Facebook Developers Garage: Uganda

December 24th, 2008

Facebook senior engineer Charlie Cheever flew to Kampala, Uganda, a couple of weekends ago to lead a Facebook Developers Garage and teach 100+ East African students how to take advantage of the growing Facebook economy using the company's apps platform and APIs. Leila Chirayath (founder of Samasource) and I (from Appfrica Labs) were also involved. The three of us organized this event to offer not only a hands-on workshop, but a concrete path for any developer in the region to expand his or her network and develop for an international audience.

Samasource helps East African small businesses and software developers find work by vetting them for Silicon Valley companies that could potentially work with them. My own company Appfrica Labs, is, among other things, an incubator that offers payment gateways.

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