I believe in the power of ideas. I believe in the power of sharing knowledge. — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
Let's make sure that the Internet stays open to those who need it the most. — Ory Okolloh Internet Copy Share Image
Anyone who has been successful and has knowledge to share is a potential mentor. — Ory Okolloh Knowledge Copy Share Image
If I were to have an epitaph, I'd want it to read, 'She did stuff.' — Ory Okolloh Books Copy Share Image
In Kenya particularly, we have a lot to say - we're sort of obsessed with politics. We have three nightly news broadcasts,… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
As a young African, the sense of opportunity that fills my head on a daily basis is, I suspect, reminiscent of how… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of my mentors have been male, most of them with very little in common with me on a personal level… — Ory Okolloh Experience Copy Share Image
We are raising a generation of children who may not know how to mobilize without Facebook. — Ory Okolloh Children Copy Share Image
I think the Internet is having an impact in very diverse ways anchored around amplifying voice, from enabling what I like to… — Ory Okolloh Activism Copy Share Image
Technology influenced me in that it gave me an opportunity to have a voice as a woman. I think it's because the… — Ory Okolloh Feminism Copy Share Image
I probably can win a prize for the most ways to use a Harvard Law School degree because of all the things… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
The idea that either individuals or organisations are 'too big to fail' or that the tech and start-up sector is somehow different… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
If you know anything about Ethiopia, they are very security conscious, a very closed environment. It's a repressive place were journalists and… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
For Ghana to suggest that they will turn off the Internet, in addition to other countries that have done it like Uganda,… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
I think there's sort of an extra oomph with the younger people coming up. They're writing. They're communicating. They're sharing, and they… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
Press and Internet freedom correlate against economic and social success, GDP, innovation, number of patents filed, and educational attainment. The more freedom… — Ory Okolloh Freedom Copy Share Image
I think that we have been able to demonstrate that we cannot just consume software, that we can create software that can… — Ory Okolloh Africa Copy Share Image
I'm concerned about what I see is the fetishization around entrepreneurship in Africa. It's almost like it's the next new liberal thing.… — Ory Okolloh Business Copy Share Image
Whether you are planning a safari, doing a homework assignment on Botswana, or promoting your local business, Street View will allow you… — Ory Okolloh Business Copy Share Image
As much as innovation is important, I think we also need to just make stuff. If we look at Kenya, where I'm… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
At any one particular time, there is something in my life that is suffering as a result of my many responsibilities; most… — Ory Okolloh Life Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of my early blogging career sort of highlighting all the ills of the government in Kenya and all… — Ory Okolloh Corruption Copy Share Image
I wish I had not believed that my work would speak for itself; the working world requires a bit more than that. — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
It's one thing to tell people to make informed decisions, but that's difficult when there is no information. — Ory Okolloh Decision making Copy Share Image
Blogging requires consistency, and you need to have some time on your hands, which I don't really have. — Ory Okolloh Blog Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up in the slums or anything that dire, but I know what it is to grow up without having… — Ory Okolloh Family Copy Share Image
Beyond providing some level of scrutiny of Kenyan MPs, we built Mzalendo to demonstrate that there is only so much bemoaning you… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
The depiction of Africa has changed in the media in that it is not always poverty, disease, and so on. — Ory Okolloh Africa Copy Share Image
The city of Johannesburg built an app because they are getting so many complaints on Facebook and Twitter about potholes. The app… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
If you want to amplify the data that you have, you need media, you need lawyers, you need the judiciary. Especially when… — Ory Okolloh Data Copy Share Image
I resigned from my position as Ushahidi Executive Director and member of the Board in 2010. However, my role as a co-founder… — Ory Okolloh Director Copy Share Image
Technology is the perfect refuge for African capability stifled elsewhere by badly run governments and years of misplaced foreign aid. Ubiquitous connectivity… — Ory Okolloh Africa Copy Share Image
I always ask the question: As more Africans are going online, are they finding content that is meaningful and relevant to them,… — Ory Okolloh Africans Copy Share Image
I'd like to see technology to move beyond the hype and be considered part of infrastructure... the way you see access to… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
When I was in law school at Harvard, the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the U.S. was a big thing. I… — Ory Okolloh Army Copy Share Image
I think a lot of Africans in my generation, and especially those of us who have spent time overseas before coming back,… — Ory Okolloh Africa Copy Share Image
Omidyar Network first supported Africa Check in 2014 when they were a team of just three dedicated people intent on building a… — Ory Okolloh Africa Copy Share Image
