Team

Current Research Staff

The team at the C4D LAB, University of Nairobi

Stephine Osoro, University of Nairobi, C4D LAB, Technical Lead
Carmelo Ignaccolo, MIT, Civic Data Design Lab, Ph.D. student at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the MIT
Joseph Ndiritu Karobia, Chairman of Public Transport Operators Union (PUTON), Matatu Consultant/Advisor
Collins Mundi, Software Developer at TwigaTatu App

Past Research Staff

Mike Foster, MIT, Civic Data Design Lab
Jonathan Andrew Campbell, MIT, Civic Data Design Lab
Emily Eros, MIT, Civic Data Design Lab
Alexis Howland, MIT, Civic Data Design Lab
Lindiwe Rennert, MIT, Civic Data Design Lab
Alicia Rouault, MIT, Civic Data Design Lab
Christopher Van Alstyne, MIT, Civic Data Design Lab
Catherine Vanderwaart, MIT, Civic Data Design Lab
Rida Qadri, MIT, Civic Data Design Lab
Ikamar Ekessa, University of Nairobi, School of Computing and Informatics
Peter Kamiri, University of Nairobi, School of Computing and Informatics
Samuel Kariu, University of Nairobi, School of Computing and Informatics
Maureen Mbinya, University of Nairobi, School of Computing and Informatics
Jackson Mutua, University of Nairobi, School of Computing and Informatics
Mureri Ntwiga, University of Nairobi, School of Computing and Informatics

Special thanks to Wenfei Xu from the Civic Data Design Lab who was the lead designer of the Map

Thanks

We thank the students at the University of Nairobi and the matatu drivers and owners from Ongata Rongai Welfare Association who participated in focus group discussions that enhanced the quality of the map.

Professor Lawrence Esho and his students at the Technical University of Kenya for their valuable feedback on the Digital Matatu map.

We also gratefully acknowledge the support of The Rockefeller Foundation which provided a grant for this work. Special thanks to Benjamin de la Pena at the Rockefeller Foundation for his support of and critical insights on this work.

Thanks to James Gachanja and Dr. Zachary Gariy at KIPPRA for hosting the workshops and the Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations for their work on the launch of the data and map for this work helped our thinking, made connections and showed us a way forward in sustaining data collection work.