The role of government is rapidly evolving, and open data has the potential to be an important impetus of this change. With this in mind earlier this year Tunisia’s first-ever national open data hackathon, brought together 170 participants comprising 38 different teams with the support of the World Bank. Co-creating problem-driven solutionsIn preparation for the hackathon, transport, culture and health government representatives identified issues that could be solved using data and technology. Moez Guerfal, a hackathon participant, said: “We have been working as a team and have learned to share ideas and…
Tunisia’s first-ever open data hackathon taps into digitalization’s potential for greater development impact
