I love tech gadgets, you know the phones, smartphones, tablets, laptops , computers and even the giant mainframe computers, but I have never developed the same level of interest for the cars. I try to keep up with what is going on but that is all. Well,  in the last one month that has changed thanks to one Robert Kunga popularly known as @mwirigi in the online world. I have attended two events where Robert gave presentations about his Ovistore app “Motogari”. First, at the Nokia developers happy hour and then at Mobile Monday.

Motogari app is news and analysis powerhouse for the cars. I came to learn that anything about the cars is well covered at Motogari and the writing style is just cool.

But the most amazing part is the interest people have on the Motogori app around the world. The following table show the number of times the app has been downloaded and the top ten downloading countries.

Here is the cloud of the countries involved. For real people love cars….

After Mobile Monday I asked @Mwirigi about how it all started and the future plans:

Kachwanya: Quick ones…about motogari , how did the idea come up and what inspired you to start the Motogari blog?
@Mwirigi: I started http://motogari.blogspot.com/ back in 2006 as an outlet for my love of cars.

Kachwanya: What are your future plans with the blog?

@Mwirigi: Future plans I’d say would be to shift to more local content, get into car reviews and possibly a channel for selling cars (Classifieds).

I am in negotioations with Cheki.co.ke to syndicate my content on their site. They are the exclusive automotive content provider for home.co.ke and they are growing very fast in the online car sale market with a wide geographical spread, a partnership would add value to both of us.

Kachwanya: In the future plans..are you planning to monetize it , if so what are the business models you are thinking of?

@Mwirigi : Monetization would be through advertising mostly. Still have to work out a business model.