Nairobi

AO. Nairobi governor responds to COVID-19

AO: Mike Sonko responded to the COVID-19 crisis in Kenya by distributing care packages to hospitals and the controversial aspect was that he included alcohol in the packages.Read more

How have different actors responded to COVID-19 and what kinds of counter responses have emerged to that?

Feleke, Bethlehem. 2020. “Kenya Governor under Fire after Putting Hennessy Bottles in Coronavirus Care Packages.” CNN, April 17, 2020.

Analytics for Research Data KE COVID-19 Project

Learning from Nairobi

Something Kim said - about Nairobi being an important site to learn from given that many in the US may be forced to go into the more informal economy, etc. - reminded me of a twist of that point...Read more

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

2020_SEPT_24 WRITING MEETING_Transcript

Thematic Analysis: Qual Open Data

Kenyan citizens protest in Nairobi against government corruption

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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

Transcript: Panel 1 at Archiving Kenya's Past and Futures

Transcript of Panel 1 Discussion at "Archiving Kenya’s Past and Futures: Stewardship and Care of Research Data"

November 12, 2019

Venue: McMillan Library

Moderator: Leonida Mutuku

Speakers:

Leah Komen

Joyce Wangari

John Osogo...Read more

Zachary, G. P. (2008, July 20). Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto? The New York Times.

This article written in July 2008 is particularly interesting to me because of when it was written. It predates the slew of international media coverage on tech development in Nairobi (most of which was written in 2010 - 2012) and the article also touches on some of the cultural orientations...Read more

AOk. Liberalized telecoms and fiber networks

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

MACRO: What laws and economic drivers produce (or undercut) qualitative data infrastructure, access, 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

AO. decolonization.

AO: decolonization emerged several times - “decolonize our writing” (to make them accessible to broader publics); questioning the benefits of research and how to make research more...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?

Proceedings of Archiving Kenya's Past and Futures

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

Moore, D. 2020. “No work, no food”: For Kibera dwellers, quarantine not an option. Al Jazeera. Retrieved May 8, 2020.

TM: The global COVID 19 pandemic has sliced the lives of people like a hot knife to butter. During times like these it is the most vulnerable in the society that often times bear the brunt. This has been the reality for the residents of Kibera who despite knowing the threat that COVID 19...Read more

AOk. Skunkworks and other dev community groups circa 2008.

This article from 2008 mentions one of the early tech community groups, Skunkworks. The Skunkworks community was a precursor to many who ended up getting involved in setting up the iHub including...Read more

MESO: What groups, networks and publics are implicated in qualitative data infrastructure, work, governance and capacity in this setting? What data and visualizations of these groups and networks are available?

Zachary, G. P. (2008, July 20). Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto? The New York Times.

Analytics Across Scales and Systems: Qualitative Data Capacity

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September 25, 2019

2:30 PM - 5 PM

NMK Ford Hall

Reflections:

What does an independent postcolonial nation do with a painful colonial past? It was noticeable how the speaker, a Kenyan Indian included...Read more

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