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cameroon

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• July 4, 20263 minNotes from the Grassfields

  Eight teams, one demo day: the Bamenda Community Challenge

  In early June we ran the Bamenda Community Challenge again, five years running now. Eight teams built real products for real local problems. One of them, a shop inventory app called Wé, would not leave my head.

  • cameroon
  • community
  • bamenda

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• June 26, 20265 minNotes from the Grassfields

  What it actually takes to be a developer in Cameroon

  I started coding in 2017, right when the internet got cut in my region. Years later the hard part of this job still has nothing to do with code. This is the honest version: the power cuts, the payments, and the clients who make you prove you are a senior twice.

  • cameroon
  • africa
  • developer-life

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• June 20, 20265 minNotes from the Grassfields

  How Cameroonian developers actually get paid

  Stripe won't pay you out. PayPal won't let you withdraw. Here is the real-world stack Cameroonian devs use to turn international work into money in their pocket, and what each option costs.

  • cameroon
  • payments
  • freelancing

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