We build tools, open up data, and provide data training which supports an active citizenry and helps communities and governments work better, together. https://openup.org.zahttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.zahttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mwvcdd7m2t2iBlessing Oladunjoye of BOFIM on fact-checking, assistive tech and countering disinformation aimed at marginalised groups in Nigeria. 🎥 Watch on YT: buff.ly/POcP6yk 📰 Read the DDISA Profile: buff.ly/5n7GoBK #digitaldemocracy #civictech #subsaharanafrica #funding #techforgood #nigeria #media02 Oct 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvcdd7m2t2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mwsbvonj6q2gIn Nigeria, BOFIM is changing how women and persons with disabilities are represented in media, through fact-checking training, assistive tech and advocacy. 📍 Read our latest DDISA profile: buff.ly/5n7GoBK #digitaldemocracy #civictech #subsaharanafrica #funding #socialimpact #techforgood #nigeria01 Oct 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsbvonj6q2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mwpy5e2aah2pWho controls the impact data African non-profits collect for funders? Gabriella Razzano's new DDISA Fund policy brief makes the case for data sovereignty and shared learning. 📍 Read here: buff.ly/LAzHcBd #funding #civictech #socialimpact #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #techforgood30 Sep 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpy5e2aah2phttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mw6bkslt3o2gSmart Aid Initiative, DDISA Fund grantee org from Nigeria, on closing the digital gender gap, literacy, safety online, and more! 🎥 Watch the full video: buff.ly/8gGcVlw 📰 Read the profile: buff.ly/6y2bcdx #funding #civictech #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #techforgood #GenderEquality23 Sep 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6bkslt3o2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mvzottaeyw2uOur second DDISA Profile Series feature is live! Smart Aid Initiative's fellowship is building digital skills, online safety awareness and civic participation for young women in Kaduna State. 📍 Read here: buff.ly/RCdkJoE #funding #civictech #digitaldemocracy #GenderEquality #Nigeria21 Sep 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzottaeyw2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mvrwqer36s23Data centres are booming in SA. CTIN, a DDISA Fund partner, made a submission to the SAHRC on the risks: energy and water strain, land and consultation gaps, and data sovereignty. 📍 Read it here: buff.ly/moUGg9a #funding #civictech #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #techforgood #datarights #AI18 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrwqer36s23https://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mvhwkh4fh222Free at lunch on 18 September? Join our session on GIBSON and Climate Observer, tools for browsing NASA satellite imagery and tracking climate trends across Africa. 12:00 – 13:00 SAST on Google Meet, open to all, no experience needed. 🌍🌦️ 🔗 Register here: buff.ly/rvS0hiK #opendata #climatedata14 Sep 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhwkh4fh222https://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mv5zpv6wgj2uYesterday we joined OUTA and PMG in Cape Town for ParliMeter's Next Chapter event. Our Director Gabriella Razzano spoke on designing for participatory democracy, and Shaun Russell joined the panel on what carries forward. 📍 Read more: buff.ly/zcfO1xX #civictech #techforgood #openparliament10 Sep 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5zpv6wgj2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3muz7iztpom2pFrom our first DDISA grantee profile: Kenya's Demography Project tracks air quality, noise and water, feeding it all into Uhai, an open data platform. 🎥 Video: buff.ly/VDTcai1 📰 Profile: buff.ly/WcrCVR1 #funding #socialimpact #techforgood #Kenya @demographyproject.org @civicusalliance.bsky.social08 Sep 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3muz7iztpom2phttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3muojiwifge2nFirst in a new profile series on grantees of the DDISA Fund: Kenya's Demography Project trains citizen scientists to track air quality, noise and water. 🌱⛈️💥 📰 Read: buff.ly/WcrCVR1 🎥 Watch: buff.ly/1DVyqpj #funding #civictech #socialimpact @demographyproject.org @civicusalliance.bsky.social04 Sep 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3muojiwifge2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mu2fesxclc2iGrantees from the DDISA Fund share what Data Tamasha Africa 2026 in Zanzibar meant to them, from networking to learning across country contexts. 📍Watch: youtu.be/Fbymsaijtwo #funding #civictech #socialimpact #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #techforgood #DDISAFund @civicusalliance.bsky.social https://youtu.be/Fbymsaijtwo27 Aug 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2fesxclc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mtsyit4yjo2uDDISA Fund Cohort 2 applications are closed! We received over 400 applications from across Sub-Saharan Africa. Thank you to everyone who applied, we'll be reviewing submissions over the coming weeks. Stay tuned! #funding #civictech #socialimpact #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #techforgood24 Aug 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsyit4yjo2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mtnhdprkm323Some more highlights from Data Tamasha Africa 2026: Data sovereignty with Gabriella Razzano, and CTIN's 15 years of open data and open government. #funding #civictech #socialimpact #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #techforgood #datatamasha #opendata #dta26 #kujenganadata22 Aug 2026 04:38 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnhdprkm323https://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mtj5ibc6bp2lDay 1 and 2 at Data Tamasha Africa 2026, Zanzibar! Thank you to everyone who attended our session on data sovereignty. Stay tuned for more. #funding #civictech #digitaldemocracy #DataTamasha2026 #dta26 #kujenganadata20 Aug 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj5ibc6bp2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mtgbsvamxq2oData Tamasha Africa is live from Zanzibar! Watch now, more sessions on the dLab Tanzania channel. 🇹🇿📊🤝 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/live/UW_G9n6UDQg 📍 https://www.youtube.com/@dlabtanzaniadatalab4153 #opendata #civictech #socialimpact #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #techforgood #DataTamasha19 Aug 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgbsvamxq2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mszx2myah32lCatch our session at Data Tamasha Africa 2026! Gabriella Razzano will host a masterclass on data sovereignty for feminist and civic tech organisations. 📆 Wed 19 Aug, ⏰ 14:00–15:15 EAT, 📍 Hotel Verde, Zanzibar. #funding #civictech #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #techforgood #datasovereignty14 Aug 2026 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszx2myah32lhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3msuv2o6vjm2uWomen's Month 2026: ParliMeter data shows real progress in representation, but gender oversight remains concentrated in a few committees when it should cut across all of government. 🗣️🏛️ 📍 Read more: buff.ly/dAwfzMm #WomensDay #DigitalDemocracy #CivicTech #SouthAfrica #WomensMonth #GenderEquality12 Aug 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuv2o6vjm2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3msfsotdxkz2kWe polled civil society orgs at our Cohort 1 workshop on how they're using AI, and where the gaps are. 📢 Cohort 2 of the DDISA Fund is open now, closing 23 August 2026. 📍 Apply: ddisafund.org 📩 Newsletter: buff.ly/m8o2Lu4 #funding #civictech #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #techforgood #AI06 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfsotdxkz2khttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3ms6c54bj2d2dDDISA Fund Cohort 2 applications are open 🎉 Civil society orgs in Sub-Saharan Africa working on digital democracy can apply for grants up to R85,000 (about USD 4,700). 📍 Apply: ddisafund.org 📩 Newsletter: buff.ly/oU1DKgt #digitaldemocracy #funding #subsaharanafrica @civicusalliance.bsky.social03 Aug 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6c54bj2d2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mru7gfzziu2z📣 DDISA Fund Cohort 2 applications open 3 August 2026! Financial + non-financial support for civil society orgs across Sub-Saharan Africa working on digital democracy. 📍ddisafund.org for application details #funding #civictech #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica @civicusalliance.bsky.social30 Jul 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mru7gfzziu2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mqoigheeva2mHave your say on South Africa's Parliament! 🏛️🇿🇦📢 Take our short survey and tell us: • How you view Parliament • Whether you've participated • How you access parliamentary information • What can be improved 📍Your feedback matters: buff.ly/wkF7YkC #ParliMeter #Parliament #Democracy #SouthAfrica15 Jul 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoigheeva2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mrcld6zmot2vZanzibar, here we come! Data Tamasha Africa '26 runs from 19–21 August under the theme Building with Data. DDISA Fund team will be there, come find us. 🇹🇿🌐✈️ 📩 Subscribe: buff.ly/KvTXzAI 📈 More on the festival: buff.ly/kOvrGLB #funding #civictech #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #datatamasha23 Jul 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcld6zmot2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mradae55gx2tParliMeter’s next priorities should be shaped by the people who use parliamentary information. 🤝🇿🇦🏛️ Join our hands-on workshop on Wednesday, 5 August 2026, and make your voice heard. 🔗 Register: buff.ly/k5lAsbf #ParliamentaryMonitoring #ParliMeter #OpenData #PublicInterestTechnology22 Jul 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mradae55gx2thttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mqtjeb7mij2467 minutes of service goes further with the right information behind it. This Mandela Day, we look at the civic tech tools helping South Africans understand their communities and act on what they find. 📊🇿🇦🤝 📍https://openup.org.za/blog/nelson-mandela-day-2026 #MandelaDay #SouthAfrica #CivicTech17 Jul 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtjeb7mij24https://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mqoigheeva2mHave your say on South Africa's Parliament! 🏛️🇿🇦📢 Take our short survey and tell us: • How you view Parliament • Whether you've participated • How you access parliamentary information • What can be improved 📍Your feedback matters: buff.ly/wkF7YkC #ParliMeter #Parliament #Democracy #SouthAfrica15 Jul 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoigheeva2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mqcaacoagx2n🔭🌍🛰️ Introducing GIBSON, a tool from OpenUp and Africa Data Hub (ADH) that makes NASA satellite imagery (GIBS) simple to navigate and use, curated with real use cases for journalists. Live soon, with Brown Bag sessions and hackathons to follow. #civictech #satelliteimagery #datajournalism #NASA10 Jul 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcaacoagx2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mpnyova2pa26DDISA Fund Cohort 2 applications opening soon! Visit ddisafund.org to find out more and get ready to apply, or subscribe to the newsletter for updates. 📩 Newsletter: buff.ly/ae7AzZ5 #funding #civictech #socialimpact #digitaldemocracy #subsaharanafrica #techforgood @civicusalliance.bsky.social02 Jul 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnyova2pa26https://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3moznspqgfx2eDDISA Fund Cohort 1 grantees are onboarding and Cohort 2 is almost here! Civil society orgs in Sub-Saharan Africa working on digital democracy, follow for updates. Don't miss it! 📩 buff.ly/npjxg8s 🌐 buff.ly/JGLlJDZ #funding #civictech #subsaharanafrica @civicusalliance.bsky.social24 Jun 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3moznspqgfx2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3mouurfndtc2dTell us what you think! Help us build a better Census Wazi for you by filling out our (super quick) survey. ❓https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegGS4Bl7A_ja9JQPn0RcMQS09_muQO83rzI5QoiNept-9XBA/viewform [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jun 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouurfndtc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/openup.org.za/post/3monmmhewrc2uGood policy needs good data and local context. Through Africa CAN, we brought together climate and health data experts from across Africa at the #GlobalDataFestival in Nairobi to turn evidence into policy that works. 📊 🏛️ 👉 Read more: buff.ly/pXvbwDK #climatedata #healthdata #opendata #civictech19 Jun 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:vstv25ipfoby25ojxdnserbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3monmmhewrc2u