📣Meet Rod Ndlovu a trailblazer in youth empowerment and our appointed Minister of Positive Masculinity for our State of the Youth Address. 🌟 Rod’s dedication to fostering healthy, respectful, and equitable behaviors among young men is reshaping our communities. Through his tireless work, he champions gender equality, reduces gender-based violence, and promotes positive role models. Join us in celebrating his efforts to create supportive environments for all genders. Let’s stand together for a brighter, more inclusive future. 💪 #YouthEmpowerment #PositiveMasculinity #StateOfTheYouthAddress #SOYA24 #GenderEquality #RoleModel #Tech4Impact Get tickets at 🔗www.citizencode.co.za/events ✊🏽

📣 Meet Shana Fife, our Minister of Shame. As an author and activist, Shana’s groundbreaking memoir ‘Ougat’ serves as a framework for addressing the complex identities and narratives of South Africans. Her work dismantles harmful societal beliefs. Join us at the State of the Youth Address to hear Shana’s inspiring story and vision for a more inclusive future. 🌟📚 #Stateoftheyouthaddress #BreakTheStigma #Empowerment #SOYA24 #AfricaLed Don’t miss out! Secure your spot now at www.citizencode.co.za/events and be part of this transformative event.

📣 Meet Emmanuelle Mgiba, a development practitioner and civil society leader making waves in South Africa! 🌟 Founder of Athari Bantu, Emmanuelle helps non-profits scale their impact and improve programming. As the Programme Lead at @girleffect South Africa, she harnesses the power of civil society to empower women and drive meaningful change. 🌍✨ #StateoftheYouthAddress #GirlEffect #WomenEmpowerment #SOYA24 #CivilSociety #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization Join us at the State of the Youth Address to hear Emmanuelle’s inspiring journey and vision for a better future. Secure your spot now at 🔗www.citizencode.co.za/events

📣We’re excited to officially partner with @futurelectorg and the inspiring Gcotyelwa Jimlongo! Futurelect will be running fun activities to tackle the big questions and engage our audience in active citizenship. Join us at the State of the Youth Address to explore how we can drive social change through technology and reimagine our future. 🌍💡 #AfricaLed #StateoftheYouthAddress #SOYA24 #ActiveCitizenship #FutureLeaders 🔥Don’t miss out! Secure your spot now at www.citizencode.co.za/events

📣 Meet Dr. Siya, our Minister of Digital Health! 🌍💡 As South Africa’s most followed doctor, he’s transforming healthcare with digital innovation. Discover how digital health can revolutionize care for all South Africans. Join us at the State of the Youth Address. 🚀📱 #StateoftheYouthAddress #SOYA24 #DigitalHealth #FutureOfHealthcare #AfricaLed Secure your spot now at www.citizencode.co.za/events and be part of the health revolution!

📣 Meet Kwenzokuhle S. Khoza, our Minister of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). 🌟 Growing up in Emabeladlen, KwaZulu-Natal, Kwenzo has always utilized media and technology to educate and uplift her community. Now, as a community advocate for GRIT (Gender Tech in Rights), she fights GBV through tech-based solutions. 📱💪 In South Africa, GBV needs its own cabinet to address the urgent and pervasive issue affecting countless lives. Join us at the State of the Youth Address to hear Kwenzo’s powerful story and vision for change. Secure your spot now at www.citizencode.co.za/events #StateoftheYouthAddress #soya24 #EndGBV #techforgood #gbv #femicide #femicideawareness

📣Introducing Lenina Rassool, our Minister of Women. A feminist, activist, and journalist, Lenina produces and presents the Womxn Show on Cape Town TV, focusing on gender justice and women’s empowerment. With experience in both mainstream media and the non-profit sector, her work highlights systemic failures and advocates for solutions to gender-based violence. In a country where gender issues are critical, Lenina’s leadership in this dedicated cabinet is vital for driving meaningful change. 🌍✊ #StateoftheYouth #GenderJustice #WomenEmpowerment #SOYA24 #womensrights #womxn Join us at the State of the Youth Address to hear Lenina’s powerful insights and vision for a more just society. Secure your spot now at 🔗 www.citizencode.co.za/events

Excited to learn how AI can transform our society? Join us at the State of the Youth Address to hear Yaseen’s vision. Yaseen Hamdulay, is a South African software developer dedicated to leveraging technology for social good. With a career spanning Google and Stitch, and a co-founding partner of Citizen Code. 🌍💡 Limited tickets available 🔗 www.citizencode.co.za/events #AfricaLed #StateoftheYouth #TechForGood #Innovation #AIforgood #GenAI

📣Introducing Kylie Marais, a feminist anthropologist and pleasure activist redefining sexual health education. As the first South African Pleasure Fellow🔥, her groundbreaking work focuses on de stigmatising sexual pleasure and empowering women✊🏽 Her dedication to this field is paving the way for a more inclusive and sex-positive future. Join us at the State of the Youth Address to learn more 🔗 www.citizencode.co.za/event #YouthLeadership #PleasureActivism #stateoftheyouthaddress #SOYA #AfricaLed #sexualhealth

📣 Introducing Dr Lisa Mulenga, our Minister of HIV. Transforming lives through her impactful work and bringing intersectional insights through her State of HIV at State of the Youth Address! Don’t miss out! Visit 🔗www.citizencode.co.za/events for tickets 🤝🏾 #stateoftheyouthaddress #HIVawareness #YouthLeadership #SOYA24 #socialimpact #tech4good #hiv #hivpositive

📣Meet Raeesah Noor Mahomed, our Minister of Climate Change 🌎. An intersectional activist dedicated to grassroots knowledge. Secure your spot for our State of the Youth Address at 🔗www.citizencode.co.za/events and come join us! *No ticket sales at the door / limited tickets #AfricanLed #StateoftheYouth #ClimateAction #SOYA24 #SocialImpact #StateoftheYouthAddress #YouthLed #AfricanLed

📣Meet Candice Chirwa, Our Minister of Menstruation for our State of the Youth Address! Breaking taboos and advocating for menstrual health🩸. It’s a wonderful day to honour her incredible work on #menstrualhygeineday. Learn more and join us at 🔗www.citizencode.co.za/events #PeriodPoverty #stateoftheyouthaddress #SOYA24 #YouthAdvocacy #menstruationmatters #periodpositive

SO,YA! We’re hosting our first State of the Youth Address✊🏽 ➡️Secure your ticket here (they’re limited!): https://citizencode.co.za/events Honourable Members - everyone is invited, JOIN US at The State of the Youth Address (#SOYA24) & add something new to Youth Month this June at @innovationcitycpt Much of the conversation about Social Development & Technology in the Global South, happens in inaccessible spaces globally & are often under-represented by our communities of practice. So we are leveraging YOUTH MONTH, to create our first local event that promises to reshape intersectional conversations about youth empowerment, an honest look at our social development concerns & the ways in which technology can really serve those who need it most. #SOYA24 is the brainchild of Citizen Code to get EVERYONE involved in exploring the power of technology to drive change in a way that serves us uniquely! Hosted by Madame Speaker, the Wonderful Olwethu Nodada , Breakfast Show Host from @heart1049fm #SOYA #socialimpact #digitalfutures #tech #tech4good #tech4africa #africatech #youthled #youthempowerment #ai #artificialintelligence #HIV #contraception #health #digitalhealth #humanrights #civilsociety #changemakers #stateoftheyouthaddress #soya24 #impact #innovation #innovators

We’re cooking up something really exciting for Youth Month in South Africa hosted at @innovationcitycpt 👀 STAY tuned for more details tomorrow from @citizencode 🇿🇦😍 #SOYA24 #tech4impact #stateoftheyouthaddressza #communitiesofpractice #makedebatesexyagain

South Africa’s Elections Are Coming: Is Digital Literacy the Key to Democracy? Explore how digital literacy can shape the South African elections and safeguard democracy. Join Citizen Code in empowering voters and thinking about what you could do 🚀 #digitalliteracy #elections #elections2024 #iec #democracy #southafrica #ict4d

We are thrilled to announce our technology partnership with @girleffect built on a foundation of trust and visionary collaboration. It’s a privilege to work alongside Karina Rios Michel a tech pioneer and CTO who is setting new benchmarks in social impact through inclusivity and representation in solutions teams. Reflecting on this collaboration, our founder, Lisa Adams shared her thoughts: “Partnering with like-minded innovators such as Girl Effect allows us to challenge the status quo and achieve remarkable outcomes together. Inspired by stephan ekbergh’s recent talk at Innovation City Cape Town I’m reminded that unorthodox partnerships often lead to the most extraordinary breakthroughs even when they don’t fit the conventional molds.” Here we go 🚀🚀🚀 #WomenInSTEM #SocialImpact #ICT4D #TechForGood #techforsocialimpact

The Digital Health Ninjas at @citizencode 🔥 @doctor.siya @k_marais @thereallisaadams 👌🏾SWIPE to the end for a treat 🤓➡️

Meet Tshegofatso Senne (@mbongomuffin ) our resident Content Engineer ✍🏽Tshego is a genderqueer feminist who leads on our partnered work designing chat bot service products and strategy. They write, research and speak on issues concerning feminism, sexual and reproductive health and pleasure, consent, rape culture, healing, race, intersectional social justice and pop culture. They run @heyhedone bringing people together to explore and understand the power of pleasure in every part of our lives. They work with young people across the country, hosting workshops focusing on sexual health, pleasure, consent and rape culture as well as kink and BDSM. Their TEDx talk ‘Reimagining BDSM’ takes a look at the tenderness and love that reveals itself in a lifestyle often only seen through an extreme lens. . . . #contentstrategy #contentcreator #digitalcontent #contentengineering #chatbot #tech #tech4good #tech4africa #africatech #citizencode #technologist #ict4d #srhr #pleasurepolitics

In this finale episode of this short video series, we close off with Lenina Rasool Director & Producer of The Womxn Show, Journalist and Social Activist. Lenina leans into the problems with how Gender Based Violence is reported on from a journalists perspective and why we have a 8% conviction rate for rape. Lenina describes Gender Based Violence as service delivery issue in South Africa and gives invaluable tips for how to approach the justice system by empowering yourself with the right knowledge. Thank you Lenina for joining us in this series and contributing so much of your own experience in hacking this system to make it work for women. You can find The Womxn Show on Cape Town TV. @lenina.rassool 📹: @zoeyblackza #childrensrights #womensrights #justicesystem #southafrica #gbv #childabuse #sexualabuseawareness #sexual assault # tech4good #techforsocialgood #supportwomen #citizencode #justushere

For more information, see: (@kagsmugo ) Mugo, T. K. 2020. Teaching sex times: A space for conversation and knowledge building about sex. In: Nyeck, S. N. 2020. Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies. Oxon: Routledge. . . . . #africansexualities #africa #tech4africa #sexualhealth #sexualhealthawareness #sexualities #health #anthropologie #technology #gender #digitalculture #ux #uxdesign #ict4d

In this episode, we look at a mother’s perspective when dealing with the trauma of a child falling victim to sexual assault. Sexual violence in families often cause isolation and shame. Our communities deeply lack the ability to properly support each other in these unfortunate events. Mother’s are sadly overlooked by the justice systems in South Africa when seeking the proper protection. We hope this video gives voice to the mother’s of domestic violence and inspires the community to be citizens who are stronger allies to women and children. 📹: @zoeyblackza #childrensrights #womensrights #justicesystem #southafrica #gbv #childabuse #sexualabuseawareness #sexualassault #tech4good #techforsocialgood #supportwomen #citizencode #justushere

Join the conversation by adding the @girleffect Big Sis Chat Bot to WhatsApp +27600747837 & type “Hi” to get started 🤳🏽 Thank you for having us on board this journey of building meaningful technology solutions for women and girls! . . . #sexualhealth #sexualhealthawareness #worldsexualhealthday #worldsexualhealthmonth #womensrights #girlsrights #tech4good #tech4africa #africatech #inclusivetechnology #contentstrategy #humancentereddesign #ux #productdesign #chat #chatbot #ai #machinelearning

At Citizen Code, we do not create technology unless we have considered the contexts in which people live. This ensures that we deliver the best possible technology that fits the specific needs of our end-users. Our resident Anthropologist @k_marais is a constant guide as we navigate through building meaningful tech within the African context. . . . . #sexualties #africansexuality #sexualhealth #sexualhealthawareness #sexualhealthawarenessmonth #worldsexualhealth #worldsexualhealthday #worldsexualhealthday2021 #tech4africa #techforgood #usercentereddesign #uxdesign #ux #decolonize #anthropologie #equalpleasure #pleasureishealth #pleasureactivism #pleasurepositive #sexpositivity #sexpositiveculture #queer #lgbtq

Meet @k_marais, our resident anthropologist and researcher. Kylie is currently pursuing her PhD in which she explores the sociocultural factors that influence women’s perceptions and experiences of sex, sexuality, and sexual pleasure. As a pleasure activist, she believes that pleasure is a human sexual right and an essential part of sexual health that can be harnessed as a tool for empowerment and liberation. #worldsexualawarenessday #sexualhealth #pleasureactivist #sexualpleasure #pleasure #worldsexualhealthday2021 #worlsexualhealthmonth #citizencode

Today is World Sexual Health Day! First celebrated in 2010, this important day aims to bring attention to sexual health around the globe. For us at Citizen Code, this day also forces us to ask vital questions about #technology and #access to sexual health information. Swipe to read more 👉 #worldsexualhealthday #sexualawareness #sexualhealthawareness #worldsexualhealthday2021 #wshd2021 #turniton #enciendelo

Everyone deserves dignified access to technology! New logos 😍

From the days of working under a bridge together {Codebridge}, to him packing up & heading to Silicon Valley to work with Facebook & a long stretch at Google UK. @mrhamdulay is official Co-Founder for Citizen Code🚀 Here's to building out many great things together!

We love working on meaningful strategies with impact organisations ♥️ This week we started doing thought-partnership with an impact org partner on training their AI chatbot to better interpret GBV phrases used by teenage girls when seeking help to make sure that they’re understood and helped appropriately. Having technologists who are closest to the problems vulnerable girls in South Africa face is invaluable! 🇿🇦

Creating new tables in this technology space and making space for the community to have a seat ✊🏽🚀 . . . . #technology #techtransformation #techteams #diversity #africatechnology #businessstrategy #productdesign #developerspace #citizencode

We’re always questioning whether technology is actually the most impactful solution to a problem. We have to know when it possibly creates further problems or divides in communities 🤖👆🏽 . . . #technologyforafrica #africatech #technology #tech #ict4d #userexperience #softwaredeveloper #citizencode

Strategy workshops are our favourites ✏️ In our collabs we love working with representatives of diverse fields like Anthropolgy, Children’s Rights Attorneys, User Design, Content Strategists. Intersectionality and representation across design teams matter 🤍

In this episode, attorney Tazneem Splinter, dealing with Family and Children matters offers some advice and tips to women when seeking assistance from the courts for protection from harmful spaces and people. Tazneem looks at how to prepare yourself when writing a statement, your rights when approaching the courts and how to download the protection order application form online ahead of time via https://www.justice.gov.za/forms/dva/dva_form%2002.pdf #citizencode #citizenssolvingcitizenproblems #gbv #womensrights #protectionorder #gbvsouthafrica #justushere #womensmonth 📹 @zoeyblackza

As part of Women’s Month and our short video series #JustUsHere, Magistrate Joy Van De Heyde shares insights into what a protection order is, who can apply for it, what it protects you from and other useful insights about the process. 🎥: @zoeyblackza #womensmonth #womensrights #gbv #protectionorders #southafrica

It’s official, hello world 👋🏽, we’re finally here to share our adventure of building technology to enrich the lives of those who need it most 🚀 to find out more about us visit www.citizencode.co.za 🌎