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- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I probably can win a prize for the most ways to use a Harvard Law School degree because of all the things I'm doing.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in the power of ideas. I believe in the power of sharing knowledge.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's one thing you Americans take for granted, you know? That you can grow up, you know, not so good circumstances, and you can move. Just because you are born in rural Arkansas, whatever, that doesn't define who you are.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blogging requires consistency, and you need to have some time on your hands, which I don't really have.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always ask the question: As more Africans are going online, are they finding content that is meaningful and relevant to them, or are they just consuming from everywhere else. As Africans, we have the capacity to generate our own content.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
At any one particular time, there is something in my life that is suffering as a result of my many responsibilities; most of the time, it's me.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm concerned about what I see is the fetishization around entrepreneurship in Africa. It's almost like it's the next new liberal thing. Like, 'Don't worry that there's no power because, hey, you're going to do solar and innovate around that.'
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can't entrepreneur our way around bad leadership. We can't entrepreneur our way around bad policies. Those of us who have managed to entrepreneur ourselves out of it are living in a very false security in Africa.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always tell people that I am most proud of the fact that the Ushahidi story has provided an inspiration to other techies in Kenya and Africa as an example of the kind of talent the continent holds.
- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I had not believed that my work would speak for itself; the working world requires a bit more than that.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea that either individuals or organisations are 'too big to fail' or that the tech and start-up sector is somehow different is wrong.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Kenya particularly, we have a lot to say - we're sort of obsessed with politics. We have three nightly news broadcasts, predominantly bad politics.
- Africa
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that we have been able to demonstrate that we cannot just consume software, that we can create software that can be used all over the world, that we have that kind of talent in Africa.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in law school at Harvard, the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the U.S. was a big thing. I remember the fight between the army recruiters and Harvard University due to 'Don't ask, don't tell.'
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to amplify the data that you have, you need media, you need lawyers, you need the judiciary. Especially when governments try to shut down a particular website or when litigating on an issue.
- Chatter
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I see it, tech in Africa 1.0 was the mobile-phone boom, and version 2.0 was about new apps developed in response to local needs. Tech in Africa 3.0 should be about those who are successful in transforming the chatter into real opportunities.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
An absence of credible information prevents citizens from participating in public decision-making, particularly on key issues of concern such as education, health, and governance.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Omidyar Network first supported Africa Check in 2014 when they were a team of just three dedicated people intent on building a more fact-based environment for public debate in South Africa.
- Mentor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who has been successful and has knowledge to share is a potential mentor.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ninety percent of my mentors have been male, most of them with very little in common with me on a personal level - from life experience, work experience, backgrounds, etc.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Technology influenced me in that it gave me an opportunity to have a voice as a woman. I think it's because the barriers to entry tend to be a bit lower.
- Nov 07, 2020
People thought I wrote in a very 'masculine' way.
- Dynamics
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- Nov 07, 2020
The increasing diversification of media ecosystems after decades of state control, along with new digital tools that allow for greater citizen engagement, have led to a dramatic reshaping of the dynamics between citizens, media, and government.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the Internet is having an impact in very diverse ways anchored around amplifying voice, from enabling what I like to refer to as micro-activism.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
21st-century activism is different perhaps in the sense that the individual can be more present in the process, especially via social media, but the underlying drivers remain the same as desire to change the status quo.
- Amazing Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want my work at Google to have a long-term impact on the tech scene in Africa and to result in millions more Africans not just going online but having an amazing experience once they do. That's what drives me every single day when I get to work.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the Internet is a key driver of opening up opportunities, which impacts many things, including development - I will repeat that I am not a fan of looking at technology or the Internet in Africa through the lens of development - we love the Internet for sake of the Internet.
- Innovation
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- Nov 07, 2020
As much as innovation is important, I think we also need to just make stuff. If we look at Kenya, where I'm from, as an example, we are importing everything down to toothpicks.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of Africans in my generation, and especially those of us who have spent time overseas before coming back, are quite comfortable moving between the two worlds, though always with a lens of, 'What can we do to help our countries or regions?'
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
The depiction of Africa has changed in the media in that it is not always poverty, disease, and so on.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of us salute the ITU's excellent work in the telecommunications space. It has set standards which encourage investment in infrastructure and ensure that a call made from Europe or America connects smoothly in Kenya or anywhere in the world.
- Better Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Internet Governance Forum - which brings together NGOs, government officials and companies - needs to do a better job of including representatives from Africa, Latin America, and Asia and addressing their issues.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Press and Internet freedom correlate against economic and social success, GDP, innovation, number of patents filed, and educational attainment. The more freedom there is, the more information, the more choice, and ultimately, more power for each individual.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I am a huge proponent of us as Africans telling our own stories and countering the negative stereotypes out there since no one else will, I am also cognizant of the power that the mainstream Western media still has on shaping perceptions of the continent.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a young African, the sense of opportunity that fills my head on a daily basis is, I suspect, reminiscent of how young Africans felt at the cusp of independence.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a very introverted real personality.
- Facebook And Twitter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The city of Johannesburg built an app because they are getting so many complaints on Facebook and Twitter about potholes. The app allows you to report a pot hole and take a picture of it. Then, you can actually track the progress in terms of the repair, when it happened.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most entrepreneurs think capital is the biggest problem they have - but it's not. You can have all the capital you want, but if the market fit and ability to adjust are not present, your startup will likely not succeed.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are raising a generation of children who may not know how to mobilize without Facebook.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
For Ghana to suggest that they will turn off the Internet, in addition to other countries that have done it like Uganda, Zimbabwe, DRC, Burundi, Chad and others, that's worrying.
- Demonstrate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beyond providing some level of scrutiny of Kenyan MPs, we built Mzalendo to demonstrate that there is only so much bemoaning you can do about your representation.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020