#WomenForChange #PurpleForChange #WomenShutdown #unburythetruth #DeclareGBVFANationalDisaster #StopFemicide

As our governments across Africa invest in digital infrastructure, the question isn't just what we build, but how we build it to advance sustainable development. Our new policy brief explores responsible AI adoption in South Africa's public sector, drawing on real-world experience:

bit.ly/4hnqcAZ

We have some thoughts on the #DPI #digitalpublicinfrastructures conversations y'all might be interested in, based on experience, healthy snippets of cynicism, but overall an overwhelming sense of hope for Africa's sovereign digital future www.linkedin.com/pulse/all-dp...

Who really runs South Africa’s power?

With Open Secrets, #OpenUp created the PowerMapper — an interactive map showing where power stations are, how much electricity they produce, who owns and operates them, and associated controversies.

🔗 Explore the data here: powermapper.opensecrets.org.za

Parliament should be the engine of our democracy — but is it delivering?

In our latest blog, we unpack the Indicators for Democratic Parliaments to see how South Africa measures up on effectiveness and accountability.

Read the full assessment on ParliMeter:

A recent article written by our partners at the Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) shines a light on evolving gender dynamics in the Seventh Parliament.

See the full story on #ParliMeter: www.parlimeter.org.za/post/women-i...

Eastern Cape farmers are being left behind.

Only 31% rely on municipal water, compared to 55% nationally.
69% say water reliability stats “don’t apply to them” — because the system doesn’t serve them at all. Read more: www.foodformzansi.co.za/drought-and-...

Story: @Food For Mzansi | Data: @OpenUp

The Big Kahuna* of OpenUp, @jablet.bsky.social, discusses digital colonialism, sovereignty and global forces that shape our experience of the digital public on this episode of @the-angle-africa.

youtu.be/tznxbUxXYJA

*She wrote this #transparency

Scaling data skills in Africa isn't just about numbers—it's a science. We've grown from 160 to 450+ participants across the region in our latest data science training program. Our digital classroom walls are stretching, but so is our understanding of what might make training scale: bit.ly/42QbEnN

We have just launched our new parliamentary monitoring dashboard, Parlimeter: www.parlimeter.org.za. We led development in partnership with our colleagues at OUTA and PMG, and are proud to continue leading the charge on collaborative open government in South Africa #innovation #opendata #opengov

For all of our colleagues impacted by the #USAID funding freeze, we see you and are here for you. Some thoughts from us on becoming less donor reliant as an act of solidarity: openup.org.za/blog/you-are...

Apologies, we forgot we were here...To welcome in the NY, how about we play a game? We are happy to announce our new collab #GreenConnection, "Gaslit": a gamification of the corruption at #PetroSA, which helps explain the context of South Africa's energy problems: game.thegreenconnection.org.za/en

We're still learning about the @bsky.app community; but if you want to learn more about us - and our African social impact innovation - you can read our just released Annual Report for 2023-2024 here: openup.org.za/annual-repor...

Marking the end of a wonderful three day Anti-Corruption Data Hackathon with RSA civil society groups and Chapter 9 institutions. All our activities have been fully funded by the European Union Delegation to South Africa through the great people at Enhancing Accountability, TAF.

To introduce ourselves in this new world, you can read about our 10 year plus journey to social impact greatness at our 10 year anniversary microsite: 10.openup.org.za