Introduction to the Hacks/Hackers Africa network, at the 1st meetup of 2014 in Lagos

1. Hacks/Hackers Lagos!
11 January 2014

3. NETWORK:
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HacksHackers
Currently 13 active African chapters
2014 target to grow 20 chapters across Africa
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SKILLS PROGRAMME:
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10x annual d|Bootcamps
10x annual d|Masterclasses
5x DataLiberation scraperthons
5x Code4Democracy hackathons
1x annual pan-African TechCamp
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IDEAS MARKETPLACE:
$1m/yr in seed grants thru ANIC
$500k/yr in story grants thru TASC
A new Nigeria fund & fellowships will launch soon

4. ! Nairobi Data Bootcamp 2012
Digital + Data Literacy Skills: !
We host data literacy bootcamps and
masterclasses, develop course materials,
and convene strategic policy roundtables +
catalytic hackdays across Africa to develop
data skills & knowledge.

5. Hacks/Hackers
Building Community!
We're creating a diverse community of
civic hackers, data activists and data
narrators through a pan-African network
of Hacks/Hackers chapters, with
CitizenLabs in tech incubators, and
'kickstarter' Code for Democracy cocreation events.

6. !d|Roundtables strategy sessions
! International sponsorships
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d|Clinic project planning
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#EditorsLab hackathons

7. Funding to Scale:!
Hacks/Hackers serves as an ideas factory + !
team-building machine for our venture funding
partners, who offer seed grants + angel & earlystage impact investment, to initiatives that have
achieved meaningful traction, and that offer
scalability, sustainability and replicability.

8. Knowledge Sharing:!
We network the global
Hacks/Hackers community
to share our skills, our
successes & our mistakes
with the world

9. WANT TO JOIN?
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Sign-up on our Google Group at: http://bit.ly/HHlagos
Join the umbrella Hacks/Hackers Africa community on Facebook at: http://bit.ly/HHAfrica

10. Thank You
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@seunOnigbinde