Nandi County signs MOU to establish Data Desk
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
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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.
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
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)
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
Restoring Data Rights Post-COVID-19 Crisis – Virtual Meeting
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
CensusKe: a new platform for exploring Kenya’s 2019 Census Data
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,
Al Kags Joins GPSDD Technical Advisory Group
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
Kenya’s 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
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,