2012 was a phenomenal year for Microsoft. We released many new products, and most importantly we re-imagined Windows – the most popular operating system ever. We also released Windows Phone 8 which is expected by analysts to have the highest growth rate in the coming four years.

With the start of the New Year, one of our resolutions is to keep our commitment towards the developer community in Africa. And with the new era of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 stores, we decided to revive Mobile Monday to show Kenyan developers how to build the best apps for the fastest growing app store which is Windows Phone 8.

However, the story doesn’t end here because Windows Phone and Windows 8 apps have a lot of similarities and a lot of shared code base. Therefore, we will give you a glimpse into how easy it is to build Windows 8 apps too. We will also have a cool demo of Kinect,  which has changed the way people play games and experience entertainment

Join us on Monday, 21st of January from 6 – 8 pm at the iHub in a journey of development for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8, along with announcements for startups and students plus a quick look at Kinect.

Register now - the seats are limited.

See you on Monday January 21st!  You can also keep in touch with us through the following channels;

Twitter: @microsoftafrica and @AfricaApps

Facebook Groups
Microsoft DPE Nigeria
Microsoft Developer Evangelism – East and Southern Africa
AfricaApps

Blog: AfricaApps Blog

Join us on the 30th of January at the iHub for our first MOMO meet up of 2012. We will be having a presentation by Dr. Zhen Liu, Head of Nokia Research Centre Growth Economies Lab, which has research teams in Beijing, Shenzhen, Bangalore and Nairobi.

About Dr.Zhen

Before joining Nokia, Zhen was with IBM T. J. Watson Research Center and served as the manager of System Analysis and Optimization group, and the senior manager of the Next Generation Distributed Systems department, and was a master inventor at IBM. Prior to this experience, Zhen worked in Orange Labs (formerly France Telecom R&D) as a Research Associate, and in INRIA (the French national research center on information and automation), first as a Researcher, then became a Research Director.

Continuing in the tradition of executing one of the best if not the best mobile tech events in East Africa, the AllAmber team led by Matthew Dawes are back with Mobile Web East Africa (MWEA) 2012 which will be held on February 22-23rd at the prestigious Southern Sun-May Fair hotel. I had the pleasure of attending and participating in a panel at the first MWEA event back in  2010, and this event is one you cannot afford to miss. This year MWEA takes at a notch higher with a speaker lineup that is worth it’s weight in Gold. The speaker line up includes:

• Emma Kaye, CEO, Bozza
• Paul Kukubo, CEO, Kenya ICT Board
• John Waibochi, CEO, Virtual City
• Mark Kaigwa, Partner, Afrinnovator
• Joseph Sevilla, Director, @iLabAfrica
• Judith Owigar, President, Akirachix
• Paul Stemmet, COO, World of Avatar
• Neil Ahlsten, New Business Development – Africa, Google

This is one of the most dynamic speaker lineup we’ve seen in a long time, and is sure to keep the attendees well informed on the mobile industry not only in Kenya but in Africa as a general. Looking for inspiration to start that mobile business in Africa? then you want to listen to John Waibochi of Virtual City  winners of the Nokia Grand Challenge Competition, wondering how small is the new big? Judith Owigar , President of Akirachix and winner of Anita Borg award,  will tell you how a simple idea can became a community changer. In short this is an event you don’t want to miss.

For more information on how to register and attend the event go to http://www.mobileeastafrica.com/wp/registration/

Smile it’s Mobile Monday!!

After a 2 month break, Mobile Monday is back. Join us on the 21st of November at the iHub as we network with fellow mobile developers, and entrepreneurs. Our speaker will be:

• Mbugua Njihia–  Symbiotic Media CEO will be talking about Presentation Skills: How to sell your app
• Planet Rackus-  Ma3Racer Game

Excellent opportunity to network with other mobile developers,entrepreneurs and enthusiasts. If you’ve registered before for other events please go ahead and register again .If you’d like to be present during the meet up in December please send us an email at talk@mobilemonday.co.ke and we will set up a slot for you.

For more information check out:

twitter: twitter.com/mobilemondayke
facebook: facebook.com/mobilemondayke

Join us this Monday the 29th of August at the iHub for our next MOMO meet up. We have a special focus on Mobile Advertising and are pretty excited to have InMobi as our keynote speakers.

InMobi is the world’s largest independent mobile advertising network. With offices on four continents we provide advertisers, publishers and developers with a uniquely global solution for advertising. Ournetwork is growing and now delivers the unprecedented ability to reach 314 million consumers, in over 165 countries, through more than 36 billion mobile ad impressions monthly. InMobi was recently selected as the 2011 AlwaysOn Top 100 Mobile Companies in Silicon Valley.

We will also be getting an update on upcoming mobile apps event AppCircus as well as some of the awesome work being done by the Ushahidi mobile team.

• AppCircus–  Judith Owigar  of AkiraChix will be talking about AppCircus
• Ushahidi Mobile Apps with the Ushahidi Team
• InMobi- The Economics of Your Ad Supported Application Business with Terence Eden, Developer Community Manager, EMEA, InMobi

Excellent opportunity to network with other mobile developers,entrepreneurs and enthusiasts. If you’ve registered before for other events please go ahead and register again here http://momoke2908.eventbrite.com/ .If you’d like to be present during the meet up in September please send us an email at talk@mobilemonday.co.ke and we will set up a slot for you.

For more information check out:
twitter: twitter.com/mobilemondayke
facebook: facebook.com/mobilemondayke

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Our exciting 3 part look at “Local Developers and their Successes” comes to an end on the 27th of June during our final Mobile Monday-Kenya meet up for this first half of 2011. It’s been and continues to be very exciting time to be involved in mobile tech and we trust that MOMO-Kenya has met all your expectations.
Join us next Monday and listening to some very insightful developer who are building some of the best mobile apps in Kenya:

• Whive – Winners in the Mobile Gaming, Entertainment and Utilities category of the just concluded Pivot25 competition By John Karanja
• Tuvitu– Tuvitu is no stranger to the MOMO community, it was first launched by Mbugua Njihia during our 2nd meet up . with Anthony Karanja
• Language Translation Apps-One of the best, light and fastest offline English Spanish translator. It translates English words and phrases to Spanish and Spanish words and phrases to English. This is a must have translator for all type of persons; students, professionals and others. Equipped with customized user settings and friendly user Interface making it one of the easiest Translators to use By Dadiaus Momanyi.

Excellent opportunity to network with other mobile developers,entrepreneurs and enthusiasts. If you’ve registered before for other events please go ahead and register again here or http://goo.gl/4uez0 .If you’d like to be present during the meet up in July please send us an email at talk@mobilemonday.co.ke and we will set up a slot for you.

For more information check out:
twitter: twitter.com/mobilemondayke
facebook: facebook.com/mobilemondayke

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Semacraft Consulting invites you to register for a workshop on Building a Business on Mobile Apps to be held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Pivot25 is an mlab initiative to bring focus on the Mobile developer and entrepreneur community in East Africa.m:lab East Africa is a consortium of four organizations aiming to be a leader in identifying, nurturing and helping to build sustainable enterprises in the knowledge economy.

The First East Africa Mobile Developer Challenge – Come witness East Africa’s best Mobile Applications

Network with Industry Leaders – Network with Government Stakeholders, Operators, Platform Developers, VAS Providers and Developers

Expand your Knowledge – Of the latest Developer Trends and Platforms

Participate in the Fire-Side Chats – Get the Opportunity to ask Regulators, Operators and Industry Leaders Questions in our Fire-side Chats

Speakers – Get to hear from Prominent Speakers in the Mobile Developer Industry.

The Best SWAG –  As a valued Participant in the Conference and Competition Pivot25 and it’s sponsors are giving the best giveaways at the event….. Don’t Miss out!!

Riding on our theme on “Local Developers and their Successes” our next Mobile Monday-KENYA Meet up will be happening at the iHub on Monday 23rd of May starting at 6pm-7:30pm.

Our speakers will include:

1. Consumer App Ideas –  This will be a selection of the best ideas received from the consumer app competition held in April giving insight into what consumers want in an App By Agatha Gikunda of Nokia
2. Tell a Story– This is an app that enables users tell secrets anonymously. The secrets can be about Love/Work/Money/Others. The developer will also speak about the consumer insights that lead him to develop the app.  By Eric Mwenda, Local Developer
3. Gari Noma- This is a car theme which has gained quite a bit of traction (94,544 downloads globally) and the developer will also include consumer insights that led him to develop the themes as he as a number on the store which are doing well. By Joseph Karanja, Local Developer

If you have an app/service that leverages mobile technology or mobile web give us a shout and we will try and slot you in.