Coding for Democracy Hackathon

3-5 August 2012
Cape Town

The Open Data and Democracy Initiative (ODADI) is inviting Cape Town’s top programmers, designers, journalists, and social activists to their inaugural event, the “Coding for Democracy” Hackathon on 3-5 August, Cape Town CBD. R25,000 in prizes will be awarded to winning solutions.

ODADI is an open, non-partisan community of citizens, technologists, journalists, and activists dedicated to developing and applying practical open technology and promoting open data. ODADI is committed to working with Government and the private sector to promote transparency and accountability in South Africa. We believe that greater public access to government and non-government data can help make that happen.

The purpose of the hackathon is to generate widespread interest and awareness among programmers, the media, activists, and other constituencies in South Africa and begin developing of a wide range of open data solutions to help make government services more open and efficient. Any solution developed will be non-proprietary and made available on the event’s website and/or other channels, and free for anyone to use, adapt or apply. Submissions may be any kind of software application, be it for the web, a personal computer, a mobile handheld device, console, SMS, or any software platform broadly available to the public. Participation is free.

Please visit the website www.codingfordemocracy.org for more information and to RSVP to the event.

Programme
Friday 3rd August, 18:00-20:00
Saturday 4th August, 09:00-20:00
Sunday 5th August, 09:00-16:00

Venue
Ndifuna Ukwazi, 47 Strand, 2nd Fl
Cape Town CBD