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The Internet Governance Forum In Nairobi- The Main Points on the First Day
Written by kachwanya
This week Nairobi Kenya is hosting the Internet Governance Forum on “The Internet as a Catalyst for Change: Access, Development, Freedom and Innovation” . The global IGF is being held in Africa for the first time and thousands of internet experts and users are in Nairobi to discuss challenges facing […]
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Seeking the best way that strengths of old media can be applied effectively to new media in new ways
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The 9/11 Anniversary: Memories of the 1998 Nairobi Bomb Blast Awaken
Written by kachwanya
This month as the US and the world mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States, I look at the impact of an event which took place three years before that fateful day in Nairobi, Kenya. The exact date was August 7, 1998, when suicide […]
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Kenya Government Open Data to expand accountability and governance
Written by kachwanya
On 8th of July 2011 the Government of Kenya launched the Open Government Data Portal, the only government data portal in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has over 160 data sets including the complete 2009 Kenyan national census, national budget data, national and county expenditure, information on healthcare, schools and much more. […]
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m:Lab East Africa: Africa’s first mobile Lab
Written by kachwanya
This video has been submitted by kachwanya. Kenya recently launched Africa’s first mobile apps lab known as m-lab. The facility based in Nairobi Kenya will serve as incubation center for new business in the mobile space within East Africa countries. Among the initiatives which will be taken by the lab […]
