Speaker Bio

Richard Gevers founded Open Cities Lab, a civic technology organisation focusing on digital and data governance and implementation to address participation, inclusion, and other urban challenges within African cities. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Tenji, a data science startup that builds data products and tools that aid socio-economic development and planning.

Open Cities Lab is a non-profit civic technology lab that uses open data and civic technology in initiatives to build inclusive and responsive cities, put citizens at the centre, and enable participative democracy. It implements and advocates for active citizens, open data-driven decision-making, future inclusive cities, open government, digital public infrastructure, and digital and data governance. Open Cities Lab believes in co-design that is centred around people and lets those in the centre of the issue set the frame, context, measurement, and verification of the results.

This speaker will be speaking at the following SESSION(S):

Session 2C: Development Planning and Informal Settlements