BertinAm/silicon-mountain-archive

An open-source archive documenting the people, companies, and history of Silicon Mountain Cameroon's tech ecosystem in Buea. # Silicon Mountain Archive 🏔️ An open-source, living archive documenting the founders, builders, and history of **Silicon Mountain** — Cameroon's premier technology ecosystem, centred in Buea, Southwest Region. This project exists to preserve and expand the public record of one of Africa's most resilient innovation communities — from its origins in cyber cafes in 2006 to a movement now reaching Liberia in 2025. --- ## 🌍 Live Site View the archive → --- ## 📖 What's Inside The archive currently profiles **25+ key figures** across four generations of Silicon Mountain's history: | Chapter | Period | Focus | |--------|--------|-------| | I — The Founding Generation | 2006–2009 | PassGCE, AfroVisioN, ActivSpaces | | II — The GDG Wave | 2011–2016 | GDG Buea, Feem, Wikimedia, ICT4KIDS | | III — The MountainHub Generation | 2018–Present | MountainHub, CITSCM, Nervtek | | IV — The Supporting Cast | All eras | Community builders, connectors | Each profile documents: - Full background and education - Career trajectory - Current companies and roles - Social media handles and digital footprints - Direct quotes from interviews and public statements --- ## 🤝 How to Contribute This is a **community-maintained archive**. We welcome pull requests from anyone with knowledge of the Silicon Mountain ecosystem — whether you're a founder, a researcher, a journalist, or someone who was just there. ### Ways to contribute - **Add a missing profile** — there are hundreds of builders not yet documented - **Update an existing profile** — current roles, new companies, awards - **Fix inaccuracies** — something is wrong? Open a PR with a source - **Add sources** — strengthen existing claims with links to articles, interviews, or documentation - **Improve the design** — the site is a single HTML file, easy to edit ### Contribution guidelines 1. **Fork** this repository 2. **Edit** `index.html` with your additions 3. **Source everything** — every claim should be traceable to a public …