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Code4Health Hackathon: Empowering Southern Africa’s Youth to Improve Healthcare with Open Source

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - 12:16 by Thomas Froment
How can open source tools empower young developers to reimagine healthcare in their local communities? The Code4Health Hackathon set out to explore exactly that: From 14–18 May 2025, high school students from across Southern Africa came together online for this event organised by the Girls Coding Academy in partnership with...

Learning from Lesotho: Supporting Girls Coding Academy’s Hackathon

Monday, February 3, 2025 - 16:31 by Clark Roundy
Sometimes, research sparks more than just insight – it inspires action. That’s exactly what happened with our State of Open Source in the Global South report . Among the findings, one key takeaway stood out: open source projects and technologies, such the Eclipse Desktop IDE , are helping developers across...