Hack Ur Culture

Hack Ur Culture is a platform that brings together GLAM institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) with creative minds and tech enthusiasts to foster collaboration and innovation using open cultural data.

It is a collaborative program between the Goethe-Institutes in Sub-Saharan Africa and the South African digital startup Credipple. Hack Ur Culture partners with institutions and organizations across the African continent that hold cultural collections, aiming to make information about cultural heritage accessible in a reliable and meaningful way.

Awareness

Virtual Experiences and Virtual Merchandising

Archive and Collection

Edutainment

African Heritage Highway (Social Media Challenge)


Applicants from across Africa

Participating Countries

Entrants split up into 40 self-organised teams

Teams participated in a three-week-long hackathon

Winning teams

Kirsten HUC

Kirsten Naidoo

Head of Publishing at Landfall

Tshepo HUC

Tshepo Tshabalala

Project Manager and Team Leader at London School of Economics and Political Sciences

Jeff Nyoka

Manager for Elearning

Chrischene Julius HUC

Chrischene Julius

Director at District Six Museum

Stefanie Kastner HUC

Stefanie Kastner

Head of the Libraries Division at Goethe-Institut

Russel HUC

Russel Hlongwane

Cultural Producer

⁠Liane Van Den Bergh

Financial Assistant