Intel pairs tech volunteers with NGOs for social cause

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The project has attracted more than 90 developers including students from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenyatta University, University of Nairobi, Strathmore University, Masinde Muliro University, Moi University, Africa Nazarene University and freelance developers.
The app will include a chat application, and the users can receive information about opportunities in education and jobs.

Intel is pairing some of the best mobile application developers and programmers in the country with NGOs to develop tech solutions that address issues the civil society seeks to address in the communities they serve.

Through an initiative dubbed Intel Code for Good, the programme aims to tackle some of society’s most pressing problems by connecting NGOs with volunteer software developers, website creators and student programmers.

In the arrangement, Intel plans to train Kenyan developers on how to develop better applications for tablet computers and mobile phones, particularly in the Android ecosystem.