# Slideshow: Inside our hackathon in Rwanda URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/news/slideshow-inside-our-hackathon-in-rwanda Type: News Published: 2013-11-21 Updated: 2022-09-08 --- ![](https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/2013_Kigalihackathon_620.jpg?auto=compress&fit=crop&fm=webp&w=620&h=348.75) 21 November 2013 From 1-2 June 2013 in Kigali, Rwanda, 33 developers worked for 36 hours on tech tools to help solve problems faced by Transparency International chapters in [Burundi](http://www.transparency.org/country#BDI), [Madagascar](http://www.transparency-madagascar.org/%E2%80%8E), [Mauritius](http://www.transparencymauritius.org/%E2%80%8E), [Rwanda](http://tirwanda.org/) and [Senegal](http://www.forumcivil.sn/). The Hackathon was hosted by Transparency International jointly with Rwandan tech hub [kLab](http://klab.rw/). The Rwanda hackathon followed our first [Hacks against Corruption](http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/hacks_against_corruption_be_part_of_it) event in Sub-Saharan Africa, which was held in December 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya. - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_Kigalihackathon4_620.jpg)Thirty-three Rwandan ICT (Internet and Communication Technology) students and anti-corruption specialists worked together to find practical solutions to the challenges faced by our chapters while fighting corruption. - ![](/images/uploads/feature/2013_Kigalihackathon1_620.jpg)Holy Razafindrandretsa presents Transparency International Madagascar's problem statement. The chapter wanted a tool to help people report corruption anonymously. - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_Kigalihackathon1bis_620.jpg)Saliou Diop from Senegal sought a solution from Rwandan IT experts: a tool serving the fight against corruption in the road transport sector. - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_Kigalihackathon5_620.jpg)Ella Ndikumana of our chapter, ABUCO Burundi, explains what her chapter is hoping for from the Rwandan hackers. She wanted a tool to help people living in remote areas access her organisation's advocacy and legal advice centres. - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_Kigalihackathon7_620.jpg)Rajen Bablee, from our chapter in Mauritius, was looking for a whistleblowing ICT tool. The hackers gather details on the needs, and then split into small groups to develop solutions. - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_Kigalihackathon9_620.jpg)Thirteen groups of hackers worked to provide ICT solutions to our francophone African chapters. - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_Kigalihackathon21_620.jpg)The hackers work in an all-night 'sprint' to develop a prototype. - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_KigalihackathonEndHacking_620.jpg)When the hacking ends, the developers present their progress to the attendees. - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_KigalihackathonMinister_620.jpg)Rwanda's Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, met the developers during the long night of hacking and chaired the award ceremony along with our Rwandan chapter's Chair, Marie-Immaculee Ingabire. - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_KigalihackathonThird_620.jpg)Third Prize Winners Gilbert Ndayisenga, Joseph Manzi and Patrick Niyonsaba worked on a solution to a problem statement from Burundi. Their solution allows people to report cases of bad service delivery and give further details by filling out a questionnaire. Government offices will receive information about cases concerning their institutions and departments (but will not be able to ascertain the identity of the person behind the report). - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_KigalihackathonSecond_620.jpg)Second Prize Winners Sabine Dukuze and Jeanne Yamfashije worked on a tool to solve a problem statement from Rwanda. The La Loupe Rwanda tool lets people rate the service quality of institutions and departments through SMS, green line and a touch screen tool. The goal is to generate reports for all services provided by public sector institutions. - ![](http://www.transparency.org/images/uploads/feature/2013_KigalihackathonFirst_620.jpg)First Prize Winners Pascal Tuyishime, Christa Munezero and Jean Claude Mugenzi built the NOZA Rwanda web- and SMS-based application allowing people to anonymously report problems with service delivery by public agencies. *All images by Transparency International / Saran Koly* ## Countries - [Burundi](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/burundi) - [Madagascar](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/madagascar) - [Mauritius](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/mauritius) - [Rwanda](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/rwanda) - [Senegal](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/senegal) For any press inquiries please contact ### You might also like... ## [Who pays for politics? 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