Bulawayo
Commons
Bulawayo cooling towers framed by palms and purple jacaranda blossoms
Si ye phambili.

BULAWAYO

LET’S BUILD SOMETHING FOR BULAWAYO.

Community-built, free, technology
for the City of Bulawayo.

Our vision for 2035

OUR VISION

To make Bulawayo a leading city for technology by 2035.

OUR MISSION

To bring people together to build open-source tools, share knowledge, and solve everyday problems in Bulawayo.

What we’re working on.

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A city-centre tower overlooking public gardens and pedestrian walkwaysOngoing
01 / MAPS & SOFTWARE

Bulawayo Atlas

A digital map of the city and a free library developers can use to build tools that need local maps.

Help build it
A quiet street beneath flowering purple jacaranda treesOngoing
02 / PHOTOS & COMMUNITY DATA

Bulawayo Street Coverage

Get volunteers together to capture 360° street images and add them to Google Street View. The goal is to cover the whole city.

Help capture the city

Good work deserves to be seen.

Meet the people behind it
THERE’S ROOM FOR YOU

Want to contribute?

You don’t have to be a developer. Photography, research, writing, design, and community organising all have a place here. If you care about Bulawayo and want to help, join us.