Arrival in Nairobi

My heart was beating in my throat and I just had one big smile on my face after the plane hit the ground. I was in Africa and was finally going to meet my team!

I found my name on the piece of paper that our driver Raphael was holding up within a sea of other name plates. He brought me straight to the Fairview Hotel where the welcome diner had already started. I didn´t take the time to check-in and settle down in my room first, but immediately went to the nice open-air restaurant to see the others. It was just great to finally see the faces behind the voices. I also finally met Muriuki and Alex from our NGO partner Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT). We did a round of introducing ourselves in our native languages: Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Swahili, Kikuyu, Hebrew, Hungarian, Danish, Hindi, Portuguese, English, Dutch and some attempts in French. Amazing what a truly global team this is. I am sure we will have an unforgettable time together.