Follow for hackathon reviews and tech stuff mostly ๐
Joined July 2023
- Tweets183
- Following6
- Followers5
- Likes7.3K
I have never been so happy to participate in a hackathon like I did with the one by @hack4_freedom @DadaDevs @officialsoapbox @btrustteam . I felt so at home throughout the 2 weeks ๐ญ. I'm so grateful for it and hope to remain part of their community ๐.
Prudence the winner retweeted
And just like that, The @hack4_freedom Hackathon Nairobi came to an end! ๐ฐ๐ช
After two weeks of learning, technical sessions, virtual bootcamp sessions, collaboration and building, the participants finally got to put everything into practice during the Hackathon.
Demo Day was a celebration of the ideas they developed, the problems they explored, and the solutions they built together.
And weโre especially proud to celebrate our Dadas who showed up, built, collaborated and made their mark. ๐งก
๐ 1st Prize โ Anza
Dadas on the team: @aishagojo , @steppepulse
๐ฅ 2nd Prize โ Resilience by Team Nostr Warriors
Dadas on the team: Adreen Nyawira, @mujojojayar , @GraciaMugoiri , @NNakhero , @DaisySawe
๐ Nostr/Soapbox Prize โ Nuru Women
Dadas on the team: @JoylizzaMwangi
Prudence the winner retweeted
every womans problem is my problem because the only diffrence between me and them is geographical location and happenstance
Another amazing session on open contributions. I'm actually now very much inspired to start contributing. We'll keep you'll updated ๐๐๐ค๐พ. Me -- first commit to confident contributer! Thank you to our speaker Sadiq. @osguildHQ @hack4_freedom @DadaDevs @officialsoapbox
Friday!
First session was all about design work. My main take was on predictability in design ie. If exit buttons are red in other sights maintain that ๐.
Isn't easier to use a platform with a simple user interface than one that's complicated?
@hack4_freedom @DadaDevs
Wrap up!
The session was on installing Bitcoin core and interacting with RPC commands. A very engaging and practical session by Mercy ๐๐๐พ. I even got try mining even if it was a "dummy" bitcoin ๐. @hack4_freedom @DadaDevs @btrustteam @officialsoapbox
Prudence the winner retweeted
Another hackathon. Another African problem to solve. ๐ก๐ฐ๐ช
Today, Iโm at Africaโs Talking Open Hackathon Telecommunications.
Weโre exploring how technology can make communication more accessible, reliable and useful across Africa.
#BuildWithAT #ATCommunityNBO #FollowNerds
Prudence the winner retweeted
The challenge is bigger than just connectivity.
Itโs about how people actually access, use and experience telecom services.
So weโre digging deeper,
What can we build that solves a real problem
The brainstorming has begun. ๐๐ก
#BuildWithAT #ATCommunityNBO #FollowNerds
Prudence the winner retweeted
We found our angle. ๐
Now itโs no longer just about identifying the problem weโre thinking about what we can actually build around it.
The idea is taking shape. ๐ก๐ ๏ธ
#BuildWithAT #ATCommunityNBO #FollowNerds
Prudence the winner retweeted
The idea is out of the notebook. ๐
Now comes the hard part: turning it into something that actually works.
Code. Test. Break. Fix. Repeat. ๐ ๏ธ๐ก
Weโre getting closer.
#BuildWithAT #ATCommunityNBO #FollowNerds
Second session was all about open source contribution in Blockchain ๐ฅน. We were taken through the steps for a beginner to follow and start contributing ๐๐พ I can say I certainly needed that ๐. @hack4_freedom @btrustteam @DadaDevs @officialsoapbox
Day 3!
First session with Nkatha.
Focused on Bitcoin mining.
Learnt a lot eg. What a Mempool is๐๐พ๐
@hack4_freedom @DadaDevs @btrustteam @officialsoapbox
To wrap up for the day we've had one last zoom session on Nostr101. Really enjoyed the session and I learnt a lot ๐๐พ. Thanks to our speaker MK Fain :)
@btrustteam
@hack4_freedom
@DadaDevs
@mkay_fain