Hi Sammy,

Would you like to speak about this in the East African Internet Forum that we are holding as part of the AITEC East Africa ICT Summit over 20-21 November? The draft programme is attached.

You could do this making a presentation or in a panel discussion. Others are welcome to contribute as well.

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From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Sammy Buruchara
Sent: 31 October 2013 15:40
To: Sean Moroney
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Open Data Vital, says web inventor

How about the Western governments as a good place to start?

It is interesting to see that a lot of these initiatives are relevant to the developing world and not the developed world.

Regards

Sammy

From: Evans Ikua <ikua.evans@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:18 PM
To: Sammy Buruchara <Buruchara@me.com>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: [kictanet] Open Data Vital, says web inventor

The inventor of the World Wide Web has said governments and companies "must not shy away" from giving the public free access to sensitive information.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who launched the web on Christmas Day 1990, argued that open data was essential in " fighting poverty, accelerating industry and innovation, and reducing corruption".

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