Open Cities Lab Joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance to Advance African-Led DPI Implementation
Open Cities Lab (OCL) is pleased to announce that we are joining the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), a UN-endorsed multi-stakeholder initiative working to accelerate the discovery, development, use, and investment in digital public goods that help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Joining the DPGA reflects OCL’s commitment to strengthening open, interoperable, and locally owned […]
The Week That Was
At the beginning of November, we experienced one of those truly serendipitous moments in the OCL calendar. It was a “divide-and-conquer” type challenge to be everywhere, all at once – but we did it! The stages, conversations and impact we experienced was humbling, and a testament to a decade of showing up for African cities […]
Developing the Africa Gender Data Portal as part of the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge
We are excited to announce that we have been selected to take part in the Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge 2022! The GNI Innovation challenge supports a range of news and tech organisations from around the world that pioneer new thinking in online journalism, develop new paths to sustainability and implement strategies to better meet […]
The State of Public Procurement in South Africa is Not Transparent
The ability to “follow the money” is only possible if transactions are recorded and published, (or if the data is leaked). In partnership with Corruption Watch, we at Open Cities Lab, are interested in our government’s process for recording and publishing all tenders in every stage of the procurement process. The Open Contracting Data Standards […]