Teaching Zimbabwean Girls How to Code with Puppy Linux
summary
Nonprofit Zimbopai starts in 2017, spins up two coding clubs in underserved Harare neighborhoods with about 30 girls initially, and faces slow, low-storage laptops and no internet. The fix is Puppy Linux: ~300 MB, boots from USB and runs from RAM, app labels by function, and is optimized for old hardware, so crashes drop and first-time users onboard faster. A later 20 Max donation from GitHub replaces many machines and the clubs transition from stopgap rigs to sustainable training.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:50Speaker background
- 4:45Founding ZimboPie
- 7:13Representation in tech
- 9:04Role models inspiring change
- 15:22Access to CS education
- 17:54Hardware and internet challenges
- 18:56Puppy Linux solution
- 20:22Beyond non-profits
- 21:46Internship networks
- 22:29Q&A: She Code Africa
- 24:14Q&A: ZimboPie challenges
- 25:18Q&A: Recruiting girls
- 26:22Q&A: Hardware evolution
- 27:48Q&A: Laptop donations
- 28:51Closing
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