In Nairobi, I attended the Startup Weekend Education event organised by EdTech East Africa in the role of a Design Thinking Innovation Coach. Nova Pioneer – a highly innovative school – sent over 32 young students with whom we worked for 3 days in different teams to solve educational challenges from the kids’ perspective. My team won the final pitch and our solution ranked #1: “Sphinx”, a Math gaming app which allows students to compete real-time with each other on math excerices in a fun way. The goal was to help students take the boredom out of Math. I am still proud of these young bright sparks!
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