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Day 5. Final Day of the Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Kampala ⚡️🇺🇬
We wrapped things up the best way possible.
By building.
The final day was dedicated to a mini hackathon, with 7 groups working on different ideas built on top of everything they had learned over the past few days.
You could feel the shift immediately.
Each group presented what they built, how they approached the problem, and the challenges they faced along the way. It wasn’t just about the final product, it was about the thinking behind it.
One moment that stood out.
A solo female developer went head to head with full teams and came out second, just a few points behind the winner.
That tells you everything you need to know about the level of talent in the room.
In the end, sats were awarded to both the winning team and the runner up, a small but meaningful reward for the work put in over the week. Shout out to @GorillaSats and @BitDevsKLA for contributing to the sats prize.
But beyond the prizes, the real win was clear.
Developers who came in curious are leaving as builders.
Thanks to @BrindonMwiine and team, the bootcamp also led to the creation of the first Bitcoin Club at Makerere University, Kampala. That’s a huge win.
Huge thanks to our instructor, @dzeg5, for leading from the front and making sure no one was left behind.
Shout out to the team, @EMbits, @megasley, @BrindonMwiine, @afansabila, and @NowarugabaG for putting everything together and making this bootcamp a success.
And to our sponsors, thank you for backing something that actually builds capacity and grows the ecosystem:
@HRF
@OpenSats
@Tether_Africa
@planb_network
@afribitcoiners
@GorillaSats
@BitDevsKLA
Next stop: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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