by Amber Frantz
CMU’s OSPO and the Upanzi Network spark a new partnership at the United Nation’s Reboot the Earth hackathon.
From May 7–8, Carnegie Mellon University Africa hosted a social coding event called Reboot the Earth, a climate-tech innovation challenge organized by the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology. For just 48 hours, the hackathon charged participants with developing open-source solutions to address current climate challenges. This year’s event focused on creating advancements in agriculture and AI that support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
In partnership with Salesforce, the Digital Public Goods Alliance, the Food and Agriculture Organization, CMU’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), and the Upanzi Network at CMU-Africa, Reboot the Earth brought together student innovators from the University of Rwanda and CMU-Africa. Together in teams, students developed novel approaches for optimizing the transport of agricultural commodities.
Source: CMU-Africa
