Entries Tagged to 'Nairobi'
Kamal Bhattacharya, Director, IBM Research Africa talks about: the setting up of IBM's research facility in Nairobi; what technology they are using to track traffic data; what the data allows you to do in terms of helping plan existing journeys and explore future scenarios; the impact of end of month salary payments on traffic; and the other African problem areas that the research centre will tackle.
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October 16, 2013
Kevin Webb, CEO and Principal, Conveyal talks about: the work it has done on creating transport information for the public in Manila and Mexico City where there not centralised transport authorities; the rethink needed to gather data; parallel work taking place in Dakar and Nairobi; what developed world countries can learn from developing countries; and the future role of transport data systems for the public.
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August 5, 2013
Kamal Bhattacharya, Director, IBM Research Africa talks about: the setting up of IBM's research facility in Nairobi; what technology they are using to track traffic data; what the data allows you to do in terms of helping plan existing journeys and explore future scenarios; the impact of end of month salary payments on traffic; and the other African problem areas that the research centre will tackle.
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August 4, 2013
Julius Mwelu was bought up in one of Nairobi's largest slums, Mathare Valley. He talks about: how he came to launch the Mwelu Foundation; the work it does with young people, helping them make exhibitions and shoot films; and his carrying the Olympic torch in London and bringing back the torch to show people in Mathare.
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September 3, 2012