Kenya

AO. Tranparency

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

JUSTIFICATION: What reasons are given to describe why data for development is necessary?
Querying Data for Development

State's aggressive crackdown and lawsuit filed against the government in response

AO: This article describes how the Kenyan government implemented (overly?) aggressive tactics to crackdown on the spread of Coronavirus including mandatory quarantine period and required...Read more

How have different actors responded to COVID-19 and what kinds of counter responses have emerged to that?
Dahir, A. L. (2020, May 8). Kenyans Held for Weeks in Quarantine Were Told to Pay to Get Out. The New York Times.
Analytics for Research Data KE COVID-19 Project
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

Nov 28, 2024 Workshop: Engaging Kenyan Researchers on "Database as Book"

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AOk. "Kenya's love for IT has earned it the nickname Silicon Savanna"

AO: This article proposes that Nairobi's nickname of "Silicon Savanna" stems from "Kenya's love for IT." The author then goes on to suggest that the moniker "neatly...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

Kenya Vision 2030

Government of the Republic of Kenya. (2008). Kenya Vision 2030 (The Popular Version). Government of the Republic of Kenya.
Government of the Republic of Kenya. (2018). Marking 10 Years of Progress (2008—2018). Government of the Republic of Kenya.

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

https://vimeo.com/10169351

How is “Nairobi”, “Kenya”, and/or “Africa” invoked when data (sharing) is mentioned?

COVID-19 message in rural Kenya

TRANSCRIPT: 190524_002 RESEARCHING IN/FROM NAIROBI

Transcript from one-on-one interview

Friday , May 24 , 2019

Hung out from 10:10 AM – 2:00 PM. Interviewed happened at the beginning of this time (from 10:57 AM - 12:15 PM).

Location: lunch venue in Westlands (Nairobi, Kenya)

Participant...Read more

Kijiji Yeetu COVID-19 Map of Village Actions

https://kijijiyeetu.co.ke/covid-19/

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
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