[kictanet] Kenya Open Data (KODI) article in Foreign Policy]

[Kivuva]

That k you GG for sharing. Great article, very valuable information on
the importance and the need for open data initiative. I'm just
wondering if new data is contantly being availed in the open data
platform, is there a frequency on the updates? And what innovations
have comeout of the initiative?

Being a researcher,  I know writing is hard. That article has figures
I find hard to believe! It says in 2011-2012, Safaricom earned a
revenue of ksh16B on MPESA alone. Is that corrrect really? I also
don't see how the MPESA innovation is linking into the great Opendata
article.

On 19/08/2013, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:
> On July 8, 2011, President Mwai Kibaki officially launched the Kenya Open
> Data Initiative at a public event attended by more than 3,000
> people. The new Internet portal compiled previously scattered or
> hard-to-access government information and made it available to the
> public for free.
> Kenya launched its initiative at a time when a number of countries were also
> putting government information online. The United States led the global open
> data movement, launching its site in 2009. Britain’s official data site went
> online a year later. Within three years, 31 countries — including Australia,
> Canada, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Moldova, Morocco, the United Arab
> Emirates, and Uruguay — had created similar portals. Multilateral
> organizations embraced the concept as well; The World Bank inaugurated its
> own open data website in 2010. Read on.
> http://www.africahot.com/en/2013/08/17/bridging-kenyas-data-divide-by-rushda-majeed-foreign-policy-blog/
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