Code for Nepal has just launched the federal version of NepalMap, a web app that puts data about Nepal at your fingertips! Since 2016, this data portal has been the go-to source for many journalists, researchers, entrepreneurs and students; when they are looking for data or data visualizations. After the promulgation of 2015 constitution and […]
CONTINUE READING[November 3, 2019] Spending holiday by volunteering is fun, especially in this digital world when you can help a group of youth digitize their town. With this aim of mobilizing the local volunteers to map the street of Janakpur on OpenStreetMap; Code for Nepal collaborated with Internet Market Today, Appan TV and Smartha Nepal to […]
CONTINUE READINGIn October Code for Nepal organized the “Digitizing Janakpur Workshop” in collaboration with Appan TV, Internet Market Today, SotryCycle and other stakeholders to digitize Janakpur using photos and videos so, that we can attract more tourist supporting the Nepal Government “Visit Nepal 2020” initiative and also launch Visit Janakpur (https://www.visitjanakpur.com) project in partnership with Nepal […]
CONTINUE READINGAs the use and impact of NepalMap increases day by day, we at Code for Nepal are working hard to make sure the users are getting direct benefits by publishing new stories with facts, adding new datasets and teaching people how to use it through events. NepalMap aims to make data on Nepal more accessible […]
CONTINUE READINGLike every morning, I was going through my Twitter account. One hand on a cup of tea and another hand on a mobile because Twitter always got some really cool stuff. While going through Tweets, I saw this: “Welcome to #Kathmandu SEE graduates !!” by Saugat Gautam and the Tweet quoting “काठमाडौँ तयार भएर बस् । फेरी कैयौ […]
CONTINUE READINGAs we know, things are pretty unpredictable in Nepal. Right before the Digital Nepal Conference – Janakpur, because of unfortunate and tragic events, a strike was announced. After monitoring the situation closely, talking to people, and considering the high demand from youths in the region, Code for Nepal decided that it would be OK to […]
CONTINUE READINGOn 20th February 2017, A Cabinet meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar announced the date of Local Elections to be held on May 14. Nearly after the 20 years, this election is being held. The last local elections in Nepal were held in 1997 for […]
CONTINUE READINGCode for Nepal is pleased to support Digital Governance Hackathon 2017. The hackathon is being organized in Kathmandu, Nepal on 11-12 February 2017 at Hotel Hardik, Bagbazaar. The aim of the hackathon is to connect software developers to government and nonprofit organizations to produce digital products around issues of Civic Engagement, Open Government and Open […]
CONTINUE READINGOctober 17th, 2016 – A day when I messaged Mr. Ravi Kumar Nepal, Co-founder of Code For Nepal showing my interest in leading and contributing AskNepal initiative and within a day my meeting was fixed with him for October 22nd, 2016 where we discuss the different possible ways of my engagement. Today right after one […]
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