INNOVATE NAIROBI HACKATHON SERIES - AFRICA'S TALKING HACKATHON: TOURISM AND CULTURE SOLUTIONS

  • A hackathon to come up with a solution that helps tourists in Nairobi

Challenges

Culture and Knowledge Preservation: Preserving and digitizing cultural heritage and indigenous knowledge using technology, 2G and AI tools.

User Experience and Engagement: Improving visitor experience and engagement at cultural sites and attractions using technology tools to take in and record feedback, help in navigation, offer guides, etc.

Tourism Best Practices: Promoting sustainable and eco-friendly tourism practices using modern tools to enhance tourism and cultural practices such as embracing sustainable technology practices and features, among other solutions.

Data-driven Insights: Enhancing tourism infrastructure and operations through data-driven insights from AI-generated and AI-based tools, as well as building systems to use the data to offer suggestions, guidance and improve tourism and cultural practices.

Personalization: Developing personalized and accessible tourism services and information for tourists and users in the tourism space to curate personalized experiences and improve user experience.


The Solution

  • A product utilising the Africas Talking voice, USSD and a website to bring users closer to experiencing Nairobi like a local.

  • It does this by offering the diverse and different matatu culture, street foods and cultural centres spread out across Nairobi with a USSD, Website and a Phone call service.


Technologies

  • Django
  • HTML/CSS
  • Javascript