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The Local Development Research Institute through its Africa Open Data Network (AODN) Program is pleased to launch The 2020-2021 Africa Open Data Fellowship. This will be the second cohort following the 2019-2020 inaugural Africa Open Data Fellowship. The Fellowship seeks…
LDRI Executive Director Muchiri Nyaggah has joined the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics (SDSN TReNDS), as an expert member. He joins a network of experts from across the global scientific, development, public, and…
Gender data provides meaningful insights into women’s and men’s well-being, girls and boys, and provides actionable information for policy to address gender gaps by serving as indicators of gender equality. In pandemics, gender data is vital in learning how the…
The State of Big Data for Development in Africa was a research project designed to map emerging use cases of big data and related technologies being deployed on the African continent towards achieving the goals of sustainable development. This is…
Local Development Research Institute (LDRI), an action-oriented think tank that supports African countries in their efforts to end hunger, poverty and inequality in Africa.We are currently accepting RFPs for a native mobile application solution for one of our ongoing projects.…
Background The Research Assistant will support the work undertaken by the Local Development Research Institute (LDRI) under the Africa Open Data Network Program. The Assistant will conduct legal and factual research on topics relevant to Kenya’s Openness agenda since 2011…
The Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a continental level platform used to promote and enhance good governance through peer to peer learning and active public participation. Kenya has engaged on the platform from the early 2000s and it has…
The importance of data in informing sustainable and inclusive development in Africa cannot be understated. The use of data for development has long been framed as providing a foundation for meaningful policy making and implementation, efficient resource allocation, (public) service…
Agriculture is the backbone of Kenya’s economy due to its significance in contributing to economic growth. Farmers in Kenya are involved in both small and large-scale farming of crops and/or livestock. The VBA project being implemented by LDRI in Kiambu…
LDRI welcomes Jessica Musila to the AODN fellowship 2020, as the Open Government Fellow. We caught up with her to find out more. Where are you from Jessica? I am a Kenyan from Kilome Constituency in Makueni County, Kenya Can…