<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Agreed. It makes a lot of us happy - its been a rewarding journey. But still there is a long way to go for Kenya and Africa in general. We still need data to drive informed decisions enterprises and SMEs can make. <br><br>I think the only time we can really clap for ourselves is when we have data available to for instance help a startup derive a product simply by answering this simple question: "How many people do use a mobile phone to buy and sell a commodity X in the market - and how do they do it". To that very small detail.<br><br></div>Another one the major concerns we have in the Open Data Space is how timely a lot of this data out there is and also how comprehensive it is - is it mostly focused on Nairobi, or can it go down to county and constituency level.<br><br></div><div>Amongst other concerns...<br></div><div><br></div>So yes, still a long walk to get there.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ColfaxRegular,'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069','Nimbus Sans TW01',Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:24px"><p style="margin-bottom:15.6px;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:17px;font-family:Georgia,'ITC Century W01 Light';line-height:25px">Kenya is among the most advanced countries in collecting and managing data in Africa, a global development think tank has revealed.</p></div><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ColfaxRegular,'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069','Nimbus Sans TW01',Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:24px"><p style="margin-bottom:15.6px;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:17px;font-family:Georgia,'ITC Century W01 Light';line-height:25px">Some technology and development experts have even described the country as the “Silicon Savannah” of Africa, says a report published by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).</p></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenya-among-top-data-collectors-reveals-research/-/1056/2691018/-/o9cwa7z/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenya-among-top-data-collectors-reveals-research/-/1056/2691018/-/o9cwa7z/-/index.html</a> </div></div>
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