Morris Marah is project manager at Africa Gathering, a network of people focused on encouraging sustainable development using technology and social networking.
The Sanitation hackathon is a global project where developers are working on solutions to challenges facing the sanitation sector using mobile technology over a 48-hour period. Globally, 2.5 billion people do not have adequate sanitation facilities.
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