The United States’ State Department, through its Office of eDiplomacy, is calling upon all technologists living in East Africa passionate about the “Tech-For-Social-Good” concept to participate in its TechCamp to be held in Nairobi in early September.
According to an invite on ICT Works, the TechCamp is aimed at helping non governmental organisations (NGOs) working in the health sector and the participants will be drawn from Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia.
“The TechCamp Kenya planning team is currently looking for quality local technologists from Kenya and East Africa to be a part of this event!” read a part of the invite.
TechCamps, are a series of technology-focused, capacity-building workshops held in cities around the world.
Designed specifically to empower civil society groups, the camps also help in advancing US interests of creating stability in a region, spreading democratic values, and fostering economic growth and transparency, which ultimately leads to better governance.
In the camps, civil society organisations work closely with local and international technologists to define their biggest challenges and pair them with low cost, easy to implement technology solutions.
To date, the US State Department has hosted more than 20 TechCamps all over the globe on various topics such as open government, women’s/youth empowerment, social inclusion, education, crime and security.
