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Tyler and I met at our first engineering jobs. I grew up in abject poverty, in Mogotio, Kenya. Although I didnāt use a keyboard until I was eighteen, I now enjoy a successful career as a software engineer. I believe, through technology, my African community can find a sustainable solution to poverty.
As a couple and software engineers, we believe adoption of technology is the most effective equalizer.
Tyler is a self-taught programmer from Shabbona, Illinois. Though he didnāt pursue a software career early on, he was able to learn all the skills he now uses daily from freely available content online. Tyler is proof that a motivated person can gain skills if they have access to the right technology and content
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Building Zawadi
06/18/2019 | by Nelly CheboiFrom its inception, Zawadi now has morphed into a community center for the village of Mogotio. My dream is to be able to provide all the required resources a typical school would have to help these children learn and become productive adults in their community.
Mogotio Labs Part 1: Equal Access
01/22/2021 | by Tyler CinnamonTechLit builds computer labs in rural Africa and supplies computers to rural African schools and libraries. This one of many posts sharing what we learned while running an open computer lab in 2019.
Founding TechLit Africa
04/19/2019 | by Nelly CheboiMy name is Nelly Cheboi. I am the co-founder of TechLit Africa, techlitafrica.org. TechLit Africa fosters a more technologically literate Africa by building computer labs in schools. We aim to consistently monitor key indicators of digital literacy and collect feedback from our students and their communities.
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