Richard Gevers
richardgevers.bsky.social
Richard Gevers
@richardgevers.bsky.social
Digital Services Unit at SA Presidency. Previously Open Cities Lab, Africa Data Hub, Tenji. Non-exec Director Innovate Durban. Cities, Inclusion, Digital Gov, Data, DPI. Geeking.
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If we build it with care, open source is one of our strongest tools for sovereignty, trust, and inclusion.

Join us if you're curious about how OSPOs can shape digital government.
#OSPO #DPI #GovTech #DigitalPublicInfrastructure #MyMzansi
June 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thanks to @mysociety.org and the whole TICTeC crew for holding space to imagine and collaborate.

We're building in the open — come find us.

#DPI #CivicTech #DigitalGov #ServiceDesign #OpenSource #MyMzansi #AIforGood
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MyMzansi | TicTec2025
South Africa’s Digital Transformation Building Democratic and Inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure TicTec 2025-06-11
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June 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In 🇿🇦, we’re building platforms like MyMzansi and gov.za to serve people better — but we don’t want to do it in a vacuum.

We want to learn from and design with the civic tech ecosystem.
June 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
From open budgets to AI audits, this space is alive with ideas.
The work from @civictechguide on AI accountability and tools like Polis for public participation really sparked something — we need more of this in gov-led digital infra.
June 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Yay thank you :)
November 19, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Awesome thanks :)
November 19, 2024 at 8:23 AM
focus was quickly replaced with local focus
November 19, 2024 at 7:28 AM
no financial flow going back to the foundations/teams that built them.
November 19, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Really great! In the same vein as Noel I’d love to chat about getting this team to share with our South African government team, both at national and local.
November 16, 2024 at 8:41 AM
This is very pretty, agreed.
November 16, 2024 at 8:39 AM