/22/announcing-shiriki/) - As part of our efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are excited to announce the Shiriki initiative. Shiriki (Kiswahili for Partnership) is a platform that is designed to serve as an open “marketplace” for ideas, solutions, innovations and initiatives that are tackling various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why we built Shiriki The
- [Can Co-Working on a Deadline Create Better Public Policy?](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/07/01/can-co-working-deadline-create-better-public-policy/) - Four 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
- [A new approach to measuring the impact of open data](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/07/01/new-approach-measuring-impact-open-data/) - 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
- [Restoring Data Rights Post-COVID-19 Crisis - Virtual Meeting](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/04/21/restoring-data-rights/) - We are excited to have partnered with Data Ready to convene a virtual meeting to plan engagements with governments around the world regarding how data rights will be safeguarded when the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. What steps must be taken to #RestoreDataRights after the #COVID-19 pandemic is over?Tom Orrell, Managing Director, Data Ready
- [Introducing the Badili Initiative](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/05/25/introducing-badili-initiative/) - 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
- [Give Your Input to Kenya's Draft OGP Action Plan](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/10/16/give-input-kenyas-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
- [Launching Open Data Day Coalition Micro-Grant Scheme](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/01/27/launching-open-data-day-coalition-micro-grant-scheme/) - OPEN DATA DAY 2015 is coming and a coalition of partners have come together to provide a limited number of micro-grants designed to support communities organise ODD activities all over the world ! Open Data Day (ODD) is one of the most exciting events of the year. As a volunteer led event, with no organisation
- [Open Data Day 2015](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/02/03/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
- [Follow the Money:  How to design a financial transparency and role-playing game](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/02/27/follow-money-design-financial-transparency-role-playing-game/) - 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
- [#OKFest14 - Open Government Data Around the World in Two Minutes](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/07/16/okfest14-open-government-data-around-world-two-minutes/) - In March last year Kenyans took to the polls and elected a new government. With this, we saw the devolution and formation of 47 county governments under the new Constitution. This shift has brought about opportunities by bringing communities closer to their governments and allowing marginalized communities to get their voices heard in their own
- [Engaging Civil Society in Turkana County on Open Data](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/07/31/engaging-civil-society-turkana-county-open-data/) - This week, our team went to Lodwar, Turkana County in Nothern Kenya, to conduct a workshop as part of our SDI Data Support Program. We worked with 8 participants from the Centre for Advocacy, Relief and Development (CARD) and TUBAE - African Development Trust, both local civil society organizations based in Lodwar. The following slides
- [Speech by Ms. Anne Waiguru, OGW, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Devolution and Planning, During the Buntwani Conference](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/10/08/speech-ms-anne-waiguru-ogw-cabinet-secretary-ministry-devolution-planning-buntwani-conference-7th-october-2014-kenya-school-government-nairobi/) - 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
- [Buntwani 2014 ends on a high note!](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/10/09/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
- [Buntwani 2014: Using Technology to Close the Gap between Citizen Voices and State Responsiveness](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/06/23/buntwani-2014-using-technology-close-gap-citizen-voices-state-responsiveness/) - At the foundation of strengthening good governance and better service delivery in Kenya lies the ability of the government and civil society organisations to engage with citizens. A major obstacle to the strengthening of this ability is capacity and awareness of citizen engagement best practices and optimal usage of technological tools that strengthen citizen engagement
- [The Data Revolution in Policy-Making](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/06/24/data-revolution-policy-making/) - “To take part in the African revolution it is not enough to write a revolutionary song; you must fashion the revolution with the people” Ahmed Sekou Toure There continues to be a great deal of dialogue and debate on what the data revolution from the report of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development
- [Essential Question: Can Open Government Really Change the World?](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/06/26/essential-question-can-open-government-really-change-world/) - This is cross-posted from Al Kags' personal blog, alkags.me. I have just started the six-week academic sessions of the Washington Fellowship at the Arizona State University. During this time, I shall spend my time learning and considering many aspects of civic leadership and most of all, I shall be considering an essential question, which is the
- [Open Institute at #OKFest2014](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/07/15/open-institute-okfest2014/) - Anne Muigai (OI Knowledge Lead) and Simeon Oriko (OI Community Lead) are in Berlin for this year's Open Knowledge Festival (#OKFest2014). Anne will be speaking at the following sessions: Open Government Data Updates from around the world on Wednesday, July 16 • 12:00 - 13:00 (more info: http://sched.co/T1ngi4) and Money, Politics and Transparency on Thursday, July 17 •
- [The Missing Link in Kenya's Open Data Story](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/08/16/the-missing-link-in-kenyas-open-data-story/) - Authored by Nick Hargreaves and cross posted from his blog. It's slightly over two years since the government of Kenya launched the Kenya Open Data portal; a move that was hailed around the globe and seen by many as a path towards transparency in a corruption ridden government. Kenya became the second, after Morocco, in
- [Connecting Widely at the Open Government Partnership Summit in London](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/11/26/connecting-widely-open-government-partnership-summit-london/) - Two weeks ago London was host to the Open Government Partnership Summit in which government representatives and civil society from over 60 countries convened over three days to discuss among other government transparency, accountability and issues relating to the release and reuse of open data. From Global Open Data Initiative’s side we took part in
- [Impact of COVID-19 on Kenyans With Disabilities](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/04/27/impact-of-covid-19-on-kenyans-with-disabilities/) - On 16th April 2020, the Open Institute through the Ability Programme hosted an online Persons with Disabilities Brainstorm meeting to share and understand the key challenges relating to PWDs and COVID-19 and develop recommendations on how PWDS could be supported during this time. Some of the participants in the virtual meeting include Andy Speaks 4
- [Submissions on the Data Protection Civil Registration Regulations (2020) in Kenya](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/03/05/data-regulations/) - The Ministry of ICT issued an invitation to members of the public to comment on the data protection regulations on civil registrations through the press. We submitted our comments, which you can read in detail here. We essentially raised five points of concern with the regulations: issues around the operation of consent under the Regulations,
- [Building Trust in Citizen Generated Data - what we have learnt](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/03/03/building-trust-citizen-data/) - Today I attended a meeting organized at the Ford Foundation offices by the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. The major part of the conversation was to consider the recommendations made by the Friends of the Chair of the UN Statistics Commission on Non-Traditional Data. How do we get Citizen Generated Data to be trusted
- [Ending 2019: What we know now](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/12/29/2019-what-we-know-now/) - As the year 2019 comes to a close, we are in a reflective state. This year was for us so transitory, that we intentionally deferred our strategic planning for the next few years. We needed to use it to simply understand what was in flux and that needed time. So we took the year to
- [CensusKe: a new platform for exploring Kenya's 2019 Census Data](https://openinstitute.africa/2020/03/06/censuske/) - We are excited to release Census.ke, a new platform for all of the census 2019 data currently released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the principal agency of the Kenya Government for collecting, analysing and disseminating statistical data, and the custodian of official statistical information. The Bureau is also responsible for the coordination of
- [Kenya's first sub-national Data Desk is a big deal for us.](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/10/16/data-desk/) - We at the Open Institute are very excited as just this week we witnessed the launch of Kenya's first sub-national data desk in Elgeyo Marakwet County (EMC), famously known as the home of Champions. The launch day was a big deal for my co-founder, Jay Bhalla and myself in particular. A data desk is essentially
- [Buntwani 2014](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/10/08/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
- [The 15th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/07/09/the-15th-comprehensive-africa-agriculture-development-programme-caadp-partnership-platform-meeting-2/) - The 15th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform Meeting was held on from 9th - 14th June 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. This years theme was, "Enhancing trade and market access for accelerated agriculture transformation". CAADP is “Africa’s policy framework for agricultural transformation, wealth creation, food security and nutrition, economic growth and prosperity for
- [Gender Dynamics in Mining: Why women don't go into mines](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/08/16/gender-dynamics-mining/) - In all mining areas, we found that mining work, in general, is gender-segregated - women will not go down a mine shaft to do the actual mining. In most areas, women are only limited to working on sorting the gravel that makes up the crumbs of the mining exercise. The men, who went into the
- [Gold Rush: Artisan Miners battle with underground water in search of wealth](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/07/31/gold-rush-artisan-miners-battle-with-underground-water-in-search-of-wealth/) - In the last few weeks, we have travelled to different parts of Kenya to meet with artisan miners and listen to them tell us about their circumstances. We wanted to hear from them how they exercise their voices (if at all) in the making of decisions around their work. I joined the team in the
- [Setting up Data Desks in Counties: Why we care about this.](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/07/31/setting-up-data-desks-in-counties-why-we-care-about-this/) - Since 2013, we have been working together with counties and the World Bank in Kenya to develop systems to be transparent and engage citizens. The Open County Initiative provides a framework through which county-level engagement between county government, private sector and civil society is initiated and sustained. The programme also promotes an environment where citizens
- [Participation must be meaningful for successful extractive projects](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/07/23/participation-must-be-meaningful-for-successful-extractive-projects/) - Public participation should not be just a way of ticking a box Communities in Lamu are united in its fervent opposition to the proposed coal plant that is to be established there. We went to the coastal town and met with various members of the community who were categorical in that they were not adequately
- [Invisible Citizens: How I was swindled out of my land by a powerful politician](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/07/02/invisible-citizens-how-i-was-swindled-out-of-my-land-by-a-powerful-politician/) - Our Open Extractives team was last week in Lamu County, where communities have been actively engaged in a fight against the establishment of a Coal Plant near the UNESCO Heritage island town. Lamu County is also the site designated by the government of Kenya for an expansive infrastructure programme called the Lamu Port, South Sudan,
- [The 15th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)  Partnership Platform Meeting](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/07/09/the-15th-comprehensive-africa-agriculture-development-programme-caadp-partnership-platform-meeting/) - The 15th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform Meeting was held on from 9th - 14th June 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. This years theme was, "Enhancing trade and market access for accelerated agriculture transformation". CAADP is “Africa’s policy framework for agricultural transformation, wealth creation, food security and nutrition, economic growth and prosperity for
- [The Invisibles: Finding the Citizen Voice in the Extractives Sector](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/06/21/the-invisibles-finding-the-citizen-voice-in-the-extractives-sector/) - Kenya has a vast array of natural resources. From Gold and Gemstones to soapstone and fluorspar to Titanium and Oil, Kenya is rich with natural minerals that have the potential to not only grow the economy exponentially but also to improve the well being of many ordinary citizens in all parts of the county. Decisions
- [New Money: Missed Opportunity?](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/06/11/new-money-missed-opportunity/) - Money makes the world go round, so the saying goes. It is certainly a measure of success, a means to freedom - of expression, of advancement, of growth. At its most basic, money is a crucial means of day-to-day survival for millions of people around the world. We were so excited when the Governor of
- [Completion of the Data Desk Training to Elgeyo Marakwet County’s Data Desk Fellows](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/05/16/completion-of-the-data-desk-training-to-elgeyo-marakwet-countys-data-desk-fellows/) - We have just completed week’s training (6th - 10th May 2019) with Data Fellows who have been identified by Elgeyo Marakwet County to lead the implementation activities of the Data Desk. The sessions were an engaging exchange; this post will focus rather on highlighting some of the critical matters arising. During the training, it was
- [Help Us Map our City](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/04/08/help-us-map-our-city/) - Imagine this. Imagine for a moment, if our public and private spaces were made more accessible with ramps, level flooring where needed, safe stairwells with railings, decluttered corridors with enough floor space, clear signage with ample lighting, pavements without cracks and potholes, working traffic and street lights, clearly marked bus stops with sheds to cover
- [Period Zero: A necessity for successful programmes and where we are now](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/04/02/period-zero-a-necessity-for-successful-programmes-and-where-we-are-now/) - A few years ago, at the Africa Open Data Conference, I spoke about the value of "Period Zero" in the planning and development of programmes. I was talking about the challenges that happen in implementing Open Data projects - and I think this is relevant across the development spectrum. In my speech, I advocated for
- [Finding ways for the invisible to become visible](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/03/20/finding-ways-for-the-invisible-to-become-visible/) - Working with citizens in Kenya, using data to identify their development needs and priorities, we have had the opportunity to learn many things. One of the biggest observations that we have had is that many citizens are woefully invisible in the spaces where decisions are reached on public activities that should better their lives. Many
- [Integrating the Open County Initiative with Participatory Budgeting – a kickstart for Baringo and Elgeyo Marakwet Counties.](https://openinstitute.africa/2019/02/26/integrating-the-open-county-initiative-with-participatory-budgeting-a-kickstart-for-baringo-and-elgeyo-marakwet-counties/) - Since the implementation of devolution through the 47 county governments commencing 2013, different counties have developed and implemented different models of public participation in the quest to enhance accountability and governance. In the case of Baringo and Elgeyo Marakwet Counties, citizens (or wananchi) have stood up to be heard in their localities; they are actively
- [Dundori Data Fair: Global Goals for Local Impact](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/11/29/dundori-data-fair/) - When communities have data, then action is possible – where solutions can be implemented directly by the community themselves, by the county government and by other organisations that may want to assist in development. This was the general resolution in the meeting with community leaders of Dundori location. The community meeting was convened by Chief
- [My experience at the 2nd UN Data Forum](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/10/31/my-experience-at-the-2nd-un-data-forum/) - The 2nd UN Data Forum was well attended in the beautiful City of Dubai. The participants came from across the globe and brought a wealth of knowledge and colorful culture to the event. Over the next three days, over 75 sessions were on the agenda that would capture the interest of the participants. The sessions
- [Citizen Generated Data: What we now know](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/09/25/what-we-know-about-cdg/) - Today, we are excited to release datalocal.info, a web site through which we share our experiences working on citizen generated data projects since September 2015. Our Global Goals for Local Impact programme kicked off when we took the position that the Sustainable Development Goals are best achieved at hyperlocal level, outwards. We started with a
- [Using Data to Transform lives in Agriculture: The Nakuru North Agriculture Data Fair](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/08/30/using-data-to-transform-lives-in-agriculture-the-nakuru-north-agriculture-data-fair/) - Yesterday, working with the administration officials in Nakuru North sub-county, led by the Deputy County Commissioner, Kisilu Mutua, we held the Agriculture Data Fair with 200 farmers at the sub-county Headquarters in Bahati Location. The event kicked off at 9am. Of the farmers who were present 60% were male and 40% were women. The
- [Guest Blogger: My experiences digitizing community data](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/07/29/guest-blogger-my-experiences-digitizing-community-data/) - My friends and I (about 10 volunteers) have been doing data entry work at the Open Institute for the last two weeks. We have been digitizing data from Lanet Umoja, Kirima, Bahati and Dundori locations in Nakuru North and more is still coming in. As a volunteer to perform the data entry, I am seeing
- [UPDATE: Download the Executive Order](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/07/10/update-download-the-executive-order/) - Download the Executive Order
- [Transforming Lives Through Agriculture](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/06/19/transforming-through-agriculture/) - One of the locations that The Open Institute had targeted to study and gather evidence on agriculture and farming community was Bahati location. Bahati location is located in Nakuru North Sub County and is largely populated by a farming community. The farmers had been called in for a seminar by their local Chiefs who are
- [Embracing Agri Based Ideas](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/06/19/embracing-agri-based-ideas/) - The weather was overcast and dull but like ants that make their way out of their earthly nests so did the residents of the Kirima location. Situated in the north western region of the Nakuru North Sub County in Kenya, Kirima location is largely populated by farming communities. The residents wake up embracing the new
- [We welcome Executive Order on Procurement](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/06/14/open-procurement-order/) - The Open Institute welcomes the news that President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday signed an executive order requiring all government entities and public owned institutions to publish details of tenders and awards from July 1, this year. We laud this action as a significant step in the fight against corruption. Public procurement is the number one risk of corruption
- [Introducing The Ability Project](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/05/21/introducing-the-ability-project/) - Do me a favour: think back to earlier this morning when you were getting yourself showered and dressed. Perhaps like me, you enjoy catching up with the news on in the background, or your favourite Soundcloud playlist as you get your day started. You did those regular things like shave, do your hair, fix your
- [Our 2018 SDG Action Award Experience in Bonn, Germany](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/04/06/my-2018-sdg-action-award-experience-in-bonn-germany-2/) - The venue of this years' United Nations SDG Action Campaign - a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General, administered by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and mandated to support the UN system-wide and the Member States on advocacy and public engagement in the SDG implementation, was held at the World Conference Center Bonn, Germany. Bonn,
- [WE CAN Leave No One Behind](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/05/07/we-can-leave-no-one-behind/) - As the world agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals in September 2015 - to end poverty in all its forms by 2030, it issued a clarion call to leave no one behind. There have been questions globally about what “leave no one behind” means in practice. We have opted to read the statement literally -
- [Sting like a mosquito](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/04/28/sting-like-a-mosquito/) - This blog post is inspired by a mosquito that looked like it was on its first rodeo, as I stared at the ceiling of the (barely) 2 star hotel room that my team and I had to lodge in, so that we could attend the Devolution Conference in Kakamega in Western Kenya. There is a
- [Final Day of Community Leaders Induction: The Bahati Location Experience](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/04/03/final-day-of-community-leaders-induction-the-bahati-location-experience/) - Bahati Location, marked the final location of Community Leaders Induction. Since we understand that an organised community is a crucial ingredient to successful citizen participation and engagement, we set out on a journey in the beginning of this month together with Nakuru North sub-county leadership namely: the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) there, Mr. Kisilu Mutua
- [Day 6 - Community Leaders Induction : Githioro Location](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/03/15/day-6-community-leaders-induction-githioro-location/) - Githioro location, is located on the southern slopes of the Dundori hills. The hills are covered by a dense forest that has been battling deforestation from the outlawed charcoal burners. The forests is also shared with Dundori location and is a source of the Wanyororo and Mbaruku rivers that snake through the location southwards and
- [Community Leaders Induction](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/03/28/5812-2/) - Today, marked the beginning of the final week of Community Leaders Induction at Kirima Location, Nakuru North sub-county. Kirima Location being one of the locations we carried out the Global Goals for Local Impact scale up which built on our understanding that an organised community is a key ingredient in successful citizen engagement and participation.
- [Community Leaders Induction in Mutukanio Location](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/03/29/community-leaders-induction-in-mutukanio-location/) - We are almost coming to the end of the journey we commenced in the beginning of this month of organising the communities of Nakuru North sub-county under the Nyumba Kumi umbrella. We have come to understand that organising the communities at hyperlocal is a crucial exercise for implementing data driven projects and for enhancing citizen
- [End of Week 1 Community leaders Induction : Kabatini Location](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/03/09/end-of-week-1-community-leaders-induction-kabatini-location/) - Today marked the end of week one’s process of the community organisation process in Nakuru North Sub-County. We took the community leaders induction to Kabatini location, Nakuru-North county. Kabatini location is divided into two sub-locations - Mwaki-Mugi sub-location and Kabatini sub-location. According to the 2009 census the population of Kabatini Location is 17,937. Kabatini sub-location
- [Community Leaders Induction in Rurii Location](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/03/13/community-leaders-induction-in-rurii-location/) - We commenced week two of Community Leaders Induction at Rurii location, Nakuru North sub-county. The momentum for the Induction process is established now. We are supporting this activities because we now understand that Community Organisation is a crucial component of citizen engagement and participation. Rurii Location has three sub locations namely; Menengai sub-location which is
- [Community Leaders Induction: The Mereroni Experience & Lessons](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/03/15/community-leaders-induction-the-mereroni-experience-lessons/) - Today we continued with the Community Leaders induction process at Mereroni location, Nakuru North sub-county. The stats for the location are: it is divided into 2 sub-locations - Nyonjoro and Ndimu Ndege sub-locations. The population of the area is approximately 7,497 people and 1,500 households, according to the 2009 census. Of all the locations in
- [Getting back on the job: Global Goals for Local Impact](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/01/29/getting-back-on-the-job-global-goals-for-local-impact/) - Happy new year! We hope that this year will be for you (and for us), a year of prosperity and great impact. We have been fairly quiet these past few months because most of the work that we do, is in Kenya. In Kenya, we have had a prolonged electioneering period. We conducted general elections
- [Open Lessons: Organised Communities are an important ingredient for Citizen Engagement](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/03/01/open-lessons-organised-communities-are-an-important-ingredient-for-citizen-engagement/) - We are happy to release our first Think Piece of the year - Open Lessons: Organised Communities are an important ingredient for Citizen Engagement. Through this Think Piece, we draw from the lessons that we have learnt while working on the Global Goals for Local Impact programme over the past year - especially having encountered some
- [Community Leaders Induction Kicks Off in Kiamaina Location](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/03/06/community-leaders-induction-kicks-off-in-kiamaina-location/) - Today, we started the community organisation process in line with the lessons that we have shared, that organised communities are an important ingredient for citizen participation and engagement. In Nakuru North sub-county, we are working with the local administration, led by the Deputy County Commissioner, Mr. Mutua Kisilu and his immediate Assistant County Commissioner 1
- [Day 2: Community Leaders Induction - Thayu location](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/03/07/day-2-community-leaders-induction-thayu-location/) - Day two of our journey towards achieving an organised community for better citizen participation and engagement took us to Thayu Location which is part of Nakuru North sub-county. Thayu location has a population of approximately 11,700 people making up about 2,300 households as per 2009 national census. The location is divided into 2 sub-locations ie
- [Guest post: Musings from Buntwani 2017](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/10/02/guest-post-musings-from-buntwani-2017/) - Mark Irura, Principal Consultant, Development Gateway When data -- particularly government data -- is made relevant and available, we as “infomediaries” have an opportunity to create public value. As a community of data users, we are becoming more savvy at turning datasets into information, and information into advocacy for better public resource allocation, transparency and
- [Guest Post:  From Buntwani 2017: Two Areas of Work for the Africa We Want](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/10/02/guest-post-from-buntwani-2017-two-areas-of-work-for-the-africa-we-want/) - Muchiri Nyaggah - Executive Director, LDRI and one of the convenors of the Africa Open Data Network Buntwani is a Swahili word for the open air space in rural African communities where people congregate to discuss issues of common interest, meet with elders or other local leaders and formally receive guests from other villages. It is
- [The Government should take a stronger leadership role in OGP](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/10/19/the-government-should-take-a-stronger-leadership-role-in-ogp/) - Recently, we participated in a national Open Government Partnership forum was held in Nairobi. This forum, organised by the Constitution and Reform Education Consortium (CRECO), brought together civil society, academia, media, private sector and multilateral institutions. The debate focused on the progress of implementation of the OGP Kenya commitments. At this forum, key issues emerging
- [Buntwani as an action point](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/12/19/buntwani-as-an-action-point/) - All over the world, states, organizations as well as individuals have been, and continue to be, in the habit of coming together for a cause. The agenda of the cause varies according to the conveners. No matter the calibre/stature of the conveners, there is ordinarily an agenda that brings them together. Despite such meetings having
- [#DataWork: From the Abstract to the reality](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/07/18/datawork-from-the-abstract-to-the-reality/) - The Open Institute is excited to note that the brand new dispensary at Lanet Umoja, the first public dispensary in the area since Kenya's independence in 1963, is almost complete. At this time last year, the dispensary was a mere hope in the minds of Lanet Umoja's community and in that of their Chief Francis
- [Focus on people to achieve the global goals - thats what we will do](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/05/20/focus-on-people-to-achieve-the-global-goals-thats-what-we-will-do/) - At the Open Institute, we have grown to believe that the power to fight inequality in all its forms lies in people. It is in people that the possibility of wide acceptance and tolerance abides. It in people that the ability of the world to change and find its better self lies. It is for
- [Bahati: a great start to the scale up marathon.](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/05/25/global-goals-local-impact-scale-up/) - Following the success we had in Lanet Umoja location, where we worked with Chief Kariuki, our scale up process officially kicked off today as we have started a marathon series of introductory sessions in four locations - Bahati, Kirima, Githioro and Mereroni. Our first stop is in Bahati location in the Northern part of Nakuru
- [Success: 4 days, 4 locations Introductory meetings in Nakuru North](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/05/29/success-4-days-4-locations-introductory-meetings-in-nakuru-north/) - In the past week, the Open Institute has completed its first set of four-day marathon meetings in four locations in Nakuru North sub-county, as part of the Global Goals for Local Impact scale up process. We held these meetings in Bahati, Kirima, Mereroni and Githioro under the leadership of their respective chiefs, Paul Ndungata, Charles
- [Announcing the Kaya Community Lab](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/06/19/announcing-the-kaya-community-lab/) - The team at the Open Institute is pleased to announce the launch of the Kaya Community Lab. This initiative brings together various stakeholders in communities and/or organisations to address specific, identified and complex problems that do not necessarily have straightforward solutions. The Kaya Community Labs intends to take a Social Labs approach whereby solutions are prototyped, tested
- [Checking in: visiting the experience](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/11/23/checking-in-visiting-the-experience/) - Sometimes, our blog posts are so high level that we forget to give the interesting minutiae and details of our experience when we go every week. We are currently working in Lanet Umoja location working with women groups to collect SDG 5 data in partnership with Civicus Datashift and with the leadership of Chief Kariuki
- [2016 was a great year, 2017 is going to be even more amazing!](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/01/18/2016-was-a-great-year-2017-is-going-to-be-even-more-amazing/)
- [New Experiences Expected as we Scale up Global Goals for Local Impact Programme.](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/03/07/new-experiences-expected-as-we-scale-up-global-goals-for-local-impact-programme/) - Working at the grassroots is so exciting for us. It is there that all the work that we do makes sense. When we talk about Sustainable Development Goals, the concept rarely resonates with the people for whom the programs were intended. There is often a struggle of disseminating these concepts to people at the grassroots
- [The final link in the chain: Citizen participation through data](https://openinstitute.africa/2017/03/31/the-final-link-in-the-chain-citizen-participation-through-data/) - When we started the Global Goals for Local Impact programme, we had a simple hypothesis: that when citizens are involved in the collection of the data that relates to their immediate lives, they are able to then take greater control of their destiny as a community. When they have facts about their lives, when they
- [LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND: Gender Data – Women and Girls Matter](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/08/03/leave-no-one-behind-gender-data-women-and-girls-matter/) - Recently, part of the Open Institute team attended the SDG 5 forum in Nairobi that was organized by CIVICUS, FEMNET and SDGs Forum Kenya. It was well attended by experts from different fields related to gender that came to brainstorm on the way forward with SDG5. Partnerships, policies, among others were discussed in detail. SDG
- [The long road to citizen power](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/08/30/the-long-road-to-citizen-power/) - Very frequently, and more so lately, our team gets up very early in the morning and prepares to set off to Lanet Umoja location in Nakuru County. We usually leave at about lunch time, having made many small and important logistical preparations. On most days, we are ferrying boxes filled with paper forms - data
- [Data for data's sake... is good. ](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/09/12/data-for-datas-sake-is-good/) - Today was a public holiday in Kenya as muslims celebrate Idd-ul-Adha, the festival that commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son to please Almighty God. While the rest of the country took time off, my team and I used the day to bond with each other in the office over chocolate encrusted doughnuts, Mandazi (a
- [Of women's unpaid work and the SDGs - a village discussion](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/09/17/of-womens-unpaid-work-and-the-sdgs-a-village-discussion/) - One thing that always, always strikes me when I go for community meetings in places like Lanet Umoja is how far removed they are to the high levels of government, academia and the UN. They are a far distance not just in kilometres but also - and especially - conceptually. The beginnings of the meetings
- [Towards an (African-Led) Africa Network](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/11/01/towards-an-african-led-africa-network/) - Over the past decade - certainly since 2010 - Africans have made great strides in the use of technology and data for development and for transparency. There have been many landmark innovations that have emanated from the continent that have gone on to be useful in many other parts of the world. There have been
- [Global Goals for Local Impact: Lanet Umoja Community Leaders' Meeting](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/06/22/global-goals-for-local-impact-lanet-umoja-community-leaders-meeting/) - We are coming to the end of our pilot exercise for the Global Goals for Local Impact project in Lanet Umoja location. Data was collected successfully by the community leaders in conjunction with volunteer youth from the same location. Data entry was also done by a group of youth from the location. This meeting was
- [Making Transparency Matter: What Citizens Care About](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/07/18/making-transparency-matter-what-citizens-care-about/) - At the Open Institute, we have centered much of our work around transparency - making government and corporate data available to everyone. The argument is simple: the more data and information there is available, the more citizens are empowered to participate in their governance. When citizens participate, the argument follows, life is improved because they
- [Global Goals for Local Impact: Chiefs' Update](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/02/06/global-goals-for-local-impact-chiefs-update/) - Yesterday we met the administration leadership of the whole division, where Lanet Umoja is. As you may recall from a previous blog post, a division has several locations. The Dundori division has four locations - Dundori, Lanet-Umoja, Githioro and Mirironi. In the meeting, which was chaired by the Assistant County Commissioner in charge of Dundori
- [Announcing the Devolution Tweetchat hosted by Open Institute & World Bank](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/06/03/announcing-the-devolution-tweetchat-hosted-by-open-institute-world-bank/) - The Devolution Tweetchat 7 June 2016, 1pm - 3pm #WBGOpenDay #Devolution The World Bank Kenya Office has organised an Open Day on 7th June 2016 to bring the various organisations it partners with to showcase their various activities. The partners include the Kenya ICT Authority, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and various other government agencies.
- [The Devolution Twitter Chat Storify by The Open Institute and The World Bank](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/06/07/the-devolution-twitter-chat-storify-by-open-institute-and-world-bank/) - We are grateful to everyone who participated in the #Devolution Twitter chat at the World Bank Open Day at Nairobi Club. Here is a flavour of the discussions. [View the story "#WBGOpenDay #Devolution Storify" on Storify]
- [Global Goals for Local Impact - Buntwani Locally Day 2](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/12/05/global-goals-for-local-impact-buntwani-locally-day-2/) - There is always something exciting about carrying out a pilot exercise. It's results show you whether the hard work you have been putting in was in vain or was worth it. You learn where the strengths and weaknesses in a project lie. You find what needs to be changed, to be improved, to be left
- [BUNTWANI ROUNDTABLE: DEVOLUTION & THE DATA REVOLUTION IN KENYA](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/12/14/buntwani-roundtable-devolution-the-data-revolution-in-kenya/) - A Roundtable Conversation, suppported by UNICEF Kenya, on the State of Devolution and the Data Revolution in Kenya was held in Nairobi. This event was aimed at drawing on both experience and evidence-­based lessons to share, support and capture in the current devolution and data revolution landscape. In addition, we hope to review the progress that Kenya has made
- [THE KENYA BUDGET CALENDAR](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/01/14/the-kenya-budget-calendar/) - The International Budget Partnership (IBP) Kenya shared with the public the updated version of Kenya’s budget calendar. This budget map outlines key dates in Kenya’s National and County budget cycles from formulation to audit/oversight stages. In addition, it shows various budget documents that should be made available throughout the cycle. You can find the calendar
- [Developing the right tools for citizen participation](https://openinstitute.africa/2016/01/19/developing-the-right-tools-for-citizen-participation/) - It’s always an exciting moment when an idea is formulated and the time to engage other users nears. The introduction of such a system needs to be well thought of especially if there are technical aspect involved. We (Open Institute) recently embarked on a citizen involved and engagement pilot project in one of the locations in
- [Announcing SDG Tracker - Keeping tabs on the Global Goals](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/09/26/announcing-sdg-tracker-keeping-tabs-on-the-global-goals-2/) - The Open Institute team is proud to release the alpha version of SDG Tracker - a dashboard for tracking the progress we will make on the Sustainable Development Goals. World leaders are today expected to commit to these 17 goals that aim to especially achieve three main things: Eliminate extreme poverty, Fight inequality and injustice
- [BUNTWANI LOCALLY: GLOBAL GOALS FOR LOCAL IMPACT](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/11/27/buntwani-locally-global-goals-for-local-impact/) - The Open Institute have organised a Buntwani-locally event to take place in Lanet Umoja in Nakuru County, Kenya on December 3 and 4, 2015. Jointly organised with the “Tweeting Chief” Chief Francis Kariuki (@chiefkariuki), the event will be held to bring stakeholders around the community of 29,000 people to understand out how the Global Goals could
- [The 6 Big Lessons Learnt by Open Institute](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/12/02/the-6-big-lessons-learnt-by-open-institute/)
- [Release: Global Goals for Local Impact - OI Position on SDGs](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/12/03/release-global-goals-for-local-impact-oi-position-on-sdgs/) - The Open Institute is happy to release our thinking on the achievement of the Global Goals - 17 Sustainable Development Goals that World Leaders committed on at the UN General Assembly in September this year. These goals are made to guide global development over the next 15 years and range from ending extreme poverty and
- [Global Goals for Local Impact: Buntwani Locally in Lanet Umoja (Day 1)](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/12/04/global-goals-for-local-impact-buntwani-locally-in-lanet-umoja-day-1/) - The first day of the #Buntwani Locally in Lanet Umoja Location flew by with much excitement and activity. Over 300 community leaders arrived promptly at 9am (most had arrived well before time) and all of them got busy organising chairs into the double classroom that had been organised. The ladies that were catering for the
- [From the Africa Open Data Conference: Let's go back to the basics](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/09/02/from-the-africa-open-data-conference-lets-go-back-to-the-basics/) - 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
- [What if we knew the cost of Panadol in all East African hospitals?](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/09/09/what-if-we-knew-the-cost-of-panadol-in-all-east-african-hospitals/) - 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
- [Let's do hype-free development - we can!](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/09/10/lets-do-hype-free-development-we-can/) - I had the privilege to give a keynote speech at the Africa Open Data Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on the first day of the conference. My reflections were a bit more caution-oriented than many of the speakers that I encountered at the conference. In the spirit of continuing the discussions that happened there, I
- [Africa Open Data Conference Session - "Role of Local Data in the data revolution"](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/08/31/africa-open-data-conference-session-role-of-local-data-in-the-data-revolution/) - The 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
- [National Data Conference a demonstration of Kenya's commitment to the data revolution](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/08/29/national-data-conference-a-demonstration-of-kenyas-commitment-to-the-data-revolution/) - 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
- [Why We Need An African Partnership for Development Data](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/07/07/need-african-partnership-development-data/) - Earlier this year, I published my thoughts on the general direction in which a partnership for development data could take in Africa. While we acknowledge the possibility of a loose flotilla of efforts in the early days of such an effort I believe two critical factors should be kept front-of-mind. We cannot wait for a finalised
- [Data for Accountability Workshop](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/08/12/data-accountability-workshop/) - Open Institute, in collaboration with FEMNET, is holding a two-day workshop on August 20th & 21st for civil society organizations in Kenya on using data for advocacy and accountability. Designed to demystify data and equip participants with skills for collection, analysis and communication of insights from data, the workshop will be a highly practical hands-on
- [Buntwani 2015 was a huge Success!](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/08/27/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
- [Defining Grassroots - Google Hangout Summary](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/11/14/defining-grassroots-google-hangout/) - Over the last month or two, we’ve made a strategic decision to dedicate a huge part of our work to serve grassroots communities and we’ve increasingly found ourselves thinking about how our work in the Open Data and Open Governance space impacts them. On Thursday November 7th, 2013, we hosted a Google Hangout on Air
- [Open Institute Launches the Open Duka Platform](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/02/11/launching-open-duka-platform/) - The Open Institute is pleased to announce the launch of the Open Duka platform. Open Duka was conceptualised as a catalytic tool for transparency, accountability and governance. As a tool, Open Duka showcases the power and use of data that is liberated from multiple sources and organised in one platform. Open Duka is open source. The
- [The Link Between Devolution in Kenya and Open Governance](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/05/05/the-link-between-devolution-in-kenya-and-open-governance/) - It has been just over a year since Kenya formed a decentralised form of government, devolving into 47 county governments accompanied by ​central government. The rationale behind devolution was to transfer the power and responsibility from central to local governments in the spirit of empowering citizens by empowering their local leaders with the responsibility, resources
- [Come join us at the Open Duka Hackathon in Mombasa!](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/10/31/come-join-us-open-duka-hackathon-mombasa/) - Open Institute and M-Power would like to jointly invite developers out there to the Open Duka Hackathon. We are happy to invite you to the second Open Duka Hackathon on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2014 at Jaffery Institute of Professional Studies. The event will be open to Software and Web Developers, who will either
- [Players or Spectators - 6 Observations of CSO participation in OGP](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/11/05/players-and-spectators/) - 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
- [And the Honesty Oscars go to….](https://openinstitute.africa/2015/02/24/honesty-oscars-go/) - Every day in the week leading up to the Academy Awards, February 17th to 21st, ONE and Accountability Lab will unveil a category for our Honesty Oscars 2015, an award that honors not Hollywood films, but the creative work of activists and organizations that fight global corruption. Vote for your favorites, and we’ll announce the
- [Where are the citizens in Devolution?](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/09/24/citizens-devolution/) - Yesterday at the World Bank in Washington DC, I had the pleasure to spend lunch hour reflecting with colleagues there about the progress that Kenya is making with bringing government closer to citizens - especially using devolution. In my reflections, I also discussed not just the practical gaps that exist in making devolution work, but
- [BUNTWANI 2014 ­- “The Potential of ICT in Strengthening Citizen Engagement and Participation"](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/06/12/buntwani-2014-potential-ict-strengthening-citizen-engagement-participation/) - Buntwani aims to be a conversation starter and facilitator among various stakeholders actively involved and/or interested in the potential of ICT in strengthening citizen engagement and participation in Africa, as well as showcase the innovations that work and aim to decipher the strategies that make them work. The 2014 edition in Kenya will be the
- [Post-2015 Has Provided Us All With A "Big Tent"](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/07/02/post-2015-provided-us-big-tent/) - In their paper The Benefits of a Big Tent: Opening Up Government in Developing Countries, J Goldstein and J Weinstein argue for a "big tent"; one term under which open data and open government communities can pursue a common goal. I believe the term is fitting for the post-2015 processes and the unprecedented opportunity they present stakeholders
- [Research Study: Journey to Consensus](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/08/01/research-study-journey-consensus/) - The African continent through the African Union’s Common African Position (CAP) on Post 2015 Development Agenda expressed its desire to approach the Post 2015 Development agenda on a unified front in order to avoid the pitfalls experienced in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). There were consultation gaps in the initial preparation and
- [How sustainable is OGP?](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/08/12/sustainable-ogp/) - Having been involved in promoting the Open Government Partnership over the past couple of years in Africa, I have had a couple of experiences that have introduced a nagging worry at the back of my head that has continued to grow. Today, in conversation with colleagues at OpentheGovernment.org, where I am spending my days, the nagging worry codified
- [The great thing about fellowship programmes](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/05/23/great-thing-fellowship/) - At Open Institute we are thrilled that our very own Al Kags has been selected as one of the inaugural cohort of Washington fellows, under the Young African Leadership Initiative. Joining 45 other Kenyan fellows, he will be in the US for three months most of which will be spent at Open The Government, a
- [A look back at Kenya's open data jouney](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/05/26/a-look-back-at-kenyas-open-data-journey/) - This past week I had the privilege of attending and participating in the International Conference for e-Democracy and Open Government (CeDEM14), at the Danube University Krems in Austria. This year's conference brought together 133 participants from 33 countries to discuss issues related to e-democracy, e-participation and open government. I presented on the Kenya's open data journey, looking back
- [Post-2015 and the Data Revolution.](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/03/03/post-2015-data-revolution/) - I recently had the honour of participating in the Dialogue on Data for accountability within the post-2015 agenda framework earlier this year in New York. Organised by the UNDP, it was refreshing to be amongst people who were for the most part not from the traditional open government and open data fraternity. They brought a
- [Open Duka and the Transformative Power of Open and Visualized Data](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/03/03/open-duka-transformative-power-open-visualized-data/) - GUEST BLOGGER: MICHAEL MURUNGI, CEO, KENYA LAW Leafing through a print edition of the Kenya Gazette has always been more like looking for a morsel of information in an encyclopaedia or a newspaper. The weekly publication containing government notices and other legal notices prepared by Kenya's Government Printer is wordy and averages 70 pages per
- [Devolution Conference 2014](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/04/16/devolution-conference-2014/) - The Council of Governors (CoG) hosted to a two-day inaugural Devolution Conference held on 3rd and 4th April in Kwale County. The conference, titled “One Year into Devolution: Celebrating the Milestones, Overcoming the Challenges” saw leaders from across the country descend upon Kwale to reflect and learn from the experiences they faced in implementing devolution.
- [Gearing up for Open Data Day Kenya](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/02/19/gearing-up-for-open-data-day-kenya/) - The International Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to develop applications, liberate data, create visualisations and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of data policies by the world's local, regional and national governments. Open Institute is excited to be hosting Kenya's edition of
- [Summary of Open Data Day Kenya](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/02/24/summary-open-data-day-kenya/) - High energy, high engagement and many ideas characterised this year's edition of Open Data Day in Kenya. Open Institute hosted the event in 3 cities in Kenya: Mombasa in partnership with Mombasa Tech Community, Kisumu in partnership with LakeHub, and in Nairobi with help from PAWA254. The objective was to help spread open data by making
- [Open Duka, Tech for Transparency, and Learning Kung-Fu](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/02/24/open-duka-tech-transparency-learning-kung-fu/) - This is a cross-post from Global Integrity Submitted by Nathaniel Heller on 21 February , 2014 - 12:53 PM - Open Duka, Tech for Transparency, and Learning Kung-Fu The great folks over at the Open Institute just released a new open source software package, dubbed Open Duka, that allows users to visualize the relationships between entries on database
- [The Open Data Delusion](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/02/27/open-data-delusion/) - The open data movement has grown exponentially in a relatively short period of time. Many countries and cities have been rolling out initiatives and embracing the potential value that comes with opening up their data. However, as much as open data holds great promise, there is a real danger of initiatives failing. Speaking at this
- [Meeting IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/01/07/meeting-imf-managing-director-christine-lagarde/) - THIS WEEK I MEET MS. CHRISTINE LAGARDE, MD, IMF. This week, the 11th Managing Director of the IMF, Ms. Christine Lagarde is in Nairobi, at the end of a three year (2011-2013) credit facility to Kenya of $750 Million (over KES 65 Billion). Interestingly, this Extended Credit Facility was shepherded by the President when he
- [Making transparency real: Why Open Duka is important](https://openinstitute.africa/2014/02/17/making-transparency-real-open-duka-important/) - Recently in the Kenyan press, it emerged that there was ambiguity as to the company that may have been awarded the controversial Kshs 327 billion contract to build the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya. Registered decades apart, both companies operational in Kenya are named “China Road and Bridge Corporation” - although one is registered in
- [When it comes to aid transparency, there’s something more important than data](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/11/15/comes-aid-transparency-theres-something-important-data/) - This is a Post written by Jennifer Lentfer for OXFAM America Tech geek proclaims the unthinkable! Says that when it comes to aid transparency, “There’s something more important than data.” “Even in a country like Kenya, with a dynamic information and communication technology (ICT) sector, simply making data available is only one step in a longer
- [The Global Open Data Initiative Needs Your Input](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/11/22/global-open-data-initiative-needs-input/) - This is a cross-post by Julia Keserü from the Sunlight Foundation, taken from both the Global Open Data Initiative blog and the Sunlight Foundation blog. Open Data has enormous unfulfilled promise to change how governments work and to empower citizenship. As more governments and issue experts discover new potential in the public release of data,
- [CSO position paper on AU2063: Please contribute](https://openinstitute.africa/2013/12/03/cso-position-paper-au2063-please-contribute/) - The Africa Freedom of Information Centre, AFIC has been invited to attend African Union consultation on the continent’s strategy for the next 50 years- AU Agenda 2063. We have informed AU Commission our intention to consult our members and partners who for one reason or another are not to be physically consulted by the African
- [Open Africa Summit - Beyond the Hype](https://openinstitute.africa/2012/10/02/open-africa-summit-beyond-the-hype/) - This weekend, leading lights in the global Open Data scene will attend the Open Africa Summit, a "Think/Do" meeting to be held in Zanzibar between October 6 - 9, to help finalise plans for a major new Open Africa initiative. Organised by the African Media Initiative in partnership with the US State Department and the World
- [GotToVote! A way to bring Open Data to the ground](https://openinstitute.africa/2012/11/22/gotovote/) - The Open Institute is really proud to have helped birth an exciting new viral web campaign that is driving Kenyans to register and go vote.The GotToVote! campaign is the latest civic engagement project built by the pioneering Code4Kenya initiative. It was built in just 24hrs, by just two people, based on important but almost unusable
- [Thoughts from NDI Conference: Open Data & Elections](https://openinstitute.africa/2012/09/09/thoughts-from-ndi-conference-open-data-elections/) - This past week I was invited by the National Democratic Institute team in Kenya to speak at a conference they organised in Nairobo to discuss the elections. They asked me to discuss lessons from the Kenya Open Data Initiative that might be useful in thinking about elections management in Kenya and other countries. In the last few
- [We won the 2018 SDG Action Award!](https://openinstitute.africa/2018/04/06/my-2018-sdg-action-award-experience-in-bonn-germany/) - The venue of this years' United Nations SDG Action Campaign - a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General, administered by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and mandated to support the UN system-wide and the Member States on advocacy and public engagement in the SDG implementation, was held at the World Conference Center Bonn, Germany. Bonn,

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- [Open Governance](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/open-governance/)
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- [Global Goals for Local Impact](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/global-goals-for-local-impact/)
- [Subnational](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/subnational/)
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- [Data](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data/)
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- [wellbeing](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/wellbeing/)
- [wellness](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/wellness/)
- [Accountability](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/accountability/)
- [Mapping](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/mapping/)
- [field work](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/field-work/)
- [Open Extractives](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/open-extractives/)
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- [Data Leaders](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data-leaders/)
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- [meetup](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/meetup/)
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- [storytelling](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/storytelling/)
- [artisan](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/artisan/)
- [asm](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/asm/)
- [Extractives](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/extractives-2/)
- [miners](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/miners/)
- [Mining](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/mining/)
- [awareness](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/awareness/)
- [Jay Bhalla](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/jay-bhalla/)
- [Al Kags](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/al-kags/)
- [Elections](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/elections/)
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- [Open Africa Summit](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/open-africa-summit/)
- [Tech Camp](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/tech-camp/)
- [Zanzibar](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/zanzibar/)
- [Gold](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/gold/)
- [Livelihoods](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/livelihoods/)
- [OpenExtractives](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/openextractives/)
- [Gottovote](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/gottovote/)
- [engagement](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/engagement/)
- [World Bank](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/world-bank/)
- [Global](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/global/)
- [Global Open Data Initiative](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/global-open-data-initiative/)
- [GODI](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/godi/)
- [APRM](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/aprm/)
- [OGP](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/ogp/)
- [Finance](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/finance/)
- [IMF](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/imf/)
- [Open Duka](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/open-duka/)
- [Transparency](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/transparency/)
- [Post-2015](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/post-2015/)
- [Stastitics](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/stastitics/)
- [Government](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/government/)
- [KCPE](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/kcpe/)
- [KCPETRENDS](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/kcpetrends-2/)
- [Teachers](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/teachers/)
- [alkags.me](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/alkags-me/)
- [obama](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/obama/)
- [washington](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/washington/)
- [Buntwani](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/buntwani/)
- [devolution](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/devolution-2/)
- [Civil Society](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/civil-society/)
- [Report](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/report/)
- [Study](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/study/)
- [public policy](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/public-policy/)
- [#OKFest2014](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/okfest2014/)
- [SDI](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/sdi/)
- [Training](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/training/)
- [Action Plan](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/action-plan/)
- [Buntwani2015](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/buntwani2015/)
- [Grassroots](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/grassroots/)
- [#DatarevAfrica](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/datarevafrica/)
- [Africa 2063](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/africa-2063/)
- [SDG](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/sdg/)
- [Events](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/events/)
- [Grasstroots](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/grasstroots/)
- [Local](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/local/)
- [#Africaopendata](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/africaopendata/)
- [Africa Open Data Conference](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/africa-open-data-conference/)
- [AODC](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/aodc/)
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- [#ActiveCitizens](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/activecitizens/)
- [Design](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/design/)
- [Global Goals](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/global-goals/)
- [Side-nyake](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/side-nyake/)
- [Responsive Governments](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/responsive-governments/)
- [transition](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/transition/)
- [Africa Open Data](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/africa-open-data/)
- [Data Literacy](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data-literacy/)
- [Lanet](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/lanet/)
- [Pilot](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/pilot/)
- [World Bank Open Day](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/world-bank-open-day/)
- [DevolutionHub](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/devolutionhub/)
- [Nyumba Kumi Initiative](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/nyumba-kumi-initiative/)
- [Accounta](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/accounta/)
- [Development](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/development/)
- [Gender](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/gender/)
- [Local Impact](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/local-impact/)
- [Nakuru](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/nakuru/)
- [Datashift](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/datashift/)
- [LDRI](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/ldri/)
- [OD4D](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/od4d/)
- [Scale up](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/scale-up/)
- [AODC17](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/aodc17/)
- [Lesson Learnt](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/lesson-learnt/)
- [Open Lessons](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/open-lessons/)
- [Think Piece](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/think-piece/)
- [Daat4SDGs](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/daat4sdgs/)
- [Citizen voices](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/citizen-voices/)
- [Kenya Data4SDGs](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/kenya-data4sdgs/)
- [Kirima](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/kirima/)
- [Citizen Inclusion](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/citizen-inclusion/)
- [LNOB](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/lnob/)
- [Ability](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/ability/)
- [Rebranded](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/rebranded/)
- [We are Open](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/we-are-open/)
- [Open Contracting](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/open-contracting/)
- [Open Procurement](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/open-procurement/)
- [Uhuru Kenyatta](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/uhuru-kenyatta/)
- [Data4Agric](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data4agric/)
- [Data4Food](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data4food/)
- [Kobole](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/kobole/)
- [Taxes](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/taxes/)
- [Dundori](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/dundori/)
- [Crystal](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/crystal/)
- [DataThatMatters](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/datathatmatters/)
- [GIZ](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/giz/)
- [currency](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/currency/)
- [money](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/money/)
- [New Money](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/new-money/)
- [NewMoneyKe](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/newmoneyke/)
- [#WeAreOpen](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/weareopen/)
- [Equity](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/equity/)
- [Ethiopia](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/ethiopia/)
- [Ford Foundation](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/ford-foundation/)
- [Hewlett Foundation](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/hewlett-foundation/)
- [Lamu Island](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/lamu-island/)
- [LAPPSET](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/lappset/)
- [Luminate group](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/luminate-group/)
- [Manda Island](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/manda-island/)
- [Open Society](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/open-society/)
- [CAADP](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/caadp/)
- [Coal](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/coal/)
- [Decoalonize](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/decoalonize/)
- [Gender Dynamics](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/gender-dynamics/)
- [Gender Dynamics in Mining: Why women don't go into mines](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/gender-dynamics-in-mining-why-women-dont-go-into-mines/)
- [#DataDesk](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/datadesk/)
- [#OpenData](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/opendata/)
- [OpenCounty](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/opencounty/)
- [Data driven development](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data-driven-development/)
- [data is power](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data-is-power/)
- [Strategy](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/strategy/)
- [Census](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/census/)
- [Censuske](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/censuske/)
- [Machine readable](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/machine-readable/)
- [Population](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/population/)
- [CGD](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/cgd/)
- [Kenya National Bureau of Statistics](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/kenya-national-bureau-of-statistics/)
- [Statistics](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/statistics/)
- [Zachary Mwangi](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/zachary-mwangi/)
- [Civil Registrations](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/civil-registrations/)
- [Huduma](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/huduma/)
- [NIIIMs](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/niiims/)
- [Data Ready](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data-ready/)
- [Human Rights](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/human-rights/)
- [Pandemic](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/pandemic/)
- [Rights](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/rights/)
- [Virtual Meeting](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/virtual-meeting/)
- [Youtube Live](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/youtube-live/)
- [Zoom](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/zoom/)
- [Shiriki](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/shiriki/)
- [Mobility](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/mobility/)
- [adapt](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/adapt/)
- [change](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/change/)
- [new normal](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/new-normal/)
- [Factories](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/factories/)
- [Manufacturing](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/manufacturing/)
- [SDG8](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/sdg8/)
- [Volunteers](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/volunteers/)
- [bribe](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/bribe/)
- [corruption](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/corruption/)
- [platorms](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/platorms/)
- [self-service](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/self-service/)
- [systems](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/systems/)
- [Digital Rights](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/digital-rights/)
- [restore](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/restore/)
- [Loise](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/loise/)
- [accountable](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/accountable/)
- [declaration](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/declaration/)
- [inclusive](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/inclusive/)
- [RDR](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/rdr/)
- [transparent](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/transparent/)
- [GPDR](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/gpdr/)
- [law](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/law/)
- [privacy](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/privacy/)
- [favoritism](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/favoritism/)
- [morality](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/morality/)
- [nepotism](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/nepotism/)
- [public office](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/public-office/)
- [public service](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/public-service/)
- [connected](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/connected/)
- [death](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/death/)
- [effectiveness](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/effectiveness/)
- [grief](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/grief/)
- [elgeyo](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/elgeyo/)
- [emc](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/emc/)
- [household data](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/household-data/)
- [marakwet](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/marakwet/)
- [citizen](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/citizen/)
- [collection](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/collection/)
- [interest groups](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/interest-groups/)
- [stakeholder](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/stakeholder/)
- [Nandi Data Desk](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/nandi-data-desk/)
- [Artificial Intelligence](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/artificial-intelligence/)
- [AI](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/ai/)
- [CBO](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/cbo/)
- [Community-Based Organisations](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/community-based-organisations/)
- [No App For This Project](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/no-app-for-this-project/)
- [IWD2024](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/iwd2024/)
- [International Womens Day](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/international-womens-day/)
- [Democracy](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/democracy/)
- [ActiveCitizens](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/activecitizens-2/)
- [Media Council of Kenya](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/media-council-of-kenya/)
- [Changemakers](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/changemakers/)
- [Maono Elections](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/maono-elections/)
- [CTIF2024](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/ctif2024/)
- [Data Governance Conference](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data-governance-conference/)
- [#EADataGov25](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/eadatagov25/)
- [narrative](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/narrative/)
- [power](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/power/)
- [Devolution Conference 2025](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/devolution-conference-2025/)
- [Devolution Hub](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/devolution-hub/)
- [DevCon](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/devcon/)
- [International Democracy Day](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/international-democracy-day/)
- [media](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/media/)
- [journalists](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/journalists/)
- [Skills](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/skills/)
- [Evangelisation](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/evangelisation/)
- [AI Ethics](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/ai-ethics/)
- [Journalism](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/journalism/)
- [brown envelope](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/brown-envelope/)
- [New Media](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/new-media/)
- [Social Media](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/social-media/)
- [journalist](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/journalist/)
- [Kilifi County](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/kilifi-county/)
- [Civic engagement](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/civic-engagement/)
- [EADataGov26](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/eadatagov26/)
- [EADataGov25](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/eadatagov25-2/)
- [digital public infrastructure](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/digital-public-infrastructure/)
- [east africa](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/east-africa/)
- [AI Mtaani](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/ai-mtaani/)
- [Digital Transformation](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/digital-transformation/)
- [Evidence-based decision-making](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/evidence-based-decision-making/)
- [Data for development](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data-for-development/)
- [COMMUNICATION](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/communication/)
- [POLICY INFLUENCE](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/policy-influence/)
- [CIVIC PARTICIPATION](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/civic-participation/)
- [AI & EVIDENCE](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/ai-evidence/)
- [research](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/research/)
- [fuel crisis](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/fuel-crisis/)
- [high fuel in Kenya](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/high-fuel-in-kenya/)
- [Matatu Strike](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/matatu-strike/)
- [media independence](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/media-independence/)
- [Global Data Festival](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/global-data-festival/)
- [Citizens generated data](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/citizens-generated-data/)
- [Data Value](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/data-value/)
- [good governance](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/good-governance/)
- [health data](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/health-data/)
- [District Information Health Software](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/district-information-health-software/)
- [Entrepreneur](https://openinstitute.africa/tag/entrepreneur/)

## Portfolio Categories

- [Data Governance](https://openinstitute.africa/project-category/data-gov/)
- [Active Citizenship](https://openinstitute.africa/project-category/active-citizen/)
- [Responsive Governments](https://openinstitute.africa/project-category/responsive-gov/)

## Portfolio Tags

- [all-cases](https://openinstitute.africa/project-tag/all-cases/)
- [featured](https://openinstitute.africa/project-tag/featured/)
- [GGLI](https://openinstitute.africa/project-tag/ggli/)
- [active citizenship](https://openinstitute.africa/project-tag/active-citizenship/)
- [open county](https://openinstitute.africa/project-tag/open-county/)
- [data desk](https://openinstitute.africa/project-tag/data-desk/)