Tayarisha

Preparing governments for the digital age Tayarisha is one of Wits' Centenary campaign priorities to drive digital transformation by assisting countries across Africa to develop policy and regulatory frameworks to govern rapidly expanding digital economies.
Preparing governments for the digital age Tayarisha is one of Wits' Centenary campaign priorities to drive digital transformation by assisting countries across Africa to develop policy and regulatory frameworks to govern rapidly expanding digital economies.
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Civic Tech Innovation Course Applications Open for 2024

This course will provide you with applied understanding and skills in how to use technological platforms and digital innovation to enhance the interfaces between governance actors and citizens in the delivery of services. The course will also prioritise working across sectors - civic, government, private sector, academic - as an active way to practice partnering, co-production, and networking across actor categories.

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ICEGOV 2024

Dear Colleagues, We are excited to confirm that, South Africa, through the School of Governance (Wits University) and the National Department of Public Service and Administration will host the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV) in 2024 under the theme, “Trust and Ethical Digital Governance for the World We Want.” The conference is maintained and coordinated by the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV), headquartered in the city of Guimarães, Portugal. To this end, interested parties are invited to make paper submissions.

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ICESCO Chair for Innovation and Futures in Africa launched at WITS

Wits University, through the Tayarisha Research Group, based at the Wits School of Governance, signed an agreement with The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) to host the ICESCO Chair for the study of Innovation and Futures in Africa.

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What we do

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Research The Centre conducts academically rigorous, cutting-edge research on the challenges and opportunities presented by digitalisation, particularly in the public sector.
Attendees at the first civic tech innovation short course
Teaching and Learning Tayarisha has adopted a research-informed teaching approach that ties the research undertaken by the Centre to inform all teaching programmes. This is to provide cutting-edge and policy-relevant programmes that remain focused on the current digital context of the African continent.
Outreach Podcast conversations with leading thinkers and practitioners exploring digitisation and governance, and Lunch Box series convening of Tayarisha’s students, associates and partners with the aim to create a community of intellectuals to discuss innovative ideas on digital governance and related fields.

Programmes

Hanns Seidel Foundation The Tayarisha Centre and the Hans Seidel Foundation have partnered on a research project that aims to deepen our understanding of the effects of digitalisation on state-society relations in Africa.
SA/EU Policy Dialogues The SA/EU International Dialogue on Strengthening Digital Governance in South Africa provides the opportunity for the partners to engage in mutual learning through policy and practice dialogues.
Civic Tech Innovation Network The Civic Tech Innovation Network (CTIN) is a grant-funded programme focused on digital innovations in civil society.
Gov-Tech Incubator The Tayarisha Gov-Tech Incubator (GTI) is seed-funded with generous support from The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, and the national Centre for Public Service Innovation.