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The 9/11 Anniversary: Memories of the 1998 Nairobi Bomb Blast Awaken
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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Remittances to Drought/Famine-Affected Households in Northern Kenya
Women and children are the ones most susceptible to the effects of drought and famine which is why it is important to consider ways to make remittances more accessible to them. Kenya already has the infrastructure and services to lower the cost of sending money to relatives who need monetary […]
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Kenya Government Open Data to expand accountability and governance
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
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 […]