Charlene Migwe-Kagume
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Charlene oversees DG’s work in the East and Southern Africa region. She is responsible for supporting the Director of Programs in the management of DG’s projects and programs, business development, and staff management as well as handling client relationships and internal operations pertaining to the region.
In this role, Charlene manages staff, provides advisory support to projects, supports product innovation, leads business development across strategic business units as well as develops partnerships with critical government and private-sector entities to support DG’s work.
Her work at DG in the past includes the VIFAA program, building relationships with fertilizer stakeholders and conducting cross-stakeholder engagement through dashboard co-design workshops; and DG’s work in open contracting, including leading the open contracting cluster in the Kenya Open Government Partnership (OGP) and building the Makueni County Open Contracting portal.
Charlene studied Business and Information Technology at Strathmore University and was a Mandela Washington Fellow as well as YALI East Africa Regional Advisory Board Chair. Previously, she founded a technology firm; has worked with DFID, IREX, and McKinsey & Co.; and was named one of the Top 5 Upcoming Women in IT in Kenya by iHub.
Recent Posts
Mythbusters: Digital Public Infrastructure & Digital Public Goods
Although the international community has just now reached consensus on what digital public infrastructure is, there are still a lot of myths and misperceptions around the term, and the open-source technology that often powers it. In this blog, we’ll debunk some common myths we hear about DPI with facts, highlight some successes and failures, and show you some of the open-source DPI tools we’re following.
Five Insights on Country-Led Digital Public Infrastructure Systems to Create a Cohesive Approach throughout Africa
Drawing from Development Gateway: An IREX Venture’s work in implementing country-specific digital solutions that support a cohesive approach across a given region or continent, we have identified five insights on how to go about implementing digital public infrastructure systems at the country-level while having a cohesive approach throughout Africa.
Advancing Digital Public Infrastructure: Emerging Practices for Creating Sustainable, Inclusive Systems at Scale
From DG’s more than 20 years of experience in creating, delivering, and adapting open source and open data solutions, we’ve learned several best practices on how to make technology accessible and sustainable while prioritizing engagement from open source communities—these practices can be applied to building and implementing DPIs. In this blog, we’ll explore what DPI is, DG’s approach to DPI, and three best practices that can be used to ensure DPIs are effective and advance inclusion.