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 …
Kenya, an Early Open Data Adopter, Renews Its Global Leadership Read more »
Data journalism and civic technology organisation Code for Africa has received a US$4.7-million investment from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. According to a blog post written by Code for Africa head Justin Arenstein, the funding will be used to …
Code for Africa gets $4.7m boost from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation Read more »
This post, written by Elizabeth Stuart, Research Fellow, ODI, and Erica Hagen, co-founder of Map Kibera, is the eighth in our blog series which aims to explore how the Sustainable Development Goals can be drafted to include all social and economic groups. Kibera, …
Mapping the marginalised: leaving no one behind in Kibera Read more »
Already a member of the Open Government Partnership the Government of Kenya now joins GODAN to pursue its aims to achieve transparency and foster an innovative ecosystem of accessible open data as a national asset to improve social and economic …
Government of Kenya is new GODAN partner to grow open data in agriculture Read more »