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'''Ory Okolloh''' (or '''Ory Okolloh Mwangi)''' is a Kenyan activist, lawyer, and [[blog]]ger. She is Director of Investments at [[Omidyar Network]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Group launches initiative for global policy reform to lower Internet access cost|url=http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=11162&catid=31|accessdate=8 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408212112/http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=11162&catid=31|archive-date=8 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Why aren't more wealthy Africans backing the continent's start-ups?|url = http://qz.com/423821/why-arent-more-wealthy-africans-backing-the-continents-start-ups/|accessdate = 2015-09-27|first = Omar|last = Mohammed|date = 2015-06-09|website = [[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]] - Africa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = #147notjustanumber aims to name all those slain in Kenya attack|url = http://qz.com/377336/147notjustanumber-is-the-hashtag-that-gives-life-to-each-person-slain-in-the-kenya-attack/|accessdate = 2015-09-27|first = Hanna|last = Kozlowska|date = 2015-04-06|website = [[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]}}</ref> She was formerly the Policy Manager for Africa with Google.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ms. Ory A,Okolloh|url=http://www.stanbicbank.co.ke/kenya/personal/about-us/stanbic-kenya-foundation/Ms.-Ory-A,Okolloh|access-date=2021-04-24|website=www.stanbicbank.co.ke|language=en}}</ref> In 2007, Okolloh co-created ''[[Ushahidi]]''.<ref name="citizen">{{cite news | first=Megha | last=Bahree | title=Citizen Voices | date=2008-11-13 | url =https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/1208/083.html | work =[[Forbes]] | accessdate = 2009-09-11}}</ref>
'''Ory Okolloh''' (or '''Ory Okolloh Mwangi)''' is a Kenyan activist, lawyer, and [[blog]]ger. She is Director of Investments at [[Omidyar Network]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Group launches initiative for global policy reform to lower Internet access cost|url=http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=11162&catid=31|access-date=8 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408212112/http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=11162&catid=31|archive-date=8 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Why aren't more wealthy Africans backing the continent's start-ups?|url=https://qz.com/423821/why-arent-more-wealthy-africans-backing-the-continents-start-ups/|access-date=2015-09-27|last=Mohammed|first=Omar|date=2015-06-09|website=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]] - Africa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=#147notjustanumber aims to name all those slain in Kenya attack|url=https://qz.com/377336/147notjustanumber-is-the-hashtag-that-gives-life-to-each-person-slain-in-the-kenya-attack/|access-date=2015-09-27|last=Kozlowska|first=Hanna|date=2015-04-06|website=Quartz}}</ref> She was formerly the Policy Manager for Africa with Google.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ms. Ory A, Okolloh|url=https://www.stanbicbank.co.ke/kenya/personal/about-us/stanbic-kenya-foundation/|access-date=2021-04-24|website=www.stanbicbank.co.ke}}</ref> In 2007, Okolloh co-created ''[[Ushahidi]]''.<ref name=citizen>{{cite magazine|last=Bahree|first=Megha|title=Citizen Voices|date=2008-11-13|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/1208/083.html|magazine=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>


== Early life ==
==Early life==
She earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the [[University of Pittsburgh]] and graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] in 2005.<ref name="citizen" /><ref name="about">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kenyanpundit.com/about/|title=About|last=Okolloh|first=Ory|work=Kenyan Pundit|accessdate=2009-09-11}}</ref>
She earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the [[University of Pittsburgh]] and graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] in 2005.<ref name=citizen/><ref name=about>{{cite web|url=https://www.kenyanpundit.com/about/|title=About|last=Okolloh|first=Ory|work=Kenyan Pundit|accessdate=2009-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021170513/https://www.kenyanpundit.com/about/|archive-date=2009-10-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Career ==
==Career==
In 2006 she co-founded the parliamentary watchdog site ''[[Mzalendo]]'' (Swahili: "Patriot").<ref name="mcclatchy" /> The site sought to increase government accountability by systematically recording bills, speeches, MPs, standing orders, etc.<ref name="mcclatchy">{{cite news | first=Shashank | last=Bengali | title=Native voices blog out of Africa | date=2007-06-21 | url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/v-print/story/17159.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128080611/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/v-print/story/17159.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-01-28 | work=[[McClatchy Newspapers]] | accessdate=2009-09-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Andrew | last=Heavens | title=The web watchdog biting Kenya's MPs | date=2007-03-14 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6412143.stm | work =[[BBC News]] | accessdate = 2009-09-11}}</ref>
In 2006 she co-founded the parliamentary watchdog site ''Mzalendo'' (Swahili: "Patriot").<ref name=mcclatchy/> The site sought to increase government accountability by systematically recording bills, speeches, MPs, standing orders, etc.<ref name=mcclatchy>{{cite news|last=Bengali|first=Shashank|title=Native voices blog out of Africa|date=2007-06-21|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/v-print/story/17159.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128080611/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/v-print/story/17159.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-28|work=[[McClatchy Newspapers]]|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Heavens|first=Andrew|title=The web watchdog biting Kenya's MPs|date=2007-03-14|url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6412143.stm|agency=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=2009-09-11}}</ref>


When [[Kenya]] was engulfed in violence following a [[2007–2008 Kenyan crisis|disputed presidential election]] in 2007, Okolloh co-created ''[[Ushahidi]]'' (Swahili: "Witness"), a website and tool that collected and recorded eyewitness reports of violence using text messages and [[Google Maps]].<ref name="citizen"/> The technology has since been adapted for expanded purposes (including monitoring elections and tracking pharmaceutical availability) and used in a number of other countries.
When [[Kenya]] was engulfed in violence following a [[2007–2008 Kenyan crisis|disputed presidential election]] in 2007, Okolloh co-created ''[[Ushahidi]]'' (Swahili: "Witness"), a website and tool that collected and recorded eyewitness reports of violence using text messages and [[Google Maps]].<ref name=citizen/> The technology has since been adapted for expanded purposes (including monitoring elections and tracking pharmaceutical availability) and used in a number of other countries.


Okolloh has a personal blog, ''Kenyan Pundit'', which was featured on [[Global Voices Online]].<ref name="voices">{{cite news | first=Clark | last=Boyd | title=Global voices speak through blogs | date=2005-04-06 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4414247.stm | work =BBC News | accessdate = 2009-09-11}}</ref>
Okolloh has a personal blog, ''Kenyan Pundit'', which was featured on [[Global Voices Online]].<ref name="voices">{{cite news|last=Boyd|first=Clark|title=Global voices speak through blogs|date=2005-04-06|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4414247.stm|agency=BBC News|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref>


She has worked as a legal consultant for [[NGO]]s and has worked at [[Covington and Burling]], the [[Kenya National Commission on Human Rights]], and the [[World Bank]].<ref name="business">{{cite news | first=Wallace | last=Kantai | title=Kenyan gives platform for airing post-poll atrocities | date=2009-07-19 | url=http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539444/624996/-/view/printVersion/-/h6s6rm/-/index.html | work=Business Daily | publisher=[[Nation Media Group]] | accessdate=2009-09-11 | archive-date=2019-03-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323223522/https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539444/624996/-/view/printVersion/-/h6s6rm/-/index.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="about" />
She has worked as a legal consultant for [[NGO]]s and has worked at [[Covington and Burling]], the [[Kenya National Commission on Human Rights]], and the [[World Bank]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kantai|first=Wallace|title=Kenyan gives platform for airing post-poll atrocities|date=2009-07-19|url=http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539444/624996/-/view/printVersion/-/h6s6rm/-/index.html|work=Business Daily|publisher=[[Nation Media Group]]|access-date=2009-09-11|archive-date=2019-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323223522/https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539444/624996/-/view/printVersion/-/h6s6rm/-/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=about/>


Okolloh was appointed on the Board of Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company, the body that acts as a guardian of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles in May 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ory Okolloh joins Reuters Board of Directors|url=http://www.innovation-village.com/ory-okolloh-joins-reuters-board-of-directors/| work =Innovation Village |accessdate=10 May 2015}}</ref>
Okolloh was appointed to the Board of Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company, the body that acts as a guardian of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles in May 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ory Okolloh joins Reuters Board of Directors|url=http://www.innovation-village.com/ory-okolloh-joins-reuters-board-of-directors/|work=Innovation Village|access-date=2015-05-10}}</ref>

Okolloh has also served as an independent director at [[Safaricom]] since February 2023.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kagonye|first=Fred|agency=[[Standard Media]]|date=2023-02-27|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/business/article/2001467832/safaricom-appoints-new-board-directors|title=Safaricom appoints new board directors|access-date=2024-09-02}}</ref>

==Awards==
*2012, ''[[Forbes]]'' list ''Africa's Most Successful Women''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2012/06/01/africas-most-successful-women-ory-okolloh/|last=Nsehe|first=Mfonobong|title=Africa's Most Successful Women: Ory Okolloh|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=2012-06-01}}</ref>
*2013, ''Africa's Most Powerful Women In Technology''<ref>{{cite magazine|date=2023-08-14|magazine=African Leadership Magazine|title=Africa's Most Powerful Women In Technology - 2013|url=https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/africas-most-powerful-women-in-technology-2013/}}</ref>
*2014, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' list ''The 100 Most Influential People''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/collection-post/70848/ory-okolloh-2014-time-100/|last=Dyson|first=Esther|title=Ory Okolloh|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=2014-04-24}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
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Okolloh in 2006

Ory Okolloh (or Ory Okolloh Mwangi) is a Kenyan activist, lawyer, and blogger. She is Director of Investments at Omidyar Network.[1][2][3] She was formerly the Policy Manager for Africa with Google.[4] In 2007, Okolloh co-created Ushahidi.[5]

Early life

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She earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh and graduated from Harvard Law School in 2005.[5][6]

Career

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In 2006 she co-founded the parliamentary watchdog site Mzalendo (Swahili: "Patriot").[7] The site sought to increase government accountability by systematically recording bills, speeches, MPs, standing orders, etc.[7][8]

When Kenya was engulfed in violence following a disputed presidential election in 2007, Okolloh co-created Ushahidi (Swahili: "Witness"), a website and tool that collected and recorded eyewitness reports of violence using text messages and Google Maps.[5] The technology has since been adapted for expanded purposes (including monitoring elections and tracking pharmaceutical availability) and used in a number of other countries.

Okolloh has a personal blog, Kenyan Pundit, which was featured on Global Voices Online.[9]

She has worked as a legal consultant for NGOs and has worked at Covington and Burling, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, and the World Bank.[10][6]

Okolloh was appointed to the Board of Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company, the body that acts as a guardian of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles in May 2015.[11]

Okolloh has also served as an independent director at Safaricom since February 2023.[12]

Awards

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  • 2012, Forbes list Africa's Most Successful Women[13]
  • 2013, Africa's Most Powerful Women In Technology[14]
  • 2014, Time list The 100 Most Influential People[15]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Group launches initiative for global policy reform to lower Internet access cost". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  2. ^ Mohammed, Omar (2015-06-09). "Why aren't more wealthy Africans backing the continent's start-ups?". Quartz - Africa. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  3. ^ Kozlowska, Hanna (2015-04-06). "#147notjustanumber aims to name all those slain in Kenya attack". Quartz. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  4. ^ "Ms. Ory A, Okolloh". www.stanbicbank.co.ke. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  5. ^ a b c Bahree, Megha (2008-11-13). "Citizen Voices". Forbes.
  6. ^ a b Okolloh, Ory. "About". Kenyan Pundit. Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  7. ^ a b Bengali, Shashank (2007-06-21). "Native voices blog out of Africa". McClatchy Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  8. ^ Heavens, Andrew (2007-03-14). "The web watchdog biting Kenya's MPs". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  9. ^ Boyd, Clark (2005-04-06). "Global voices speak through blogs". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  10. ^ Kantai, Wallace (2009-07-19). "Kenyan gives platform for airing post-poll atrocities". Business Daily. Nation Media Group. Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  11. ^ "Ory Okolloh joins Reuters Board of Directors". Innovation Village. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  12. ^ Kagonye, Fred (2023-02-27). "Safaricom appoints new board directors". Standard Media. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  13. ^ Nsehe, Mfonobong (2012-06-01). "Africa's Most Successful Women: Ory Okolloh". Forbes.
  14. ^ "Africa's Most Powerful Women In Technology - 2013". African Leadership Magazine. 2023-08-14.
  15. ^ Dyson, Esther (2014-04-24). "Ory Okolloh". Time.
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