COVID19

PLAAS. 2020. “Food in the Time of the Coronavirus: Why We Should Be Very, Very Afraid.” Plaas (blog). April 1, 2020.

AO: During this discussion on Open Access, Eve Gray mentioned:

"What is published hugely...there are now a lot of...Read more

Ujamaa Center. 2020. “#ProPoorCoronaResponse,” March 22, 2020.

AO: This twitter thread was shared on March 22, 2020 by Hawi Rapudo through the Research Data KE Working Group whatsapp group. It outlines what "#ProPoorCoronaResponse" to #coronainkenya would be.Read more

How is COVID-19 changing conceptualizations of work, the work environment and measures of work productivity?

How is COVID-19 “in Africa” (or “in Kenya”) being mentioned in comparison to other regions? What does the commentator state is unique about the COVID-19 experience in Kenya (or “Africa”)?

Mawazo Institute. 2020. “Survey Findings on the Impact of COVID-19 on Africa’s Higher Education System.” Nairobi, Kenya: Mawazo Institute.

AO: This report foregrounds results from an online survey with 501 respondents conducted by Nairobi-based Mawazo Institute in April 2020.Read more

News and Public Discourse on COVID-19 in/from/about Kenya

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Google's COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports

AO: This Pathways International "COVID-19 Data Center" includes a section on "community mobility reports" which pulls from Google. The...Read more

What data infrastructure supports efforts to understand and respond to COVID-19? What data is being generated to better understand COVID-19 and where is it being stored/analyzed/collected and to what effects?

Covid19 Data Center

Analytics for Research Data KE COVID-19 Project

Kimari, Wangui. 2020. “The People vs 4G Internet and Other Corona Stories from Kenya.” Africa Is a Country (blog). March 30, 2020.

AO: This artifact was shared with the Research Data KE Working Group (via whatsapp) on Saturday April 4, 2020. It is an article in Africa is a Country authored by Wangui Kimari.Read more

How are universities responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, what kind of support have they been given, what problems have emerged, and how are these problems being tracked and responded to?