Civic Tech Innovation Forum: Strengthening the Civic Tech Ecosystem

<p>How we expand the civic tech community and its impact? The session will offer local and global reflections on directions, challenges and opportunities for civic tech actors\; key messages/ideas for what the enablement issues are\; how these could be achieved. After reflections from Taiwan and Africa, the local (SA) discussants will be invited to respond and consider from their unique local vantage points (entrepreneurship, gender, etc.). How can we specifically leverage and support civic tech in SA going forward? How can the people doing civic tech be directly supported/enabled more? What could other ecosystem actors do or how could they support/use civic tech better or differently (raging from those who procure, use, fund, commercialise, study, or talk about the tech)?</p><p>Moderator:&nbsp\;<strong>Geci Karuri-Sebina</strong></p><ul><li>Speakers: Audrey Tang — Taiwan, Lesley Williams<strong>&nbsp\;</strong>— Africa</li><li>Discussants: Tiyani Nghonyama, Zine Nkukwana</li></ul>