Kenya

COVID 19 Vaccine in Kenya

Panel 1: "Experimental publishing: new ways of relating around books and data"

Harvest Discussion at Nov 28, 2024 "RDS Database as Book" Event

Private Schools Seeking Alternative Income Sources

Chan, Leslie. 2010. "Prof. Mary Abukutsa-Onyango discusses the importance of Open Access for research from Kenya and other African countries"

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RDS Collective Lightning Talks of Nov 28, 2024 "RDS Database as Book" Event

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

"Open data for good governance": ossified funding regime but continued unmet need for mobilized citizenry

I mentioned, that despite a continued need articulated by Wambui, Hawi and Wangari earlier in the conversation for greater citizen engagement around data, it's ironic because ...Read more

What double bind is apparent here?
2020_SEPT_24 WRITING MEETING_Transcript
Thematic Analysis: Qual Open Data

Kijiji Yeetu. 2020. "COVID-19 Chronicle."

AOk. Google chose Nairobi for its African regional base because the Kenyan government embraced the Internet

This excerpt from the TIMES article repasted below explains that Nairobi was seen as attractive for American technology company, Google, to set up a regional office because of government support...Read more

META: What discourses shape the way people in this setting talk about and conceptualize qualitative data infrastructure and capacity, right-to-know, freedom of information, the potential of expanded public participation, and so on?
Perry, A. (2011, June 30). Silicon Savanna: Mobile Phones Transform Africa. Time.
Analytics Across Scales and Systems: Qualitative Data Capacity

AOk. GoK laid its own national undersea fiber cable when regional link talks failed

AO: The article explains (see excerpt below) that the Government of Kenya (GoK) demonstrated its tangible support of the Internet when it decided to lay down its...Read more

TECHNO: What technical infrastructure in this setting is in place for and what qualitative data infrastructure is needed for this?
Perry, A. (2011, June 30). Silicon Savanna: Mobile Phones Transform Africa. Time.
Analytics Across Scales and Systems: Qualitative Data Capacity

Angela Okune, S. Adebowale, E. Gray, A. Mumo, and R. Oniang'o. "Discussion on Open Access (in Africa)," [Transcript], 2020, Research Data Share.

Discussion on Open Access in Africa

March 31, 2020

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Nairobi

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