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AfricaHackTrip Intel

Schedule

Oct 08 ~10pm: arrival
Oct 09 national museum, guided tour on genocide
hanging out at [The Office](http://theofficerw.com/)
Oct 10 hanging out at kLab
Oct 11 5pm Barcamp at The Office
10pm Github Drinkup at The Office
Oct 12 10am Hackathon at The Office, maybe at kLab, the guys are still discussing
Oct 13 Some nice trip with the group & relax
Oct 14 Git event at kLab
Goodbye + *hash hash* birthday something
Oct 15 1pm flight to Dar

People we're going to meet

Jon Stever Jon Stever
founder and managing director of The Office
Half of us will stay at his place. Hard not to meet him everey day :)
Clarisse Iribagiza
Clarisse Iribagiza
CEO at HeHe Ltd. She is at the forefront of Rwanda's tech scene; she won the [Inspire Africa Entrepreneurship Competition](http://focus.rw/wp/2012/12/clarisse-iribagiza-a-role-model-for-women-in-ict/) last year
We'll meet and interview Clarisse on the Saturday, during the hackathon.
Nicolas Pottier
Nicolas Pottier
together with Eric, Eugene and Norbert from Nyaruka are making awesome software and mentoring a lot of tech companies in Rwanda through the big role they play at kLab.
We'll meet on Thursday at the kLab around 10:00am
Akaliza Keza
Akaliza Keza
CEO of ShakingSun, is plugged in and doing cool stuff
✔ Interview
Fiacre Mushimire
Fiacre Mushimire
the head of Rwanda's open source society and the Rwanda Gamer's Association
We will meet Fiacre on Thursday, 14:00 at kLab
Ara Nashera
Ara Nashera
CEO of Zilencio Creativo. They won the Startup World Competition last year with a pitch to create a new crowd-funding site.
✔ Interview
Alex Ntale
Alex Ntale
head of the Rwanda ICT Chamber and the organizer of iHills, a local tech community group
✔ Interview
Sean Kvingedal
Sean Kvingedal
teaching classes at the local branch of Carnegie Mellon University, mentoring folks at kLab and launching a social enterprise: mojalink.com
Sean is back in Portland, we'll connect via Skype