Project Mountain Lion Hackathon wants you!
Two African engineers at Facebook have partnered with the Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation to host the Project Mountain Lion Hackathon for experienced developers this November, in Sierra Leone.
However, the application and selection process starts now.
Abdoul-Kader Keita and Patrick Taylor work as engineers at Facebook where they develop infrastructure that is scalable, reliable, and efficient and they want to bring these skills to the continent. Project Mountain Lion is a hackathon that will bring developers together with a goal to solve tangible problems in society. This particular hackathon will seek to make school registration faster and easier for students in Sierra Leone.
On a recent trip to Freetown, Taylor learned that thousands of students in Sierra Leone queue for several hours to register for classes. He estimated that a student could spend up to 4 hours on average in line waiting to register, in a school of 500. If you’re a developer and you want to fix this problem then click here to join the Project Mountain Lion.
You will complete a short test, and if you pass that test, you will be invited to participate at the next level. In the end, 30 hackers in Sierra Leone will be invited to the Project Mountain Lion Hackathon on November 9, 2019, at the Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI). There they will work with Engineers Keita, Taylor, and others from DSTI to improve student registration in Sierra Leone.
Challenge accepted? Click Here for Admission!