Ms. Ory Okolloh is the Policy Manager, Africa for Google. She is a co-founder of Ushahidi and served as the organization’s Executive Director from inception until December 2010. Ory is also the co-founder of Mzalendo, a website that tracks the performance of Kenyan Members of Parliament.
Ms. Okolloh graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh, and with a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She was previously a summer associate in Covington and Burling, Washington DC and a Chayes Fellow at the World Bank’s Department of Institutional Integrity.
Ory is a frequent speaker at conferences including TED, World Economic Forum, Poptech, CGI, Techonomy, Mobile Web Africa, and the Monaco Media Forum on issues around citizen journalism, the role of technology in Africa, and the role of young people in reshaping the future of Africa.
Ory currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa with her husband and her two daughters.This blog is outlet for her personal opinions, commentary, and “isn’t this cool” links. While this blog is primarily focused on Kenya, she reserves to write about whatever she wants.
Props to John Palfrey and Andrew McLaughlin for getting her going way back in 2003.
You can contact her here: kenyanpundit -at- gmail-dot-com
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Hey,
just watched your interview on CNN: very inspiring!
I am active in many ways to hold international institutions more accountable to the world’s citizens and would like to invite you to endorse the appeal of the campaign for a parliament at the UN: http://en.unpacampaign.org/endorse/index.php
You might also be interested in this web based project for participative governance: http://echologic.org
Thank you for your story and please continue contributing to the world as you do now!
Yours
Fred
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Hi Ory..im one of your ardent followers I always enjoy your articles one this site. You have a gift for discussing anything,.. interactions in truthful yet amusing ways. It seems I can always identify experiences in my own world with those you describe. Your articles help us realize that our problems are typical, and we can solve them in constructive ways.
Thank you and keep these good articles coming.i’d love to connect with you on my twitter account
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i know the font is too small, but there’s a trick to enlarge it.
PRESS “CTRL” at the same time as the “+” sign on your keyboard. The font will increase, press “-” to decrease it.
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warm regards
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