18th June 2019

Making Data for Development work: Exploring Drivers for Development Data in Kenya

As part of our work with the Africa Open Data Fellowship Program under the Africa Open Data Network we’re conducting a study on the drivers for […]
13th November 2017

The African Data Revolution

With 90% of the data in the world today having been created in the last 2 years this, it appears, is the era of data revolution. […]
2nd November 2017

Data Interoperability. The Next Frontier in the Data Revolution.

The world is generating more data than in other time in history. However, with the increasing quantity and quality of data flooding our cyberspace comes new […]
11th October 2017

Two Areas of Work for the Africa We Want

Previously posted on the Open Institute’s blog Buntwani is a Swahili word for the open air space in rural African communities where people congregate to discuss issues […]
19th March 2017
Image of Kiringai Kamau - Executive Director at CANIS, University of Nairobi; Andrea Powell - Chief Information Officer - CABI; André Laperrière - Executive Director, GODAN

GODAN’s 3rd International Workshop on Creating Impact with Open Data

The Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) is a worldwide network of institutions and governments supporting open data within the agriculture and nutrition space. LDRI […]
9th February 2016

Meeting: Stakeholders Working Together for a Data Revolution in Kenya

The first National Forum on Harnessing the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development, or “Data Forum” as it has come to be known, was held at the […]