Forwarded from Hult Prize at Haramaya University
🎉 HULT PRIZE ONCAMPUS – HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY 🎉
📢 Attention all students! Tomorrow is the Local Pitch Competition 2026 hosted by the Hult Prize OnCampus Team in collaboration with the Entrepreneurship and Technology Incubation Directorate.
💡 Come witness innovative student ideas and support young social entrepreneurs as they pitch solutions to real-world challenges aligned with:
🌍 African Union Agenda 2063
🇪🇹 Ethiopia Vision 2063
🎯 UN SDG 2030 Goals
📅 Date: Tomorrow(Feb 20,2026
📍 Venue: Resource Center
⏰ Time: 8:30AM
Don’t miss out on this exciting event! The winning team will advance to the national stage and have a chance to win $1 million USD!
#HultPrize #HaramayaUniversity #YouthInnovation #Entrepreneurship #Agenda2063 #Vision2063 #SDG2030
📢 Attention all students! Tomorrow is the Local Pitch Competition 2026 hosted by the Hult Prize OnCampus Team in collaboration with the Entrepreneurship and Technology Incubation Directorate.
💡 Come witness innovative student ideas and support young social entrepreneurs as they pitch solutions to real-world challenges aligned with:
🌍 African Union Agenda 2063
🇪🇹 Ethiopia Vision 2063
🎯 UN SDG 2030 Goals
📅 Date: Tomorrow(Feb 20,2026
📍 Venue: Resource Center
⏰ Time: 8:30AM
Don’t miss out on this exciting event! The winning team will advance to the national stage and have a chance to win $1 million USD!
#HultPrize #HaramayaUniversity #YouthInnovation #Entrepreneurship #Agenda2063 #Vision2063 #SDG2030
CodeJournal _ mah
And after that first “wow Flutter is magic” moment I kept building. And honestly? The vibe is still strong — but now it’s getting real in the best way. Now I’m starting to understand what people mean when they say: "Flutter isn’t just a framework, it’s a whole…
Everything was green until Gradle decided to choose violence. 💀 Red text everywhere, build failed, and "Hot Restart" couldn't save me.
The Plot Hole: 🕳️
New Flutter packages + Old Android configs = Total Meltdown. My build.gradle was living in 2023 while my code was in 2026.
The Fix: 🛠️
flutter clean (Clear the junk)
Delete the .gradle folder (The "Hard Reset")
Bump minSdkVersion in app/build.gradle.
Lesson: Don’t fight Gradle. Just sync your versions and flush the cache. Green checkmarks are back!
#Flutter #Gradle
The Plot Hole: 🕳️
New Flutter packages + Old Android configs = Total Meltdown. My build.gradle was living in 2023 while my code was in 2026.
The Fix: 🛠️
flutter clean (Clear the junk)
Delete the .gradle folder (The "Hard Reset")
Bump minSdkVersion in app/build.gradle.
Lesson: Don’t fight Gradle. Just sync your versions and flush the cache. Green checkmarks are back!
#Flutter #Gradle
Urgent Notice
The Hackathon will be held tomorrow.
Venue: LTH second-floor software pc Labs
Time: 2:00 in the morning local time
Make sure to be punctual because the hackathon will be wrapped in the morning, so if you are late, time might not be enough to finish your project.
* It is possible to be either in a group or solo.
* you can bring ideas but not implemented or drafted projects; you need to start. from scratch
* The metric is that it is the best one in terms of problem-solving and being well-implemented. will win.
* don’t forget to bring your PC.
* install agentic IDEs
- https://antigravity.google/download
- https://kiro.dev/
or any other you like to use
for more details, contact @Mance_1.
The Hackathon will be held tomorrow.
Venue: LTH second-floor software pc Labs
Time: 2:00 in the morning local time
Make sure to be punctual because the hackathon will be wrapped in the morning, so if you are late, time might not be enough to finish your project.
* It is possible to be either in a group or solo.
* you can bring ideas but not implemented or drafted projects; you need to start. from scratch
* The metric is that it is the best one in terms of problem-solving and being well-implemented. will win.
* don’t forget to bring your PC.
* install agentic IDEs
- https://antigravity.google/download
- https://kiro.dev/
or any other you like to use
for more details, contact @Mance_1.
Google Antigravity
Google Antigravity - Build the new way
HUCISA - Haramaya University Computing and Informatics Students' Association
Urgent Notice The Hackathon will be held tomorrow. Venue: LTH second-floor software pc Labs Time: 2:00 in the morning local time Make sure to be punctual because the hackathon will be wrapped in the morning, so if you are late, time might not be enough…
Tommorrow's mini hackathon @ 3rd year software lab
"Shipping AI" Blueprint by Biniyam Daniel
Building AI in Ethiopia isn't about having the most GPUs—it's about the "Bushcraft" mindset: building what you need with what you have.
1. The "Don't Reinvent the Wheel" Rule 🥧
Stop trying to build the universe to bake a pie. 80% of use cases are covered by existing LLMs. Use them.
If you can prompt it, do it. Don't be afraid to be a "wrapper"—as long as you find Product-Market Fit.
2. Prompting vs. RAG vs. Fine-tuning 🛠️
Prompting: Best for low data & simple tasks.
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation): Best for moderate data and external knowledge.
Fine-tuning: Use ONLY when data is massive (millions of records) or the domain is highly specific.
3. The $100k GPU Hack 💸
You don't need a massive budget to start. Biniyam suggests:
Google Colab & Kaggle: For free weekly GPU hours.
Nvidia Inception Program: Apply for up to $100,000 in GPU grants.
4. The "Hair on Fire" Problem 🔥
Don't build "nice-to-have" ideas. Look for the person whose "hair is on fire"—they are the ones who will pay for your slightly better solution.
The Takeaway: 💡 Stop looking for investors before you have a product. Use open-source, use free tiers, and just ship it.
Watch the full masterclass: 🔗 https://youtu.be/4g6ncDSv4B4
@code_journall
Building AI in Ethiopia isn't about having the most GPUs—it's about the "Bushcraft" mindset: building what you need with what you have.
1. The "Don't Reinvent the Wheel" Rule 🥧
Stop trying to build the universe to bake a pie. 80% of use cases are covered by existing LLMs. Use them.
If you can prompt it, do it. Don't be afraid to be a "wrapper"—as long as you find Product-Market Fit.
2. Prompting vs. RAG vs. Fine-tuning 🛠️
Prompting: Best for low data & simple tasks.
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation): Best for moderate data and external knowledge.
Fine-tuning: Use ONLY when data is massive (millions of records) or the domain is highly specific.
3. The $100k GPU Hack 💸
You don't need a massive budget to start. Biniyam suggests:
Google Colab & Kaggle: For free weekly GPU hours.
Nvidia Inception Program: Apply for up to $100,000 in GPU grants.
4. The "Hair on Fire" Problem 🔥
Don't build "nice-to-have" ideas. Look for the person whose "hair is on fire"—they are the ones who will pay for your slightly better solution.
The Takeaway: 💡 Stop looking for investors before you have a product. Use open-source, use free tiers, and just ship it.
Watch the full masterclass: 🔗 https://youtu.be/4g6ncDSv4B4
@code_journall
YouTube
Building AI That Ships — Biniyam Daniel, Addis AI | Dagmawi Babi's Meetup
Biniyam is the founder of one of the leading AI companies in Ethiopia that has hands on experience from training and fine-tuning their models to building extremely impressive multilingual TTS models.
This talk is a technical talk for every AI enthusiast…
This talk is a technical talk for every AI enthusiast…
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Forwarded from Dagmawi Babi
ExamBuddy by Mohammed Ibrahim
• youtu.be/eJq01B4xnPM
Mohammed Ibrahim showcases ExamBuddy, an all-in-one AI-powered study assistant that lets you create exams from your documents, generate concise notes, flashcards, audiobooks, and more.
#DagmawiBabisMeetup #YouTube
@Dagmawi_Babi
• youtu.be/eJq01B4xnPM
Mohammed Ibrahim showcases ExamBuddy, an all-in-one AI-powered study assistant that lets you create exams from your documents, generate concise notes, flashcards, audiobooks, and more.
#DagmawiBabisMeetup #YouTube
@Dagmawi_Babi
Forwarded from WTM Ethiopia
📣📣 Every year, we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) to honor women who break barriers and inspire the next generation.
This year’s theme is Break the Pattern, a global theme for IWD 2026 – brings a bigger and better full-day event, hosted by Women Techmakers Ethiopia in partnership with ALX Ethiopia at ALX Lideta Hub starting from 9AM 🎉🎉
Why you should attend 🫵
✔️ Hear real stories of perseverance and achievement
✔️ Participate in hands-on workshops
✔️ Build meaningful connections an expand your tech network
✔️ Explore internships and career opportunities
✔️ Compete in hackathons and showcase your talent
🔗 Click here to Register
‼️ Spots are limited, snag yours before they are gone!
This year’s theme is Break the Pattern, a global theme for IWD 2026 – brings a bigger and better full-day event, hosted by Women Techmakers Ethiopia in partnership with ALX Ethiopia at ALX Lideta Hub starting from 9AM 🎉🎉
Why you should attend 🫵
‼️ Spots are limited, snag yours before they are gone!
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Forwarded from The Software Guy
Three months ago I noticed something.
Ethiopian AI startups were shipping real products. Real APIs. Real intelligence.
But Flutter devs? We were stuck reading raw docs, wiring endpoints, fixing edge cases alone.
So I built a Flutter SDK for Hasab AI.
Didn’t expect much.
People loved it.
That moment told me something important
This ecosystem doesn’t lack talent.
It lacks bridges.
So I kept going.
Today, I’m releasing Addis AI Flutter SDK.
Same mission. Cleaner execution. Better DX.
Flutter devs shouldn’t struggle to use local AI.
It should feel native. Simple. Obvious.
Check out
https://pub.dev/packages/addis_ai_sdk
Ethiopian AI startups were shipping real products. Real APIs. Real intelligence.
But Flutter devs? We were stuck reading raw docs, wiring endpoints, fixing edge cases alone.
So I built a Flutter SDK for Hasab AI.
Didn’t expect much.
People loved it.
That moment told me something important
This ecosystem doesn’t lack talent.
It lacks bridges.
So I kept going.
Today, I’m releasing Addis AI Flutter SDK.
Same mission. Cleaner execution. Better DX.
Flutter devs shouldn’t struggle to use local AI.
It should feel native. Simple. Obvious.
Check out
https://pub.dev/packages/addis_ai_sdk
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