# Open Institute #  We are a non-profit organisation based in Nairobi, Kenya that collaborates with Governments, Civil Society Organisations, Citizen Groups and Private Sector companies to find innovative ways to achieve Sustainable Development. Our mandate is to work with governments and citizens, CSOs and other stakeholders to promote Responsive Governments that have the necessary capacity to listen and engage fruitfully with citizens and Active Citizenship by citizens who are informed and fact-driven. Through our work we want to see open and proactive governments that ensure all the relevant information concerning development is disclosed to the public to give value to citizen voices. We see a future with an open society that is managed by informed fact-driven citizens. This society features a responsive and accountable government that delivers the services its citizens need at the level of service they deserve. This society includes active non-state actors who play an active role in educating citizens on their role as responsible and active citizens safeguarding democracy and development. These non-state actors also engage actively with the government to provide feedback from the grassroots on the changing realities facing citizens and the emerging needs for which services and policy must evolve to meet. For more information [visit the Open Institute website ](https://openinstitute.africa/programmes/responsive-government/data-governance/) **Focus Areas and Topics** [[Government]], [[Democracy]], [[Emerging Technologies]] **Projects and Programs** Data Governance: in partnership with Amnesty International, the Open Institute aims to bring together expertise in data for human rights and data for development towards strengthening data governance in Kenya and Africa as a whole. https://openinstitute.africa/programmes/responsive-government/data-governance/ **Funders and Partners** For more information about the Funders and Partners, please visit [Open Institute](https://openinstitute.africa/programmes/responsive-government/data-governance/) **People and Careers** Visit the LinkedIn page to find out more about the [people](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-open-institute/people/) working at Open Institute and the [career opportunities](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-open-institute/jobs/) currently available. **Languages** [[English]] **Classification and Geography** Open Institute is classified as an [[NGO]] and has headquarters located in Nairobi, Kenya. We are still reviewing information about the geographic scope of work. Current data indicate the scope is [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] <iframe width="640" height="480" style="border:0" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/search?q=Open+Institute+Nairobi,+Kenya&zoom=6&key=AIzaSyARt3Dr0fdqIk6h-e8oTQe84Ln2J3u5HaI"></iframe> >[!info]+ Contact Information and Public Communications Channels *Website* https://openinstitute.africa/programmes/responsive-government/data-governance/ *Twitter / X* https://twitter.com/open_institute *Instagram* https://www.instagram.com/open_institute/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D *LinkedIN* https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-open-institute/ *YouTube* https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2xe-UTLYNS5AqTuFtat-Bg *Contact Form* https://openinstitute.africa/contact/ Open Institute --- Exported from the Datasphere Observatory Database : 4 April 2025 For more information about the data collection and review processes, please see the Datasphere Atlas [[Methodology]]. If you would like to share information with us to help update this profile, please make a [suggestion](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdldzt15HVYekbX1ZyDi-oLiDxozFL-wiAPPmEs3S4IlCRXpQ/viewform) or [[contact our research team]]. The Datasphere Atlas and Observatory are projects of The Datasphere Initiative