Pivot East – Regional Mobile Apps. Developer Conference to be Held in June 2012

The second edition of East Africa’s regional mobile apps. developer competition and conference will be held on June 5th and 6th in Nairobi. The progression of events dubbed Pivot East will begin in January 2012 with a call for entries … Read More

Android Developer Challenge 2011 Finalists Share their & Experience Lessons Learnt

On Thursday, November 17th, Gbenga Sesan held a Google Plus hangout with finalists of the Android Developer Challenge (ADC), Sub Saharan Africa. The hangout was an opportunity for African web developers, entrepreneurs and Internet marketers to hear from the winners about their experience building winning applications, … Read More

Interview With, Andrew Mugoya Author of 'African Apps in a Global Marketplace'

Andrew Mugoya is the author of an ebook targeted at African app developers titled ‘Africa Apps in a Global Marketplace‘. Andrew runs the afriapps website that showcases apps developed by Africans. In his book, Andrew tackles many aspects of app development … Read More

Ebook: African Apps in a Global Marketplace

‘African Apps in a Global Marketplace’ by Andrew Mugoya is a collection of ideas, observations, tips and some gripes about the African app industry.

It will be available as a free download from Tuesday, 1 November, for a limited period.

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Android Developer Challenge Sub-Saharan Africa Winners

The Google Africa team has announced the winners of the just concluded Android Developer Challenge. The three winners in the 3 different categories are as follows:

• Entertainment / Media / Games – Afrinolly (Nigeria)

Team: FansConnectOnline Limited

Afrinolly brings African movies to … Read More

Google Android Developer Challenge Sub Saharan Africa

The Droid is on a conquering mission across Africa, and Google is challenging developers across Sub Saharan Africa to step up to the plate to create great Android apps for the platform that is literally taking Africa by storm.

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Interview With Coders4Africa Founders

We recently hightlighted the efforts of Coders4Africa, an NGO aiming at improving the cardre of software developers in Africa. We managed to interview co-founders, Kwame Andah, Amadou Daffe and AlMoustapha Cisse:

1. Tell us a bit about Coders4Africa (C4A)

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Coders 4 Africa

Coders 4 Africa is an initiative by several gentlemen of African origin. The initiative aims at developing African software development talent by providing access to free, high quality training in software development.

The main objective is to provide free training … Read More

Ghana's Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology Provides a Great Model for Developing Techpreneurs in Africa

In the latest Startup Watch segment we featured a mobile startup from Ghana that was founded by graduates of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST).

Erik hersman a while back wrote on the ‘developer to tech entrepreneur gap‘, one a … Read More

AfriApps: Showcasing apps from and for Africa

AfriApps is a new initiative by creative agency, Asilia. The idea behind AfriApps is to make a collection of apps built either by Africans or with Africans in mind.

African developers can showcase their apps on AfriApps by filling in … Read More