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Listen in to Ms. Anne Chele deliver a keynote speech at the 6th Edition of the Agritec Africa International Exhibition & Conference on Agriculture Technology held in Nairobi, Kenya.

This is the final part of a four part series recorded at the 6th Edition of the Agritec Africa International Exhibition & Conference on Agriculture Technology. We spoke with Ms.  Anne Chele, the Agricultural Policy Officer at The Food & Agricultural  Organisation (FAO) on her take on the policy framework in the Agricultural sector in Kenya. 

This is part three of a four part series recorded at the 6th Edition of the Agritec Africa International Exhibition & Conference on Agriculture Technology. We spoke with Mr.  Gabriel Rugalema, the Food & Agricultural  Organisation (FAO) Kenyan Representative alongside Mr. Kirwa on whats needs to done to transform the Agricultural sector from a policy perspective.  

This is part two of a four part series recorded at the 6th Edition of the Agritec Africa International Exhibition & Conference on Agriculture Technology. We spoke with Mr. David Campbell, the Director of The Mediae Company a social enterprise that’s committed to addressing the informational needs of East Africans through sustainable and research-based media productions. He shares on the role of media in transforming the Agricultural sector in Kenya. 

This is part one of a four part series recorded at the 6th Edition of the Agritec Africa International Exhibition & Conference on Agriculture Technology. We spoke with Mr. Jimnah Mbaru, the Chairman of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Nairobi Chapter a well- known investment banker in Nairobi, Kenya on transforming the agriculture sector in Kenya. 

AODN has recently completed a study on availability, openness and sex disaggregation of 50 indicators for SDG 1 to 5 covering 19 countries. Muchiri and Linet share observations from the data collected. The study looked at whether the data for the indicators was available online, if it was licensed for re-use, redistribution and repackaging and whether it was disaggregated by sex.

Muchiri Nyaggah speaks with Eric Chinje, the former Chief Executive Officer of the African Media Initiative and now currently serving as a Senior Advisor to the current CEO of AMI. He is a Cameroonian, journalist a former head of communications at the World Bank and held similar roles at the African Development Bank and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Muchiri speaks with him about the African story; how we can we make sure Africa tells it's own story and doesn't leave it to others.

Africa This Week is a series of episodes on African Agenda that highlights some of the stories from Africa that were making news in the last week. It is produced by the African Media WhatsApp Group and brought to you courtesy the African Media Initiative and the Africa Open Data Network.

In this episode of African Agenda, Muchiri Nyaggah speaks to Nnenna Nwakanma about her journey in open data and gender equality. This episode was recorded at the Civil Society Day of the 5th Open Government Partnership Global Summit held in Tbilisi, Georgia on July 17th to 19th, 2018

The Africa This Week episode on African Agenda is produced by the African Media WhatsApp Group and brought to you courtesy the African Media Initiative and the Africa Open Data Network.

African Agenda is delighted to bring you our conversations with leading champions for women's rights in Africa; most of whom were central to the journey of the Maputo Protocol from draft to where it is today. In this 4 part series of "Let's Talk Data" on the Maputo Protocol we speak with Nebila Abdulmelik, a poet, photographer and in the past heading communications at FEMNET and later working at the African Union Commission. She was central to the #JusticeForLiz and #BringBackOurGirls campaigns online. #FollowTheProtocol #MaputoAt15 #LetsTalkData

African Agenda is delighted to bring you our conversations with leading champions for women's rights in Africa; most of whom were central to the journey of the Maputo Protocol from draft to where it is today. In this 4 part series of "Let's Talk Data" on the Maputo Protocol we speak with Nebila Abdulmelik, a poet, photographer and in the past heading communications at FEMNET and later working at the African Union Commission. She was central to the #JusticeForLiz and #BringBackOurGirls campaigns online. #FollowTheProtocol #MaputoAt15 #LetsTalkData

African Agenda is delighted to bring you our conversations with leading champions for women's rights in Africa; most of whom were central to the journey of the Maputo Protocol from draft to where it is today. In this 4 part series of "Let's Talk Data" on the Maputo Protocol we speak with Nebila Abdulmelik, a poet, photographer and in the past heading communications at FEMNET and later working at the African Union Commission. She was central to the #JusticeForLiz and #BringBackOurGirls campaigns online. #FollowTheProtocol #MaputoAt15 #LetsTalkData

African Agenda is delighted to bring you our conversations with leading champions for women's rights in Africa; most of whom were central to the journey of the Maputo Protocol from draft to where it is today. In this 4 part series of "Let's Talk Data" on the Maputo Protocol we speak with Nebila Abdulmelik, a poet, photographer and in the past heading communications at FEMNET and later working at the African Union Commission. She was central to the #JusticeForLiz and #BringBackOurGirls campaigns online. #FollowTheProtocol #MaputoAt15 #LetsTalkData

African Agenda is delighted to bring you our conversations with leading champions for women's rights in Africa; most of whom were central to the journey of the Maputo Protocol from draft to where it is today. In this 4 part series of "Let's Talk Data" on the Maputo Protocol we speak with Irũngũ Houghton, Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya. Mr Houghton has been part of the community supporting the implementation of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa since it's early years and he shares insights on the issues it addresses and what kinds of open data are most useful going forward. #MaputoAt15 #TheAfricaWeWant #OpenData

African Agenda is delighted to bring you our conversations with leading champions for women's rights in Africa; most of whom were central to the journey of the Maputo Protocol from draft to where it is today. In this 4 part series of "Let's Talk Data" on the Maputo Protocol we speak with Irũngũ Houghton, Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya. Mr Houghton has been part of the community supporting the implementation of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa since it's early years and he shares insights on the issues it addresses and what kinds of open data are most useful going forward. #MaputoAt15 #TheAfricaWeWant #OpenData

African Agenda is delighted to bring you our conversations with leading champions for women's rights in Africa; most of whom were central to the journey of the Maputo Protocol from draft to where it is today. In this 4 part series of "Let's Talk Data" on the Maputo Protocol we speak with Irũngũ Houghton, Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya. Mr Houghton has been part of the community supporting the implementation of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa since it's early years and he shares insights on the issues it addresses and what kinds of open data are most useful going forward. #MaputoAt15 #TheAfricaWeWant #OpenData

African Agenda is delighted to bring you our conversations with leading champions for women's rights in Africa; most of whom were central to the journey of the Maputo Protocol from draft to where it is today. In this 4 part series of "Let's Talk Data" on the Maputo Protocol we speak with Irũngũ Houghton, Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya. Mr Houghton has been part of the community supporting the implementation of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa since it's early years and he shares insights on the issues it addresses and what kinds of open data are most useful going forward. #MaputoAt15 #TheAfricaWeWant #OpenData Read about the Maputo Protocol here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maputo_Protocol

Welcome to this special edition series of "Let's Talk Data" on the Maputo Protocol. This is the last in our 4 part conversation with Ms Faiza Jama Mohamed, Director of the Africa Office of Equality Now and one of the founders of SOAWR. She shares her dream for the next 15 years of the Maputo Protocol and women's rights in Africa. She highlights areas such as FGM which can show progress at the regional level but in practising communities remain a big challenge where lots of work remains to be done. #FollowTheProtocol #MaputoAt15 #LetsTalkData The Africa Open Data Network is a community of Africans and friends of Africa who believe in Africa's development agenda and the potential of open data to help achieve its development goals. For more information on AODN visit http://www.africaopendatanetwork.org Follow us on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/networkfordata Find us on Facebook - http://www.fb.me/networkfordata Find us on Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/networkfordata

Welcome to this special edition series of "Let's Talk Data" on the Maputo Protocol. This is part 3 of our 4 part conversation with Ms Faiza Jama Mohamed, Director of the Africa Office of Equality Now and one of the founders of SOAWR. She speaks with us about the areas where African countries have made the most progress on protecting women's rights. #FollowTheProtocol #MaputoAt15 #LetsTalkData The Africa Open Data Network is a community of Africans and friends of Africa who believe in Africa's development agenda and the potential of open data to help achieve its development goals. For more information on AODN visit http://www.africaopendatanetwork.org Follow us on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/networkfordata Find us on Facebook - http://www.fb.me/networkfordata Find us on Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/networkfordata