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March 25, 2021  

Hack The Normal Hackathon 2021

After EUHackathon, I said to myself, “no more hackathons”. Then I saw Hack The Normal (HTN) and I thought why not give it a try – one more. I went through the challenges and I decided to go for …

SITA hackathon 2021
March 24, 2021  

SITA HACKATHON 2021

Fresh out of an intense 3 day Hackathon – Hack the Normal, I was curious to see what other Hackathons were on DevPost. I spotted the SITA Hackathon and I immediately signed up. That was the best decision I made. …

February 3, 2021  

Startup Chronicles: Something similar to Sarai

On the 1st of February, I was reading an article on Techcabal and saw three startups focusing on maternal health. Decided to check them out and they have similar features to Sarai. I swear my heart sank and for a …

January 4, 2021  

Happy New Year: 2020 Lessons

In 2020 I learned. 

In 2020 I grew.

I really fell deep into the dark hole of depression and suicidal thoughts. Being here today is by the grace of God. In January 2020, I was having panic attacks and I …

EU: Africa The Post Crisis Journey
January 3, 2021  

Hackathon: EU Africa The Post Crisis Journey

Before Christmas, I participated in another Hackathon. I was not thinking about winning, I just wanted to make it to the top 20. Unfortunately, my team did not scale through.

For the first time, I did not beat myself up …

Fakugesi Poster - Hack Ur Culture
November 13, 2020  

Hack Ur Culture Virtual Exhibition – Fak’ugesi Festival

Our project is on exhibition at the Fak’ugesi Festival. Check the program here: https://fakugesi.co.za/programme/the-hack-ur-culture-virtual-exhibition/

Exhibition: https://fakugesi.co.za/hack-ur-culture-virtual-exhibition/

Fakugesi Poster - Hack Ur Culture
HackUrCulture - Myths
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November 4, 2020  

Barbara Corcoran: 10 Rules Of Success

Evan Carmichael compiled a ’10 rules of success’ video featuring Barbara Corcoran. I love all the rules but rule number 8, resonates with me.

I have to tell myself that I deserve the success that I have attained. My first …

Match stick burning
November 4, 2020  

Burnout

https://buffer.com/resources/burnout/

I stumbled on this article on twitter and for the first time in my life it feels like some gets it! 

Just like him I have been running on adrenaline. I have not taken time to process everything I …

hack ur culture
October 31, 2020  

HackUrCulture: Third place most compelling project

We came third *yesssss*.

Making it to the finals and coming third in ‘most compelling project‘ category is a blessing.

A big thank you to Nicholas for coming through and shout out to the former team members – …

October 28, 2020  

Sarai: Project Update Two

I had a couple of tasks to complete since the last Sarai Update. To be honest I have not done much.

Yesterday I spent the entire day making updates to the site content (about, font size, excerpt count and …

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