by Tshepo Tshabalala | May 13, 2019 | Events
We are opening up a conversation about what key practitioners think “smart city” means in our South African — or specific city — context. We would like to look at illustrations that apply (and even problematise) the concept, but also ones that begin to give a sense of...
by Tshepo Tshabalala | Apr 5, 2019 | Events
Picture: Pexels In 2019, CTIN kicks off its breakfast series which is intended to offer a platform for collective information sharing / learning; profiling of innovative initiatives and practices; and topical civic tech community conversation and networking. The first...
by Tshepo Tshabalala | Jul 18, 2018 | Events
Recent research shows that more than half of South Africans are now using the internet. The good news is that the internet is no longer for the well off. The bad news is that for most people who are dependent on mobile networks to connect, the internet is...
by Tshepo Tshabalala | Feb 6, 2018 | Events
It will help journalists spend fewer hours on end searching for the information Civic tech NPO OpenUp has built several tools that make big data sets and relevant documentation easily accessible to journalists, to help them add context and deepen their reporting....
by Claire Lowen | Oct 13, 2017 | Events
Indra de Lanerolle Network Society internet research programme at University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Director of JAMLAB http://about.me/indradelanerolle Event: 19 October 2017. Johannesburg. Please join us on the morning of Thursday 19th October for a...
by Claire Lowen | Aug 22, 2017 | Events
CivicTech Contributor What is the state of South Africa’s governance of cyber-security? And what are the hidden ‘technopolitics’ of ICTs, their ability to embody and enact political goals in Ethiopia and the rest of Africa? The governance of cybersecurity — the case...
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