Ikaze Fusion Kitchen

Ikaze means welcome. A free Python and AI program where Rwandan students turn Rwanda's flavors into working software, and into brands the world can taste.

Cohort 1Free for all RwandansCode Hill 3003

Nazli Tech School (NTS) Global Applied Series. Press the arrows, swipe, or use your keyboard.

Plantain and red bean tacos with Rwandan hills behind

See it in 10 seconds

The idea in one clip

Rwandan market ingredients, students writing code, a fused dish, and smart packaging you can scan.

Every image and clip in this presentation is a concept visual made with AI to show what students will build and create.

A vision, and a gift

"We imagined a Rwanda that anyone in the world would want to travel to."

President Paul Kagame, 23rd WTTC Global Summit, Kigali, 2 November 2023

Ikaze Fusion Kitchen supports the Visit Rwanda vision: students code the flavors, stories and products that give visitors a reason to come and a piece of Rwanda to take home.

"The most powerful medicine for poverty is knowledge, and the most powerful knowledge today is technology."

Dr. Nazha Habibi, Founder and CEO, Nazli Tech School

Through her philanthropic leadership, Cohort 1 is 100% tuition-free for students and young professionals across Rwanda, with priority for rural districts and TVET colleges.

What students build

A real desktop app in Python that runs fully offline. Users explore Rwandan recipes, blend them with global cooking styles, and export professional guides.

Step-by-step fusion recipe cards
Gemini AI tutorial scripts linked to YouTube
One-button 3-mode PDF export: plating, packaging, event tables
Live Turtle analytics dashboard
BLAKE2b secure Chef Identicon avatars
SQLite tracking of what users explore

Tools you will learn

PythonTkinterTurtleSQLiteBLAKE2bGemini AIPDF engine

Who will use it

Rwandan chefs, culinary students, hotel staff and food entrepreneurs.

Your journey: 10 sessions

Tap a stage to see what you build.

The 5Cs: skills that make teams work

From Hardcore Soft Skills by Yadira "Yadi" Caro. Every session practices at least one. Tap a card to see where.

Live what you build

Long banquet table with Imigongo runner and Agaseke baskets

Ikaze Kitchen Session (once)

NTS and the partner institution organize a kitchen session. One fused dish is picked, cooked, plated and tasted together, then recorded in the app.

Rwandan Agriculture Workshop (once)

NTS co-coordinates a workshop on Rwanda's signature products: Akabanga chili oil, Gisovu tea, tree tomato, Isunzu herbs, cassava, sorghum and honey.

Fusion dishes: Rwanda meets the world

Drag the ring or use the arrows. Sample dishes the app can create.

A sample recipe the app generates

Rwandan-Mexican plantain and red bean tacos with Akabanga-lime cream

Ripe plantain, red beans, avocado, pickled red onion, tree-tomato salsa and coriander in warm tortillas, finished with a drizzle of Akabanga chili oil. The app adds the story, ingredients, method, plating guide and export packaging idea.

Products that become brands

Concept packaging in Agaseke baskets, banana fibre and Imigongo prints, with smart ideas: a QR code for the farm story and recipe, an NFC tap point, a freshness dot, a tamper seal and batch tracing.

What you gain

Every student

10 live sessions with real-time Q&A
Course materials and assessments
NTS developer community
A real, deployed Python app

Recognition

Certificate of Completion
Certificate of Excellence
Letter of Good Standing
Official Report Card

Top performers

Paid internship with NTS
Paid NTS Ambassador role
Represent NTS at conferences
Business start-up support

Skills: software design, analysis and development, data science, cybersecurity and AI content creation, with the 5Cs.

Ikaze. Our culture is our code.

Join Cohort 1 or bring your university, TVET centre, innovation hub or hospitality school as a partner.

info@nazlitechschool.org

Nazli Tech School, in honor of Dr. Nazha Habibi's vision and President Kagame's Visit Rwanda.