This is a BBC podcast.

You can get all our podcasts and our terms of use at BBCWorld Service.com slash podcasts. So we have an interesting session today. We are no men in the room which is fine because we are really looking at girls women coding and development.

Hello, I'm a quessie, Sappong in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.

I'm in a room with a group of young women pitching the

ideas for apps and tech startups. The enthusiasm is infectious. We are Tim Abhingji

and we have an application from Copp.

It tells the producer what to grow, how to grow it.

It also talks about how to breed animals and

about the market conditions in the different markets in Uganda.

Where we go to next.

Who starts the pitch?

Start with an introduction.

Tell us a bit about yourself.

This is the Mama O-Pay application. It symbolizes hope for the mother.

So what he does is it diagnosis pneumonia in young children at a very early age.

These bright young women have been brought together by the Resilient Africa

Network, a group of African and global universities using technology and innovation to strengthen the resilience of African communities.

And they are brimming with ideas to tackle some of the big development challenges that

Uganda faces.

From health to agricultural production and the delivery of public services.

So for this final program in the Young Geeky and Black Series about Black Computer Coaders here on the BBC World Service have come to see whether Uganda's

young tech entrepreneurs, female and male can offer the country a fast track to development.

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