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Ep. 110 - Coding in Uganda (Emily Karungi)

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Tech News, Technology

4.7618 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2016

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Emily Karungi has a degree in software engineering, but there were still times when she doubted whether or not she belonged. She talks about tackling those doubts, what it’s like to build software in Uganda, and how she's helped others learn to code.

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0:00.0

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0:43.7

I'm your host, Aran, and before we kick off the show, I want to tell you about our incredible sponsors.

0:49.4

Today on the show, I'm so excited to have programmer, community organizer, and mentor, Emily Karungi,

0:55.2

joining us from Kampala Uganda. Emily, you want to say hi? Yes, hi, everyone. Yeah, I'm pretty

1:00.7

excited to be speaking to you and hope by the end of this you'll get to know more about Uganda

1:07.0

and the tech scene there. Yeah, I'm so excited to have you on and especially because right now

1:13.1

it's, what is it, 1.30 in the morning for you? Yeah, it's 1.30. Wow, which is dedication. That is

1:21.1

dedication. I really, really appreciate you making the time. I really do. You're welcome.

1:25.3

So you do a lot of different stuff. You are the founder of Django Girls

1:29.9

Kampala. You are one of the core members of Women Passion Program. You're a Python mentor

1:35.3

if you're thankful and you're also a software engineer working for Phoenix International. You

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