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Appfrica.org facilitates, mentors and incubates entrepreneurs in software in East Africa and Uganda. The goal is to offer a physical space with a solid internet connection, servers, software and computers that will allow students and recent graduates a place to develop their ideas in a constructive environment with industry professionals outside of school. Student projects are refined and prepped to help them secure funding from venture capitalists, investors and financiers from the private sector.

The programming focus is on advanced XHTML, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Django/Python, Adobe Air, Java, C++, Common LISP and other popular languages and frameworks that dominate development in mobile and web programming. Student participants are encouraged to develop their own software business strategies but are also given the opportunity to earn by participating in various development projects. This allows the them to focus on their education by allowing them to use their skills professionally even while not at school.

Source: appfrica.net/blog