<div><div dir="auto">Just a reminder, this series begins today. Our next roundtable — with Prof Ndemo, Alice Munyua, Mercy Ndegwa, and Jumanne Mtambalike — begins in fifteen minutes. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I hope you can join.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 at 11:17, Kevin Donovan <<a href="mailto:kdonovan11@gmail.com">kdonovan11@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><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;list-style-position:initial;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(84,89,95)"><li style="margin:0px 0px 6px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-regulation/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75)" target="_blank">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;list-style:disc;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-economy/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75)" target="_blank">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;list-style:disc;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-money/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75)" target="_blank">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;list-style:disc;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-labour/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75)" target="_blank">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;list-style:disc;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-privacy/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75)" target="_blank">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;list-style:disc;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://developingdata.org/data-markets-data-equity/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.75)" target="_blank">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 class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Hope to see you there!</div></div></div><br><br></blockquote></div></div>