Blog
Two weeks ago, we launched an e-book, 'African Apps in a Global Marketplace', written by our Technical Director, Andrew Mugoya. Inspired by his experience working on our Afriapps initiative, Andrew has collated ideas, observations, tips and some gripes about the African app industry.
Why write it?
African technology is in an exciting and vibrant phase with many talented developers and an unprecedented access to global markets.
We are really excited and proud to have our Afriapps initiative shortlisted for Kenya's Tandaa Digital Content Grant, under the private companies category. The next stage will require us to present our future goals for the platform and a detailed business plan. As you can imagine, we are hard at work putting this together.
Read more...Steve Jobs, Apple Founder, has resigned. Not only has he done such a great service to design, he's a staunch champion of the most valuable cause of them all – doing what you love. Here's an inspiring quote and video from the legend. Be well Steve!
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On the Afriapps blog, Lulu posts her second guest post on the subject of app presentation and offers tips on how designers/developers can use design and positioning to stand out in the crowd.
Check it out here.
Enjoy.
Read more...App development seems to be the current economic frontier. But how do you get in on the action if you have no prior experience or technical expertise? On the Afriapps blog, I outline the steps you need to take and the angles you need to think about.
Check it out here.
I hope you find it helpful.
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We are very excited to be able to share with you the new Chase Bank Kenya website which we launched several weeks ago. Visit the website and also check out our portfolio for more images and details about the project.
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For the last four months I have been trying out an idea we've had to create a platform to showcase apps from and for Africa. The idea came to us when one of our clients, The Media Legal Defence Initiative, asked us to implement an instance of Ushahidi for them and it got us thinking:
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Pre-warning, this post gets technical midway through :-)
Blankets & Wine is a monthly, picnic style music festival that is held at every first Sunday of the month. It is billed as East Africa's premier music experience thanks to the large number of high-profile musicians and artists who regurlarly grace the stage.
Read more...As a tight and compact unit running a virtual office, one of the biggest challenge we've had to grapple with has been software. How do we install it, share it and maintain it? And most importantly, how do we keep our costs down? The Cloud appears to have offered us quite a few solutions.
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