he Kenyan Government has shown its commitment to embracing the culture of Open Data and availing public information to the public through initiatives such as the Kenya Open Data Initiative and the Academia and Private sector have also responded positively to this.
The Open Data for Development Camp will be held at Strathmore University in a two day event from 27 – 28th June and there will be a great line-up of speakers and a lot of learning on various issues such as Open Data Visualization and this will be a great opportunity to network too. The event will hosted by @iLabAfrica . Development Camp is actually an initiative to provide an opportunity to the public to make sense of data and through a 6 month programme.
Goverment officials at the Kenya Open Government Data Portal launch [Image from Ushahidi.com/blog]
The event will include policy-makers, academia, development aid workers, researchers, journalists, ICT-staff and software developers active in the field of Open Development Data with the main agenda being to share experiences and networks, build tools, and show the power of Open Data. The deadline for r
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Location: Strathmore University, Nairobi
Date: 27 – 28 th June 2012
Sponsors & Organizers : ICT Board Kenya, Kenya Open Data Initiative, Open for Change, World Bank, NaiLab, @iLabAfrica, Akvo,1%CLUB, Hivos, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and Development Gateway.
Location: Strathmore University, Nairobi
Date: 27 – 28 th June 2012
Sponsors & Organizers : ICT Board Kenya, Kenya Open Data Initiative, Open for Change, World Bank, NaiLab, @iLabAfrica, Akvo,1%CLUB, Hivos, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and Development Gateway.
