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iHub – Nairobi’s Innovation Hub

It’s an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area. This space is a tech community facility with a focus on young entrepreneurs, web and mobile phone programmers and designers. It is part open community workspace (co-working), part vector for investors and VCs and part incubator. The live launch will take place on Wednesday 3rd of March 2010. Read more…

2010, the year of mobility?

Julien Blin, a Principal Analyst and CEO at technologies research and consulting services company JBB Research, based in USA has 10 predictions for the African wireless market in 2010.  According to him, the African continent will undergo a higher focus on 4G technologies, cheaper, more capable smartphones and improved mobile social networking, payment and entertainment services for its end users in the current year, with 2010 World Cup the main driver in South Africa.

The Latest Smart Phones in the Market

A very Happy New Year to you all. Indeed, this is a very blissful start for some players in the Mobile industry namely;  Google who launched the Nexus One. Here is a nice comparison of the Nexus versus the iPhone 3GS. Check the processor speed of the Nexus. Mama Mia! Will be a popularity battle based on hardware or software (I mean applications here). There is list at the bottom here. Well what is your take?

Categories: Mobile, Research

TEDGlobal 2009 – Oxford, UK and TEDxNairobi

The TED Global 2009 Fellows - Awesome people!

The TED Global 2009 Fellows - Awesome people!

It has been 10 days since my return from Oxford,UK from the TEDGlobal 2009 conference. I am still having the TED CRASH as they call it. Today the 8th of August is my Bday as well as TEDxNairobi.  Stay tuned for my story! 🙂

Jessica speaks on Mobile Technology in Kenya

Categories: Mobile, Research

Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Nairobi with Strathmore University – June 27, 2009

Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Camps are local events for people passionate about using mobile technology for social impact and to make the world a better place. Register Now!

Categories: Mobile, Research