[open-government] Online engagement, open gov examples from/for Africa

Sat Oct 2 14:33:38 UTC 2010

Yes, definitely new examples.

Examples might include the parliament with the most complete
collection of information or an elected official active with social
media or known for being particularly responsive to SMS from
constituents. Also examples of NGOs that at particularly effective at
building local digital voices would be of interest.

Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
  Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org
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On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Tim McNamara
<paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz> wrote:
> 2010/10/2 Steven Clift <clift at e-democracy.org>
>>
>> I am going to be speaking in Kenya Oct. 11-17 as a guest of the U.S.
>> Embassy.
>>
>> I'll be sharing lessons on the Internet and social media for public
>> engagement, transparency, community building, etc. I like to show off a very
>> international mix of examples.
>>
>> What some good examples/stories that make good images for slides?
>
> Ushahidi is one of the best platforms out there. It originated in Kenya, so
> is probably quite relevant to your audience. However, they probably already
> know about it.
>
> Tim McNamara
>