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AOk. Racial categories unarticulated in 2011.

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

NANO: What cultural frames and dispositions enable or deflect qualitative data work and capacity in this setting?
Perry, A. (2011, June 30). Silicon Savanna: Mobile Phones Transform Africa. Time.
Analytics Across Scales and Systems: Qualitative Data Capacity
Government of the Republic of Kenya. (2018). Marking 10 Years of Progress (2008—2018). Government of the Republic of Kenya.

AO: This is the Government of Kenya's 10 year progress report on what has been achieved with regards to its Vision 2030 which former President Kibaki launched in 2008.Read more

AOk. Kenya's "global competitiveness" predicated on "re-training and access to technological learning within employment"

This quote from page 11 strikes me for two reasons:

1) It names citizens as "people" once -- applauding their creativity, work ethic, education and entrepreneurial skills -- then refers to...Read more

What kinds of expertise or types of knowledge are mentioned?
Government of the Republic of Kenya. (2018). Marking 10 Years of Progress (2008—2018). Government of the Republic of Kenya.
Thematic Analysis: Qual Open Data

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

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

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

Participants (listed alphabetically):

Kenyan citizens protest in Nairobi against government corruption

Being Researched in Kibera

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Rhetoric, reality, and re-membering: Reflections on Kenya’s knowledge ecosystem following the June 2024 maandamano

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A swirl of contextual events in/on/related to Kenyan (tech) research

  • 1884-85: Berlin Conference where European imperialist powers met to “regulate the ‘scramble’ for Africa
  • 1888: Imperial British East Africa Company given a royal charter to administer the area allocated to Britain
  • 1890: The British
    • ...Read more

Opening Remarks of Nov 28, 2024 "RDS Database as Book" Event

Misinformation: Masks ordered by Germany lost in Kenya

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