If I were to have an epitaph, I'd want it to read, 'She did stuff.' — Ory Okolloh Books Copy Share Image
I believe in the power of ideas. I believe in the power of sharing knowledge. — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
Anyone who has been successful and has knowledge to share is a potential mentor. — Ory Okolloh Knowledge 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Internet Governance Forum - which brings together NGOs, government officials and companies - needs to do a better job of including… — Ory Okolloh America Copy Share Image
I think the Internet is a key driver of opening up opportunities, which impacts many things, including development - I will repeat… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
21st-century activism is different perhaps in the sense that the individual can be more present in the process, especially via social media,… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
Most entrepreneurs think capital is the biggest problem they have - but it's not. You can have all the capital you want,… — Ory Okolloh Ability Copy Share Image
While I am a huge proponent of us as Africans telling our own stories and countering the negative stereotypes out there since… — Ory Okolloh Africans Copy Share Image
I always tell people that I am most proud of the fact that the Ushahidi story has provided an inspiration to other… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I'd be as successful as I am as a woman in a profession other than in technology. Because it… — Ory Okolloh Career Copy Share Image
I want my work at Google to have a long-term impact on the tech scene in Africa and to result in millions… — Ory Okolloh Africans 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We are raising a generation of children who may not know how to mobilize without Facebook. — Ory Okolloh Children Copy Share Image
An absence of credible information prevents citizens from participating in public decision-making, particularly on key issues of concern such as education, health,… — Ory Okolloh Absence Copy Share Image
As I see it, tech in Africa 1.0 was the mobile-phone boom, and version 2.0 was about new apps developed in response… — 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
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
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'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
All of us salute the ITU's excellent work in the telecommunications space. It has set standards which encourage investment in infrastructure and… — Ory Okolloh America Copy Share Image
That's one thing you Americans take for granted, you know? That you can grow up, you know, not so good circumstances, and… — Ory Okolloh Arkansas Copy Share Image
We can't entrepreneur our way around bad leadership. We can't entrepreneur our way around bad policies. Those of us who have managed… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
