ANTI-CORRUPTION HACKATHON 2022

A TECH4GOOD HACKATHON THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS SOUTHERN & EAST AFRICA TO CO-CREATE ANTI-CORRUPTION SOLUTIONS THROUGH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Our hybrid event allowed participants to network with like-minded peers, and create uncommon solutions to combat corruption in Southern and East Africa. The most promising ideas receive up to $10,000 and mentorship to further develop their tools.

What is HackCorruption?

In July 2022, Accountability Lab partnered with the Center for International Private Enterprise and the Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL) at the US State Department to host HackCorruption, a hybrid #tech4good event that brought together 100 participants from 6 Southern and East African countries to come up with solutions to anti-corruption challenges. The participants will take part in a boot camp in Johannesburg in October to create prototypes of their winning solutions in public procurement, digital security and open data.

Meet our Winners!

We congratulate the winning teams of the first #HackCorruption event in South Africa!

Team 3

Amon Peter, Baptista Joao, Farida Junior Kyababa, Linda McLeod, and Saudai Sapi

Team 7

Kunda Sakala, Nathan Chisanga, Nkina Ramonyai, and Samuel Wakumelo

Team 14

Cecilia Naule, Hamulilo Handia, Ngoni Samuel Mamvura BA(SA),Associate ACFE, @Wamuyu Mahinda, Wanjiru Kinyanjui, and Wambui Njehu

Team 16

Eliud Luutsa, Maria Kauhondamwa, Matilda Mwendwa Gitonga, Wilbard Kangwiya, and Baptiste Nardone

Team 22

Digital Citizenship to Constrain Corruption

Angelic Mokoena, Lerato Tlhako, and Lethabo Makopo

Problem Statements

Beneficial Ownership Transparency

Create solutions to reduce the financial impact of what goes toward illicit activities.

Open Contracting & Transparency of Public Procurement

Create solutions to reduce corruption & fraud in public contracting processes to increase the number of essential services received by citizens in need.

Accountable Use of Digital Technologies

Create solutions that focus on digital transformation & innovation to make digital citizen engagement a reality. Participants might consider digital transformation for open government and/or open data.

Digital Citizenship to Constrain Corruption

Create solutions focused on data protection, accountability of automated decision making, accountability of online political communication, protecting civic spaces online, protecting against surveillance & censorship, and/or preventing online harassment or bullying.

Problem Statements

Budget and Ownership Transparency

Create ideas that lead to greater budget transparency for government agencies and beneficial ownership transparency in the private sector.

Open Contracting
& Transparency of Public Procurement

Create solutions to reduce corruption & fraud in the public contracting process by increasing transparency and ensuring proper delivery of essential public goods and services to citizens.

Digital
Citizenship to Constrain Corruption

Create solutions that increase civic participation to collectively solve problems, such as protecting digital civic space, enabling safe whistleblowing, or monitoring and ensuring the proper delivery of government goods and services.

As part of the run-up to the HackCorruption Boot Camp in South Africa, we hosted a Procurement Data and Business Development Workshop with JD Bothma and Gabriella Razzano from OpenUp in South Africa..

As part of training initiatives for our winning participants, we hosted a Design Thinking workshop with Mexican strategist and futures specialist, Marimer Baltazar..