The Economy Of Data
Understanding and optimizing the foundational inputs that will power Artificial Intelligence in Africa.
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Linet is a computer scientist, Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer, and practitioner in AI policy, data science and data policy. She works to strengthen data ecosystems in partner countries across Africa and Latin America, as well as strategies to tackle technical challenges and achieve their data for decision and policy making commitments.
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Over the past few weeks, the world has boiled over with the revelations of how Facebook allowed its vulnerabilities to be exploited by Cambridge Analytica (CA) in using data of its users in political campaigns. For most of the global North, these conversations have carried on to a point leading to the Facebook CEO, Mark…
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28th January was World Data Privacy/Protection day. A day that is well represented and known in the Global North. It so happened that on this day, I was in Amsterdam enroute to San Francisco for our Mozilla Work Week and when I got on the internet at the airport, I kept getting all those notifications…
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The fluidity with which we treat our personal information is surprisingly underestimated. The ease with which we share information with perfect strangers, leave our very important details and documents without having agreed to terms and conditions is also quite surprising. Especially in Kenya. The other day i came across the image below shared by @0000001ac…
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Governments and government agencies globally are some of the largest custodians of citizen data, collected over time for various intents and purposes as prescribed by different laws. The Kenyan government is no different. This is an essential part of the government’s planning and especially in resource allocation. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is an…
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In an age where the Internet does not forget, access to technology and technological devices is not only easy but cheap. People are using all kinds of tech products and services and most users sign on to these services without reading through the terms and conditions keenly to ensure that they are protected before sharing…
The Economy Of Data 