Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Tour This Tech Innovation Hub in the Middle of Africa

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LUSAKA, Zambia — In early 2011 Google team members visited the University of Zambia to encourage students to participate in the Africa Android Competition. When one student asked the Google presenters what Android was — and only three people in the room knew the answer — a light bulb went off in Simunza Muyangana's head.


"I remember leaving there thinking, 'Wow, how do we correct this?'" he told Mashable two years later.


Together with Lukonga Lindunda and Silumesii Maboshe, Muyangaga began organizing technology skills workshops, such as a weekend Ruby on Rails crash course, a session on how to set up a server and a two-week workshop on developing for Android led by an out-of-town instructor. Read more...


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