Mobile Technology and Entrepreneurship (in Kenya)

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    1. Mobile Technology & Entrepreneurship (in Kenya) Wilfred M Mworia Founder: African Pixel & Afrinnovator [email_address] http://www.afrinnovator.com http://wmworia.wordpress.com
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    4. Simple, useful, usable, smartphone apps iPhone, Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile
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    6. Introducing the computing device for Africa!..
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      • SMS/USSD/SIM – Value Add Services
      • Ubiquity and Simplicity
      • User Interface vs. User Experience/Interaction Design
      • Limited capability & Service Provider Reliance
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      • More resources, greater capability
      • Native applications
      • Extensive, well documented Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
      • Development hurdles, market etc
    9. Entrepreneurship…
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    16. The GREAT out-of-box thinking test…
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    18. Tech Startups in Africa won’t necessarily Start in Garages!
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    20. How to get from…
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    22. to…
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    26. A few local hurdles
      • Starting a company in Kenya = looooong procedure
      • Lack of very early stage startup (seed) funding
      • Fiber is not all there is to it – the great convergence…
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    28. Practically for mobile…
      • Pick a platform
      • Learn a bit about the OS in general
        • Understand the environment in which your app will run
        • How the OS treats scenarios like multi-tasking
        • Could help with things like performance tuning
      • Get the tools
      • Learn the APIs
        • Learn as you go – it’s easier to pick what you need and learn it when you need it instead of trying to learn all the APIs beforehand
      • Design is key for consumer apps
    29. In conclusion
      • Know your stuff
      • Be Original!!!
      • Think outside the box
      • Dream!
      • Do something you are passionate about – make meaning
      • Solve a problem
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    31. Wilfred M Mworia Founder: African Pixel [email_address] http://wmworia.wordpress.com
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