About
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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