Map of African Tech Hubs and Hackerspaces

ActivSpaces in Cameroon, an "open collaboration space, innovation hub, and startup incubator."

Crowdmap was originally designed as a platform to crowd-source “crisis information,” such as civilian deaths in recent African and Middle Eastern uprisings. BongoHive, a non-profit company based in Lusaka, Zambia, has extended the capability of Crowdmap and have started sourcing location and information on technology hubs, university labs, business incubators, and hackerspaces throughout the African continent. They’re placing these on this map. Begun earlier this month, over 30 sites have already been added to their database, including the Cairo Hackerspace (Egypt), Hive Colab (Uganda), and ActivSpaces (Cameroon, pictured above). A little shy of their target goal of 50 for the month, I look forward to seeing this list and map grow, to include all sectors of inclusive technology in Africa!

click the map to interact with Crowd Map's Hubs in Africa

[via Vice Motherboard]

6 Responses to Map of African Tech Hubs and Hackerspaces

Poet on February 29th, 2012 at 3:38 pm said:

What no hacker space in Libya? Seems like a natural place for one.

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- Nick Normal on February 29th, 2012 at 6:23 pm said:
  
  Just because it’s not on the map, doesn’t mean it’s not there in real life – they’re averaging 2-3 sites per day since they began earlier this month, so check back soon!
  
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Jonathan Marks on March 4th, 2012 at 5:51 am said:

Hi Nick, Thanks for reporting about this great initative. Have you also seen http://www.lracrisistracker.com/ which is a brilliant use of mapping software, taking Ushahidi to a next level and hopefully saving lives in Congo as a result.

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- Nick Normal on March 5th, 2012 at 8:02 am said:
  
  Thanks Jonathan – great site and use of Ushahidi software. So sad we need crisis tracking, alas, I’m glad it’s available to all.
  
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