Code for Africa (CfA)
CodeForAfrica
Africa’s Largest Civic Technology + Open Data + Data Journalism Initiative
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GotToVote is a toolkit of simple web and SMS services that help citizens get to the ballot box informed and ready to vote. Kenya version accessible at https://kenya.gottovote.cc
An embeddable map that shows climate change projections. How hot will it be by 2070 if we don't do something about it? Accessible at https://climatechange.codeforafrica.org
openAFRICA aims to be largest independent repository of open data on the African continent. This repo contains the primary deployment scripts and files. Accessible at https://open.africa
HealthTools is a suite of data-driven web and SMS-based tools that help citizens check everything from medicine prices and hospital services, to whether their doctor is a quack or not. The toolkit was pioneered in Kenya, and has since also been deployed in Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. The original project can be accessed at: https://www.the-star.co.ke/health/
The @CodeForAfrica landing page. Built with Jekyll and hosted on Github Pages. Accessible at https://codeforafrica.org/
sensors.AFRICA is a citizen-science focused project by Code for Africa that seeks to address data gaps by providing low cost sensors, which people can use to measure and monitor the quality of the air, water, and sound in their communities.
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233A public engagement toolkit that enables a media house or civil society organisation to easily set up channels for engagement.
A bot that debunks claims shared on social media by sharing a fact check. Powered by Google Sheets and the rains in Africa. Accessible at https://debunkbot.dev.pesacheck.org/
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Promise Tracker is a tool designed to help journalists and civil society watchdogs track campaign/promises/pledges by government officials. Accessible at https://promisetracker.dev.codeforafrica.org/
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The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) is the largest and longest longitudinal study on the gender in the world’s media. It is also the largest advocacy initiative in the world on changing the representation of women in the media. This is the survey tool used by GMMP researchers in over 114 countries.
Web server user interface development for ESP32 boards.
Learn digital and data skills for social impact
Object Store storage adapter for Ghost CMS. Tested and works with MinIO and Amazon S3.
A production-ready Ghost blog platform configured with custom S3-compatible object storage for media files. To be deployed using Dokku.
Project to test power saving features of Espressif and Quectel chips
A collection of PSQL queries to get average sensor data for given time periods
GotToVote is a toolkit of simple web and SMS services that help citizens get to the ballot box informed and ready to vote. Kenya version accessible at https://kenya.gottovote.cc
Pluggable health checks for Django applications
Efficiently delete preview apps using standard naming. Ensure database (MongoDB) with same name exists on specified server URL. Streamline app and database management.
An embeddable map that shows climate change projections. How hot will it be by 2070 if we don't do something about it? Accessible at https://climatechange.codeforafrica.org
sourceAFRICA is the continent's largest repository of documentary evidence and other "actionable documents" from investigative journalists and civic watchdogs. Forked from DocumentCloud.org, and built on the Ruby on Rails framework, the project is accessible here: https://sourceafrica.net/
openAFRICA aims to be largest independent repository of open data on the African continent. This repo contains the primary deployment scripts and files. Accessible at https://open.africa
sensors.AFRICA is a citizen-science focused project by Code for Africa that seeks to address data gaps by providing low cost sensors, which people can use to measure and monitor the quality of the air, water, and sound in their communities.
The @CodeForAfrica landing page. Built with Jekyll and hosted on Github Pages. Accessible at https://codeforafrica.org/
Outline Manager, developed by Jigsaw. The Outline Manager application creates and manages Outline servers, powered by Shadowsocks. It uses the Electron framework to offer support for Windows, macOS and Linux.
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HURUmap is an interactive web platform that helps journalists and civic watchdogs easily explore and download census or other demographic data. The toolkit includes shareable and customisable infographics. Accessible at https://hurumap.org
The sensors.AFRICA API receiving, storing, and processing data received from sensors across the continentent. Accessible at https://api.sensors.africa/
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The CitizenReporter Wordpress plugin that gives you a dashboard to use with the CitizenReporter mobile application. Demo is available here: http://citizenreporter.codeforafrica.net/
The modern link attribution platform. Loved by world-class marketing teams like Twilio, Buffer, Framer, Perplexity, Vercel, and more.
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HealthTools is a suite of data-driven web and SMS-based tools that help citizens check everything from medicine prices and hospital services, to whether their doctor is a quack or not. The toolkit was pioneered in Kenya, and has since also been deployed in Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. The original project can be accessed at: https://www.the-star.co.ke/health/