AO: practices related to: projectization; consultancies; external western funding of research.Read more
This brief jotting of an encounter with a Kenyan employee at Org 2 reveals cynicism about why Kenyans don't end up having the highest "boss" jobs in the country... because they are indebted...Read more
AO: institutional program administrators are grappling with how to get people to gain more critical thinking skills despite the heavy bureaucracies they have to navigate. But few to no...Read more
AO: We didn’t have enough representation from the technical experts. Perhaps this reflects in some way the focus of much of the tech community in Nairobi on money making ventures or “...Read more
AO: Data Protection Law that just passed was a big one and ties closely to GDPR. Phares Kariuki mentioned “GDPR biases towards big companies that have the capacity to comply. Even...Read more
AO: This quote highlights how being named in a research report (especially in multiple reports on the same topic/field) can help signal a respondent's expertise on a particular topic and may...Read more
AO: Page 18 states that opening up government data is important to "create transparent public procurement process, public oversight of expenditure and ensure value-for-money towards citizen...Read more
October 25, 2019
African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) conference at USIU
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Day 2 Opening Plenary
Walter Mboya (Mkuki na Nyota)
AO: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by Participant BCMWAS11 prior to interview # 191127_001 and signed after the interview. While the participant stated their willingness to be named and wrote out their full name in the signed...Read more