Richard Gevers Email & Phone Number

Richard Gevers founded Open Cities Lab, a civic technology organisation focusing on digital and data governance and implementation to address participation, inclusion, and other urban challenges within African cities. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Tenji, a data science startup that builds data products and tools that aid socio-economic development and planning.Open Cities Lab is a non-profit civic technology lab that uses open data and civic technology in initiatives to build inclusive and responsive cities, put citizens at the centre, and enable participative democracy. It implements and advocates for active citizens, open data-driven decision-making, future inclusive cities, open government, digital public infrastructure, and digital and data governance. Open Cities Lab believes in co-design that is centred around people and lets those in the centre of the issue set the frame, context, measurement, and verification of the results. Before founding Open Cities Lab, Richard worked as an economist and data scientist based in South Africa, where he interacted with both private clients and all tiers of the South African government on a range of projects in various sectors. He is an entrepreneur dedicated to advancing African communities through dynamic solutions and tools, hoping to empower socio-economic development and to affect social change. He has a deep interest in openness and transparency in society. When he finds spare time, he grows his beard, brews beer, appreciates good coffee and likes to tell people he listens to vinyl.

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