Code for South Africa's Living Wage Calculator

About the talk

"How much should you pay your domestic worker?" and other burning questions that people care about.

Code for South Africa recently published a calculator on News24 (http://living-wage.co.za/) that helps employers decide what to pay their domestic workers. The response was overwhelming. While the topic of domestic workers is an important one, this tool is the latest in a series of experiments that explore a new form of delivering information to audiences. In an age of information overload, how can we deliver important content, and more importantly, how can we help users take action and make more informed decisions. The thinking behind this tool is universal and can be applied to your business to better communicate with your customers and other stakeholders.

About the speaker

Adi Eyal (@soapsudtycoon (https://twitter.com/@soapsudtycoon)) is the founder of Code for South Africa (http://code4sa.org/), a non-profit organisation that uses data and technology to promote informed decision-making to drive social change. He is a former software developer who spent a few years working in the data dark-side before he decided that data can be used for good.

Agenda

18:15 Welcoming and Introduction - Steve Barnett

18:25 "How much should you pay your domestic worker?" and other burning questions that people care about. - Adi Eyal

19:25 Closing and Thanks - Steve Barnett

19:30 Networking & Discussion