Kenya's iHub Creates Accelerator Program For Tech-Hardware Entrepreneurs 16
An anonymous reader writes: The iHub in Nairobi has long been at the epicentre of tech developments in Africa, and has been lauded by both Barack Obama and Satya Nadella in recent weeks. It currently has about 3000 software devs registered as members, but since last year has been building a makerspace for hardware entrepreneurs, too. Gearbox, as its called, it's just launched its first incubation program with the backing of Village Capital, offering $100,000 in investment opportunities for 12 entrepreneurs through a three month program. According to the organisers, it's the first of its kind on the continent.
(It's certainly not the first hackerspace in Africa, though -- even in 2012, there were quite a few.)
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I blessed the rains down in Aaaaaafrica.
The once mighty Slashdot has been reduced to this.
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In Soviet Russia, APK's hosts file updates systemd!!!!
We interviewed about 200 devs in Nairobi... (Score:1)
last summer and not a one of them passed even basic questions that you would expect a high school graduate in the US to know. It was very sad to see just how dishonest the people in NIgeria are. About a third of the resumes claimed to have more than a decade of experience with Java, but not a single person could answer my question what is the difference between a Map and a List in Java. Not a one.
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So.. you 200 interviewed Kenyan developers .. in Nigeria ? Was is some sort of mass scam baiting ?? If so, nice Safari, you deserve a Golden Pith.
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