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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">CODATA (CODATA President Prof Barend Mans & CODATA Executive Director Dr Simon
Hodson) on Monday 16 April 2019 had an excellent meeting with Kenya HE </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white">VP
Williams Ruto and his team on </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/fairdata?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCtq87iYWrPCz0aRcPMw6oOsgIwVQzi3JSUzCK-Rjbe7bEw6MqscFZ-C3wfBKVajImZRwWRUncJXkY9l3oR6-QZHl2XHlQ4h7p4nvBO_KftnRYfsoexdTdaYMlZElEgKV-bWDgFrKRvRygwODNtyuj7CPD4Ummy9oU7JxMJcQXNMTYPcctQ-A2xyQ3eDu5UMgDoZZai2csSlNrPWady4hKf2LlQz_xSLeC4_x_eKRsTuudDljUHLgX5NQdTExjNrdq17mN8iH2jFiaqXQRPS22y8iZrrVT3jE7qmVooii8VVx92-cH8YaKKx-9PlvuWKlgGeA8NIhSl1Mx8H4_JG9XFKiZCxj5VtGr-AzFfjVXjMdutbeTGkkULRIvif5vTLkuZV6sKKoe5rwjg6_1TUCX7ETF8FEZFkGpleCVm1XyltBp_0THFMq6q6CYlfuCjj1nmwwQOLaLUtW5tUSM5bmmorpF2u2aS0sF-aVrTOLofq7pP0HUU2nI&__tn__=%2ANK-R"><span class="58cl"><span style="color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white;text-decoration:none">#</span></span><span class="58cm"><span style="color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white;text-decoration:none">FAIRdata</span></span></a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/openscience?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCtq87iYWrPCz0aRcPMw6oOsgIwVQzi3JSUzCK-Rjbe7bEw6MqscFZ-C3wfBKVajImZRwWRUncJXkY9l3oR6-QZHl2XHlQ4h7p4nvBO_KftnRYfsoexdTdaYMlZElEgKV-bWDgFrKRvRygwODNtyuj7CPD4Ummy9oU7JxMJcQXNMTYPcctQ-A2xyQ3eDu5UMgDoZZai2csSlNrPWady4hKf2LlQz_xSLeC4_x_eKRsTuudDljUHLgX5NQdTExjNrdq17mN8iH2jFiaqXQRPS22y8iZrrVT3jE7qmVooii8VVx92-cH8YaKKx-9PlvuWKlgGeA8NIhSl1Mx8H4_JG9XFKiZCxj5VtGr-AzFfjVXjMdutbeTGkkULRIvif5vTLkuZV6sKKoe5rwjg6_1TUCX7ETF8FEZFkGpleCVm1XyltBp_0THFMq6q6CYlfuCjj1nmwwQOLaLUtW5tUSM5bmmorpF2u2aS0sF-aVrTOLofq7pP0HUU2nI&__tn__=%2ANK-R">
<span class="58cl"><span style="color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white;text-decoration:none">#</span></span><span class="58cm"><span style="color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white;text-decoration:none">OpenScience</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/opendata?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCtq87iYWrPCz0aRcPMw6oOsgIwVQzi3JSUzCK-Rjbe7bEw6MqscFZ-C3wfBKVajImZRwWRUncJXkY9l3oR6-QZHl2XHlQ4h7p4nvBO_KftnRYfsoexdTdaYMlZElEgKV-bWDgFrKRvRygwODNtyuj7CPD4Ummy9oU7JxMJcQXNMTYPcctQ-A2xyQ3eDu5UMgDoZZai2csSlNrPWady4hKf2LlQz_xSLeC4_x_eKRsTuudDljUHLgX5NQdTExjNrdq17mN8iH2jFiaqXQRPS22y8iZrrVT3jE7qmVooii8VVx92-cH8YaKKx-9PlvuWKlgGeA8NIhSl1Mx8H4_JG9XFKiZCxj5VtGr-AzFfjVXjMdutbeTGkkULRIvif5vTLkuZV6sKKoe5rwjg6_1TUCX7ETF8FEZFkGpleCVm1XyltBp_0THFMq6q6CYlfuCjj1nmwwQOLaLUtW5tUSM5bmmorpF2u2aS0sF-aVrTOLofq7pP0HUU2nI&__tn__=%2ANK-R"><span class="58cl"><span style="color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white;text-decoration:none">#</span></span><span class="58cm"><span style="color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white;text-decoration:none">OpenData</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/opengovernment?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCtq87iYWrPCz0aRcPMw6oOsgIwVQzi3JSUzCK-Rjbe7bEw6MqscFZ-C3wfBKVajImZRwWRUncJXkY9l3oR6-QZHl2XHlQ4h7p4nvBO_KftnRYfsoexdTdaYMlZElEgKV-bWDgFrKRvRygwODNtyuj7CPD4Ummy9oU7JxMJcQXNMTYPcctQ-A2xyQ3eDu5UMgDoZZai2csSlNrPWady4hKf2LlQz_xSLeC4_x_eKRsTuudDljUHLgX5NQdTExjNrdq17mN8iH2jFiaqXQRPS22y8iZrrVT3jE7qmVooii8VVx92-cH8YaKKx-9PlvuWKlgGeA8NIhSl1Mx8H4_JG9XFKiZCxj5VtGr-AzFfjVXjMdutbeTGkkULRIvif5vTLkuZV6sKKoe5rwjg6_1TUCX7ETF8FEZFkGpleCVm1XyltBp_0THFMq6q6CYlfuCjj1nmwwQOLaLUtW5tUSM5bmmorpF2u2aS0sF-aVrTOLofq7pP0HUU2nI&__tn__=%2ANK-R"><span class="58cl"><span style="color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white;text-decoration:none">#</span></span><span class="58cm"><span style="color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white;text-decoration:none">OpenGovernment</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white">.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
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</span><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://twitter.com/simonhodson99/status/1118136360064430081?fbclid=IwAR02zk-gNwQ6T4yHWRqA-rLaXwFu8dRXJuHOau_21pb0jr2s4gYKJ22QECQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0;background:white">https://twitter.com/simonhodson99/status/1118136360064430081</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Read</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-weight:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-weight:normal">Prof. Muliaro: The advent of big data heralds huge opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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