Gaza may seem like a risky place to create a tech start-up, but accelerator and co-working hub Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG) wants to change that perception.

The tech start-up recently embarked on a crowdfunding campaign to launch Gaza's pioneer tech academy and has so far managed to raise about $279,000, beating the targeted $95,000.

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The money will be used to employ staff for the coding academy, and purchase a generator and fuel so that coders and entrepreneurs can work without getting hindered by frequent power outages.

"On average, we now receive four non-consecutive hours of electricity per day," the team said on its crowdfunding page, adding that they used to get eight-hour cycles.

Some of their neighbors only get one hour of electricity per day.

The team said that they charge their phones and laptops with car batteries, but such methods are unreliable.

The founders of the start-up noted that to have a fair chance of competing internationally, they need to be able to reliably power-up their laptops and phones, and also access internet and light for at least 12 hours per day, every single day of the week.

While many people around the world may take access to power as a normal thing, it is not an assured comfort for Gaza's youthful and tech-literate population.

Ryan Sturgill, the director of GSG, said that with the unemployment rate in Gaza for people aged under 30 being approximately 50 percent, technology could help to ease the socio-economic burden.

Sturgill believes that increasing coding skills and access to in-demand technologies will help the people of Gaza to build competitive products.

GSG estimates that tech developers in Gaza typically earn around $400 per month.

Using that figure, GSG argues that a $20,000 seed-level investment has the purchasing power of $400,000 in the United States, which means that investors can access tech talent and test ideas at a lower cost than in many other markets.

Sturgill believes that the knock-on effect of their training will help bring high-quality jobs to Gaza through remote employment.