We are founded upon the desire to serve the common good through the advancement of transparency.

Program Description

Code for South Africa (Code4SA) is a non-­profit civic technology organisation. Our goal is to promote informed decision­-making, especially for social good.

Our objectives are four-­fold:

• Strengthen the demand-­side for open data by growing existing open data communities
• Promote institutional change within media, civil-­society organisations and government through direct engagement as well as from within by encouraging individuals within those organisations to participate in open data communities
• Promote the opening up of government data
• Providing technical support to civil society organisations to create civic technologies that can make data more meaningfol and facilitate citizens to engage with government

Founding Story

Established in October 2013 with an African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC) grant to foster data­-journalism, Code4SA has developed a strong brand in the civil society and media spaces. We are widely recognised as leaders in civic technology and data journalism and are starting to make an impact in government circles around open data.

Everyone has the right of access to any information held by the state; and any information that is held by another person and that is required for the exercise or protection of any rights.

South African Constitution - (Section 32)

People

Adi Eyal Director

Greg Kempe Principa Technologist

Jennifer Walker Product and Community Management