Speakers from Africa and the Caribbean will share their experiences on how to address the widening gap between the public and private sectors in their effective use of technology and design, by focusing on building civic technology capacity within civil societies and partnership with local governments.

Code for Africa (CfAfrica) is the continent's largest open data initiative, using technology and data to help citizens shape their governments and hold those in power to account. CfAfrica currently has country-based programmes in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.