Today is significant in the global open data movement. Four years ago, Kenya stepped forward as a highly visible, early leader in open data when its president launched the Kenya Open Data Portal (KODI) — the first sub-Saharan nation to…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
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Kenya, an Early Open Data Adopter, Renews Its Global Leadership
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Tagged with: Africa, citizens, Civil Society, Dar es Salaam, Jeff Kaplan, Kenya, Kenya Open Data Initiative (KODI), Linet Kwamboka, open data, Socrata, Tanzania
Why journalists and technologists must collaborate
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The launch of the Kenya Open Data Initiative in July 2011 led to the release of hundreds of data sets which, for a few discerning journalists and editors, opened up a new way of discovering, reporting and disseminating news. From…
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