open data durban presentation - july, 2015

Open Data Durban

July, [email protected]@soapsudtycoonAdi Eyal

We use technology and data to help people make informed decisions that drive social [email protected]@soapsudtycoon

Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness).

What is Open Data?

What's the big deal? you want laws? We got laws

Image http://www.flickr.com/photos/dfid/

Sometimes you get your data... sometimes the government shows you the middle finger


Brief history of Open Data in South Africa

Dec 2011 - Rufus Pollock from the Open Knowledge Foundation founds OKF Cape Town chapter

Apr 2012 Open Data and Democracy Initiative founded

Aug 2012 Coding for Democracy Hackathon

... One or two Hacks/Hackers meetups...Jun 2013 Code for South Africa was foundedMay 2013 City of Cape Town and Government of the Western Cape start discussing open data policies driven by MEC Alan Winde and MP Tim HarrisJun 2014 Open Data Now UnconferenceSep 2014 City of Cape Town approves their open data policyJan 2015 City of Cape Town open data portal launchedJun 2015 Open Data Durban founded

Data can help us find stories to tell

but sometimes they are hard to discover

According to the 2011 Census, 100,000 households owned a satellite dish...

but no refrigerator

20 households living in a tent or a caravan

earn over R2.5m annually

23,000 15-19 year-olds have degrees

933 of them have a masters or PhD

47,000 10-14 year-olds are married

789Are divorced

www.citypress.co.za/politics/parties-generational-mix-walks-talk/


Election watchingSouth Africa's news spectator sport

Courtesy of the IEC's data apis.


5000+ concurrent readers. RespectOur tool accounted for almost half of their traffic that day


Despite what many people think data already exists

and it can have a massive effect onInformed decision-making

and it can have a massive effect onInformed decision-making

Tell me something that I care about

Swing wards: All eyes on 2016

I want cheaper medicines....

http://mpr.code4sa.org

http://mg.co.za/page/know-your-hood

and to learn more about my neighbours

http://www.wazimap.co.za

The Census: The Grand-daddy of government data

Local Context:People relate to what they can see. Local information has more impact than national statistics.http://dotspotting.org/u/980/sheets/2279Show me the crimes that took placelast week, not last year

http://idp.code4sa.org

Help me find my councillor
and what they're doing with my money

http://code4sa.org/2015/01/08/traffic-fines-highway-robbery.html

Speaking of money
do municipalities really add fines as a budget line item?

http://code4sa.org/2015/01/08/traffic-fines-highway-robbery.html

There's something fishy going on
Is Ubuntu municipality really relying on fines to keep their economy afloat?

http://code4sa.org/2015/01/29/city-of-capetown-tenders.html

Story telling anti-patterns

http://code4sa.org/2015/02/13/valentines-day.html

Medicines at primary healthcare clinics


Take two panados and call me in the morning


Sugar marriages are all the rage...
The data shows that there are some weird things going on in SA

www.living-wage.co.za

How much should you pay?
What is a reasonable wage to pay your domestic worker?


We made a big splash...Although most of the News24 readers thought we were out of our minds.







Code4Democracy

Community OutreachHackathons, Meet-upsMailing lists

Come to our meet-ups. Join our mailing listshttp://www.code4sa.org/

But, training isnt enough. We also build communities of pioneers by hosting monthly meetups for people to share their knowledge or develop common strategies, or even to build stuff together at regular hackathons.

Contact [email protected]@soapsudtycoonAdi Eyal

open data durban presentation - july, 2015

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