Welcome to Tech4Africa 2013!
Since we've started, we've made it a priority to listen to the tech community at large so that we could get better and better. 2012 Saw us get a lot of great feedback for the developer day we held, and the general change in format of the 2 day conference.
Overwhelmingly, you folks asked for us to be in Kenya, focussing on developers, relevant content and a stronger focus on African tech.
Well, after a lot of work and preparation for 2013, we're proud to kick off Tech4Africa Nairobi!!
Where: iLab
Start: Registration with Tea & Coffee starts at 8:00am; talks start at 9:30am
Welcome introduction: IBM, iLab, Tech4Africa
Keynote:
Lisa Philips (Head of DFID Kenya)
David Taverner (Head of Strategy, GSMA M4D)
Martin Harris (Head of Technology, GSMA M4D)
This session will cover:
1. Overview of DFID and their involvement in supporting the Tech eco-system.
2. Overview of GSMA and M4D and outline of a current joint project with DFID in Kenya.
3. Outline of some recent mobile tech implementation learnings.
Startup Presentations
Keynote: Tales from the Trenches: Taking Everlytic to market
Keynote: Lessons learned from implementing mobile products across Africa (Kashfi Mahmud, Praekelt Foundation)
IBM GEP Success Stories
USSD Programming (Sam Kitonyi, MyOrder.co.ke)
Sessions:
How to Contribute to Mozilla Localization (Arky, Mozilla)
Talk is cheap. Execution is everything. Product management in the ADD world of today. (Gareth Knight, Tech4Africa, Wedo)
Growth Hacking on App Stores (Trevor Kimenye, Sprout)
Announcement of the IBM Smart Camp winner; The winner will go to the interview stage of the Johannesburg IBM Smart Camp in October
Workshop Sessions:
Why you should deliver your code continuously, and why you’ll become rockstars because of it! (Vinícius Andrade, Thoughtworks)
Mapping Africa with location services – maps, routes, traffic, search (MapIT / TomTom Africa)
Building & Deploying apps on different mobile platforms (IBM)
Closing remarks
Networking Function & AFTERPARTY, brought to you by Everlytic
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