BEYOND THE HYPE

Using Data To Create‘News You Can Use’

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www.AfricanNewsChallenge.orgwww.AfricanStoryChallenge.org

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http://Code-Africa.org

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TREND 1Open Data + Data Journalism = Evidence-based Discourse

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TREND 2Verification of UGC + Citizen Reportage + Crowdsourced Info

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TREND 4Civic Engagement + Mobilisation Tools

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COMMUNITY:

HacksHackers.comTarget 20 chapters of across AfricaCurrently 13 operational chapters

SKILLS:

Annual d|Bootcamps Annual d|Masterclasses DataLiberation scraperthonsCode4Democracy hackathons Annual TechCamps to give technical

skills via weeklong crash-courses in data scrapping, data analysis & data visualisation for media.

Creating Community

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www.AfricanNewsChallenge.orgwww.AfricanStoryChallenge.org

Code for Africahttp://Code-Africa.org

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