AO: Lots of debate on this issue - sentiments that “Kenyan society doesn’t value research” which was pushed back against: “Academics don’t write things that society wants to read!”...Read more
AO: This excerpt from the article (below) highlights the key role that liberalizing telecom and fiber networks in Kenya had for attracting American multinational tech...Read more
AO: While we were going over the options covered within the consent form after the interview, this individual, who throughout the interview was all for openness, was also very willing to be named...Read more
Angela Okune: During the discussion, Sulaiman Adebowale observed parallels across the continent where many academic scholars began to set up journals, largely due to a decrease...Read more
AO: This is the powerpoint presentation that Leo and I used for our opening remarks.Read more
I find it interesting that in the entire article, which includes descriptions about tech helping to fill voids on the "dark continent", race is not mentioned once. In the...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: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by participants of group discussion # 191121_001 and signed after the interview. I exerted my researcher's perogative in deciding to anonymize all participants despite some participants written...Read more
Transcript of Opening Remarks at "Archiving Kenya’s Past and Futures: Stewardship and Care of Research Data"
November 12, 2019
Venue: McMillan Library
Speakers:
Angela Okune
Leonida Mutuku
Initial transcript done by...Read more
AO: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by Participant DRKWAS01 prior to interview # 190514_001 and signed after the interview.Read more