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RHODES UNIVERSITY SOCIAL INNOVATION HUB

Fixed | Semi-fixed | Mobile | Pop-up

Located in Rhodes University Community Engagement Division, the Social Innovation Hub is

a digital storytelling resource centre that aims to make the technologies and resources

required to make digital stories, freely available to anyone who would like to share their story

or explore a novel method of collective knowledge-building.

The Hub strives towards enhancing community cohesion and providing opportunities for

members of the community to empower themselves is vital to this project. The Hub thus

facilitates the process of empowerment by addressing the digital divide in the country and

making digital tools and training opportunities accessible to the public. To this end, we

facilitate digital literacy courses, hold digital storytelling train the trainer workshops and host

story-sharing evenings to showcase the stories of the people of Makana.

What is Social Innovation?

social innovation; creating novel and creative solution to social issues, such as poverty and unemployment, that goes beyond conventional and traditional solutions, and is powered by the community or innovator’s own resources.

CONTACT INFO Social Innovation Hub Programme Coordinator: Anna Talbot Email: a.talbot@ru.ac.za Phone: 046 603 7667 Fixed Lab Lab Manager: Thandiwe Matyobeni Email: t.matyobeni@ru.ac.za Office No.: 046 603 2772 Semi-fixed Lab, Mobile & Pop-up Labs Lab Manager (Joza Youth Hub): Toby Gedze Email: t.gedze@ru.ac.za Keep in contact with what’s happening in the Social Innovation Hub and Community Engagement by following our social media: Twitter: @RUEngagement Instagram: @ruengagement YouTube: rucesocialmedia@gmail.com Facebook: RUCE: Rhodes University Community Engagement