Silicon Cape and the US Embassy Seek Solutions to SA’s Gender-based Violence Pandemic
To quote President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa finds itself in the midst of not one, but two, devastating epidemics – the coronavirus and gender-based violence (GBV). Police Minister Bheki Cele reported that in the first five days of the national lockdown alone,...
Hackathon zones in on digital solutions to curb GBV
Tech incubator Silicon Cape and the US Embassy in South Africa are coming together once more, to run a weekend-long hackathon aimed at finding digital solutions to fight the scourge of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country. While the hackathon, which forms part...
Johannesburg Brings Out its Best Ideas for Combatting Gender-Based Violence
Over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of October 2020, emerging software developers, IT professionals, trainers, civil society organisations, students, academics, professionals and even high school learners from around Johannesburg gathered virtually to see how they...
A Few Options
You get a group of hackers who are hacking for good and want to share the idea and code with the world are more inclined to use the "creative Commons" clause which means that anyone can use their idea and build upon it. Think Tesla releasing all their patents....
#GovHackSA finds tech solutions for government problem.
Example of how GovHack in action on news24. GovHackSA was a recognized world design project #WDC241 in 2014. We had 3 different challenges set by main stakeholders. We partnered with The World Design Capital, Google, 22 Seven and MLab. Through collaboration, we...
Before the Hackathon….Start-up Weekend
I wanted to first give an example of a start-up weekend that I have also previously run. I would like to highlight that if datasets are not given, here is a different way of engaging with the community to create a space to come up with social innovations. Start-up...
Dr Sumarie Roodt and Deputy Public Affairs Officer Mignon Cardentey on Cape Talk
Using tech to tackle gender-based violence
Every three hours a woman is murdered in South Africa. What's more, the country has the fourth-highest female interpersonal violence death rate in the world. Additionally, South Africa's rape statistics are amongst the highest globally with an average of 114 rapes...
US Embassy and Silicon Cape to host hackathons focused on tackling GBV
Earlier this year the topic of gender-based violence was thrust into sharp relief and two organisations want to keep the conversation going while finding a solution. Those two organisations are the US Embassy and Silicon Cape. Together the pair will host four...
US embassy Cape Town hackathon to seek tech solutions for gender-based violence
The US Embassy in South Africa will on 23 and 24 November hold a hackathon in Cape Town focused on create innovative digital solutions to the problem of gender-based violence. The winning team at the hackathon, which will be held at the EY offices at the V&A...