The NoAppForThis! Podcast

Episode 5 | Explores the Exciting Developments Emerging in Digital Innovation. While Silicon Valley has long been synonymous with technological advancements, this episode explores the exciting developments emerging in digital innovation outside the confines of Silicon Valley in digital health.  This episode discusses the factors driving the growth of these regions, such as diverse perspectives and...

 In this episode, we delve into the intersection of digital activism and data privacy in health mobile applications. We address the growing importance of safeguarding personal health data in an era of increasing digitalization. We talk about the need to protect personal information in the digital health landscape where individuals often share sensitive and personal data, including health records,...

The imagery of Kenya as the Silicon Savannah has led to the establishment of new norms in which developers consciously or unconsciously adopt standards and practices from Silicon Valley. Challenging these norms is important because it challenges the logic that people who finance the development of health apps own all the data that they collect leading to migration of health data so that it can be...

Episode 3 | Do the apps we want to build exist? In today’s episode, Roy Waswa hosts Terry Gichuhi, Joy Kwamboka, and Kiprotich Kimutai, all from the experimental incubator, to talk about whether the apps they are building exist. The discussion will be on the apps they are developing within an experimental incubator, highlighting their evolution over time. The conversation will underscore their inv...

NoAppForThis! The Trailer The NoAppForThis podcast is part of a project by Wellcome Trust, implemented across 3 countries (Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa) by the Open Institute, The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), and The Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) working in collaboration with the of University of Warwick, in the UK U...

Episode 2  |Rethinking User Empowerment and Data Rights in Health Apps.  Health apps have become increasingly popular and are often used to track various aspects of personal health, from physical activity and sleep patterns to monitoring chronic conditions and medication reminders.  However, the collection and use of personal health data by these apps raise concerns about user empowerment and data...

Open Institute | "Balancing Novelty, Viability, and Feasibility in Health App Development" "The process of developing an app can be long and complex, involving many stages including ideation and execution. In the ideation phase, the focus is on generating and refining ideas for the apps, while in the execution phase, the focus shifts to the building and launching of the app.  In thi...