[okfn-za] [HacksHackers Jo'burg] Re: [HacksHackers Cape Town] Please Sue Me

[Rufus Pollock]

On 1 May 2013 15:16, Nimi Hoffmann <Nimi.Hoffmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Adi, I really like this idea.
>
> I think a map of what government data is currently available would be an
> invaluable tool. This means we could also compare South Africa with Kenya,
> India etc. In this way, we could benchmark ourselves against countries in
> the global South. As a rhetorical exercise, it may be quite effective
> because we South Africans like to think we are somehow ahead of the game,
> particularly in Africa. So when we hear we are very far behind the Kenyas of
> this world, it may awaken some misplaced sense of pride and stir a little
> action ...

Big +1 on this and to say we have work in progress on this in the form of:

http://census.okfn.org/country/

It would be great to get full info for south africa (as you can see
some is missing) - and the idea of being able to do regional
comparisons is a really good idea.

Rufus