Hacks/Hackers Lagos
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Hacks/Hackers Lagos is hosting a skills program to develop data literacy and civic hacking skills through bootcamps and masterclasses across Africa. It aims to build a community of civic hackers and data activists through a network of chapters and events. The organization also serves as an ideas incubator, connecting initiatives with seed grants and venture funding to scale projects that are meaningful, sustainable, and replicable. Knowledge is shared globally through the Hacks/Hackers network.
Hacks/Hackers Lagos
- 1. Hacks/Hackers Lagos! 11 January 2014
- 3. NETWORK: ! HacksHackers Currently 13 active African chapters 2014 target to grow 20 chapters across Africa ! ! SKILLS PROGRAMME: ! 10x annual d|Bootcamps 10x annual d|Masterclasses 5x DataLiberation scraperthons 5x Code4Democracy hackathons 1x annual pan-African TechCamp ! IDEAS MARKETPLACE: $1m/yr in seed grants thru ANIC $500k/yr in story grants thru TASC A new Nigeria fund & fellowships will launch soon
- 4. ! Nairobi Data Bootcamp 2012 Digital + Data Literacy Skills: ! We host data literacy bootcamps and masterclasses, develop course materials, and convene strategic policy roundtables + catalytic hackdays across Africa to develop data skills & knowledge.
- 5. Hacks/Hackers Building Community! We're creating a diverse community of civic hackers, data activists and data narrators through a pan-African network of Hacks/Hackers chapters, with CitizenLabs in tech incubators, and 'kickstarter' Code for Democracy cocreation events.
- 6. !d|Roundtables strategy sessions ! International sponsorships ! d|Clinic project planning ! #EditorsLab hackathons
- 7. Funding to Scale:! Hacks/Hackers serves as an ideas factory + ! team-building machine for our venture funding partners, who offer seed grants + angel & earlystage impact investment, to initiatives that have achieved meaningful traction, and that offer scalability, sustainability and replicability.
- 8. Knowledge Sharing:! We network the global Hacks/Hackers community to share our skills, our successes & our mistakes with the world
- 9. WANT TO JOIN? ! Sign-up on our Google Group at: http://bit.ly/HHlagos Join the umbrella Hacks/Hackers Africa community on Facebook at: http://bit.ly/HHAfrica