Every day we produce tonnes of unstructured data in increasing velocity and variety. This data is only as valuable as the applied insights derived from it, otherwise its collection and analysis becomes a waste of resources. At a recent BarCamp – “an open and participatory user-generated conference primarily focused around technology and the web” held in Nairobi at the epicenter of Kenya’s startup scene and dubbed “Who is your data’s daddy”, the issue of privacy came to the fore as a group of hacker’s demonstrated the ease with which systems and people are compromised. This led to an interesting debate on the place and dynamics of privacy in a digital world, amplified by the Kenyan governments push to digitize everything. The question remains, is there a way to use personal data without making the citizen feel exposed? Full piece here - http://www.mbuguanjihia.com/business/model-extracting-value-citizen-data.htm...