Kicking off a new habit: open weeknotes from inside South Africa’s Digital Services Unit. www.linkedin.com/pulse/weekno...

Tomorrow at #UNOpenSource, I’ll join OSPO leaders from France, GitHub, AWS, and CMU to discuss how governments and institutions are building with open source. I’ll share South Africa’s journey and why we built an OSPO-inspired Digital Service Unit.

Was at #TICTeC2025 last week and still reflecting on how much the civic tech community is doing — not just building tools, but shaping what digital democracy feels like. Grateful to share South Africa’s DPI journey, but even more grateful to learn.

We’re launching the South African Digital Roadmap Today. Ping me if you want more information!

Minister Solly Malatsi is live launching South Africa’s Digital Roadmap: www.youtube.com/live/KykX3ZX...

One thing I love about the Paris cycling revolution is it’s also reminding us of the power of cities to imagine different futures. In line with a long history of municipal reforms stretching back to mid-19th century.

Hearing about a public body that's just bought Microsoft Copilot licenses – because a senior leader thinks everyone should be using AI! – and told their staff to tell them what they could be used for. No policies, no training, no method of assessment about impact or for learning about what works.

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Another question - what will the impact of the new us administration be on digital public infrastructure and non-profit news, seeing as the only real reason these are able to be non-profit and open source is because of bmgf funding (and some small others) and last time philanthropic international

Does one use hashtags in here same as the dead platform? #noob

Is digital public infrastructure just another moment of private sector capture of governance and tech, or will it actually be a departure point? #dpi thinking googles dpi sandbox, colonial intent of existing front runners, and big consulting already privatising digital public #dpg goods with

Hearing from @deaves.bsky.social on how we can walk the path of (and make the big shift) digital innovation in the public sector and DPI in South Africa.

Repost if you’re also looking for South Africa Twitter. 🇿🇦 No DNA, just RSA. World champions, ASSEMBLE.

Sinking my teeth into @richardpope.org’s Platformland, and at the same time re-upping my laptop sticker game :)

My book just turned up from the printers. Sneaky peek...