<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default">Please join us next week for a series of roundtable discussions on the role of digital data in East African economies. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">The Data + Markets workshop brings together leading experts to explore the production and use of this new commercial resource, asking how digital data is transforming industries, what opportunities and challenges exist, and how regulation might be best crafted. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">From 1-3 September, we have six events:</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px 35px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(84,89,95);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="margin:0px 0px 6px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;list-style:disc"><a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-regulation/" target="_blank" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Regulating Data</a>, with Linda Bonyo, Kenneth Muhangi, Prof. Alex B. Makulilo, and Grace Bomu. 1 September @ 13:00-14:30 EAT.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 6px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;list-style:disc"><a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-economy/" target="_blank" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">The Growth of the Data Economy</a>, with Prof. Bitange Ndemo, Alice Munyua, and others TBC. 1 September @ 15:00-16:30 EAT.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 6px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;list-style:disc"><a href="http://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-money/" target="_blank" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Data + Money</a>, with Rose Muturi, Joel Muhumuza, Firas Ahmed, and Ali Hussein. 2 September @ 13:00-14:30 EAT.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 6px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;list-style:disc"><a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-labour/" target="_blank" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Data + Labour</a>, with Dr. Uma Rani, Mercy Mugure, and Dr. Mohammad Amir Anwar. 2 September @ 17:00-18:30 EAT.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 6px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;list-style:disc"><a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-privacy/" target="_blank" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Digital Identification, Surveillance & Privacy</a>, with Dr. Anja Kovacs, Dorothy Mukasa, Jacqueline Musiitwa, Nanjala Nyabola, and Dr. Isaac Rutenberg. 3 September @ 13:00-14:30 EAT.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 6px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;list-style:disc"><a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-equity/" target="_blank" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Inclusivity & Equity in Data Economies</a>, with Nichole Yembra, Agostine Ndungu, Ebrima Fatty, and Dr. Michel Wahome. 3 September @ 15:00-16:30 EAT.</li></ul></div><div><div class="gmail_default">You can register for the Zoom details here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-markets-workshop-tickets-117281952477" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-markets-workshop-tickets-117281952477</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Further information is available on the web here: <a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets/data-markets-workshop/" target="_blank">https://developingdata.org/data-markets/data-markets-workshop/</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">We're on Twitter at: <a href="https://twitter.com/DataDeveloping" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DataDeveloping</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">The event has been co-organised by the Centre for Intellectual Property & Information Technology @ Strathmore Law School, CIPESA, and the Centre for African Studies @ University of Edinburgh. </div><div cla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