A curation of interviews, talks, op-eds by/featuring yours truly.
You can also check out my op-eds for Kenya’s Daily Nation (2014-2017) here and 2020 onward here.
2019
Recapping 2019: a special podcast interview with Dickens Olewe
BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year? (Yours truly was! 😊)
On Conferences/Events about Africa(ns)
How NOT to do Digital Development
What is Digital Equality? An interview with the World Economic Forum.
The poli-tricks of tl;dr: the technical is political (Opening Keynote at re:publica 2019)
Meaningful Access to the Internet (Opening Keynote at NORAD Conference 2019: Digitalisation and Development)
Trust in Tech: A New Paradigm for Democracy, Government and Governance Online (Panel Discussion at the Kigali Global Dialogue 2019)
Artificial Intelligence: Social and Political Impacts (Panel discussion at the 2019 Tallinn Digital Summit)
Equality in the Digital Age (Interview with the Goethe Institute)
Aujourd’hui l’économie, le portrait: Nanjira Sambuli, l’enfant d’internet
‘Like Me’- The popularity and power of big tech (A video interview for Al Jazeera English, 2019)
Unpacking Access (Panel session at the Stockholm Internet Forum, 2019)
Doesn’t that ever stop? On age-old problems being reproduced on the internet (Interview with the Goethe Institute)
Opportunities and Challenges for Artificial Intelligence in Media (Panel discussion at the Global Media Forum 2019)
L’accès à Internet en tant que bien public et droit fondamental (Talk at the OuiShare Festival 2019 – it’s in English!)
2018
Back to Basics, for the #NextLevel (Opening keynote at the inaugural re:publica Accra)
MindsTalk – Digital (In)Equalities: How to ensure equal access for all (Panel session at the Global Media Forum 2018.
Another Side of Being a Tech Geek (Lightning Talk at Nairobi Ideas Night)
The New Digital Divide: What we must avoid while connecting the next billion Internet users
New Technologies and the Global Goals
Africa’s offline gender gap is being replicated online
Digitalisation: Access for everyone
2017
Digital Citizenship in the Silicon Savannah
On the Backseat with Sunny Bindra (fun interview, literally on the backseat of a van!)
Closing the Digital Gender Divide (Keynote at Mozfest)
Women, the Web and the Future of Work
How Kenya became the latest victim of ‘fake news’
Can Kenya pull off a second election within 60 days?
Fake News Has Swept Through Kenya. Now, Voters Must Decide What To Believe.
2016
Let’s admit it: open government is political
Digitalisation: Providing and limiting freedom
Free Basics: Free of charge, but limited in scope
Digital Colonialism: A global overview (re:publica 2016)
During and After Atrocity: How Kenyans use the web to heal and deal
