Young, Geeky and Black: Kampala

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Around the world the booming tech industries are a prime source of jobs, money, and cultural power. But American companies dominate, and they’re largely filled with white, middle-class males - at Twitter, Facebook and Google, fewer than 2% of workers are black. Over the course of three programmes, the Young, Geeky and Black series visits three cities around the world where black coders – and women in particular - are challenging that status quo. In the final episode, Akwasi Sarpong visits Uganda’s thriving coding scene. Africa faces some big development challenges, and aid has traditionally been seen as a solution. But a new generation of African coders have other ideas – they’re turning to programming and technology to develop home-grown solutions. In Uganda they’re coming up with innovative ways to address development issues in areas like health, agriculture, and transparency and accountability – with women coders again at the forefront. Produced by James Fletcher (Photo: Rachel Aitaru, Bonita Nanziri and Joanitah Nalubega from AfriGal Tech)