Benjamin Boutboul, MBA ’20, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, to share his experience as a leader of the MIT-Africa Takes On COVID-19, a large global hackathon that was organized in less than two weeks as the pandemic forced MIT to transition to remote learning and cancel all in-person events.
More info on Africa Takes on COVID-19 Challenge
http://news.mit.edu/2020/mit-builds-community-africa-takes-covid-19-challenge-0514
https://trueafrica.co/article/how-a-few-mit-students-produced-one-of-the-best-hackathons-on-covid-19/
https://medium.com/@b.boutboul/mit-africa-takes-on-covid-19-snapshot-of-the-weekends-solutions-44084842fcc5
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