Raspberry Pi to be used in Soweto health hackathon Technology firm A2D24 has partnered with the Gauteng Department of Health to host a hackathon in Soweto this week for 100 grade 11 learners from three local high schools. A2D24 aims to stimulate an interest in technology among South African youth and then help them use technology to transform ideas into reality. The learners will be taught to program using the image-based Scratch language. They will then reproduce a health awareness item using a Raspberry Pi computer. The learners will be able to keep the computers after the hackathon to encourage them to continue coding afterwards. Government and private sector individuals will be in attendance to motivate the learners, including Telkom Business Connexion CMO Themba Gumbi, Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu, State Information Technology Agency (SITA) CEO Dr Setumo Mohapi, and Orlando Pirates Learning Centre manager Jude Capel. What a wonderful initiative! See http://ift.tt/2gCU4gH
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