Benjaminย Charagu
Director Of Partnerships at The Open Institute
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolBenjamin Charagu is a strategic civic-tech leader with over 20 years of experience building data-driven platforms and partnerships that bridge communities and government across Kenya and the region. As Director of Partnerships at The Open Institute he has scaled initiatives like Open County and the Kilifi Citizens Dashboard and led the pioneering Kenya Statistical Quality Assessment Framework to integrate citizen-generated data into national reporting. His background as a founder and hands-on Head of Technology means he blends technical product deliveryโbuilding large data repositories and entity mapping systemsโwith high-level negotiation and operational leadership. Known for mentoring teams and institutionalizing sustainable collaborations with government, civil society and the private sector, he brings a pragmatic, results-focused approach to open governance. An early innovator in civic data tooling, he often translates grassroots insights into policy-ready evidence.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Highway secondaryCertification, Certification at Strathmore UniversityDiploma, Diploma at Kenya PolytechnicDiploma, Diploma at Graffins college
Swahili, English, Kikuyu, Spanish, Swahili
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Github Skills (11)
transparency10
cross-reference10
serve10
datasets10
normal10
database9
dashboard6
google-docs6
coffeescript6
ruby6
dashing6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
OpenInstitute/OpenCounty
Jul 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 3 pushes in 8 months
OpenInstitute/OpenDuka
Apr 2013 - Mar 2015
Open Duka is a project designed by the Open Institute that will provide a freely accessible database of information on Kenyan entities. This information will provide citizens, journalists, and civic activists with a practical and easy-to-use tool to understand the ownership structure of the world they live in, demonstrating the practical applications of open information for normal citizens. It will serve as a core dataset for citizens, journalists, and civic activists who want to build 3rd party public transparency and public accountability apps or services, by allowing them to cross reference the Open Duka company shareholder data against other datasets.
Contributions:39 commits, 1 push in 1 year 11 months
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