Momokla – About Us
Posted on: February 17, 2010 – Filed under: Kampala
About Mobile Monday kampala
Mobile Monday Kampala (MoMoKla) is the first Ugandan chapter of Mobile Monday Global. Mobile Monday (MoMo) is a global network of mobile industry professionals and startups in 100 cities around the world.
MoMoKla was formed on January, 20th 2010 by a group of 40 founding members consisting of professionals in Uganda’s telecommunication, academia, media and ICT sectors. The chapter will be launched officially on March 8, 2010 (Women’s Day).
Each city chapter discusses issues specific to the local needs in monthly forums, but given the global nature of the mobile industry there is also an exchange of ideas and speakers from around the world.
Originating in Helsinki, Finland, MoMo is now present on every continent of the world, and this annually constitutes the largest event network for the mobile industry. MoMo also holds annual global summits and awards for the best mobile startups in its member network. MoMo is highly regarded by the mobile industry leaders as the cutting edge of mobile innovation.
MoMo has chapters in Finland, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, South Africa, Kenya, France, India, Canada, United States of America, Singapore, Israel, Sweden… the list goes on.
Mission of Mobile Monday Kampala
- To emerge as a thought-leader in the Local Mobile Industry.
- To be a strong promoter of the Local Mobile Industry.
- To build networks between people, companies and finance.
- To bridge the gap between local and global mobile industries
- To highlight the hot topics of the mobile industry
- To share the knowledge of Mobile Industry Experts.
- To introduce and encourage Entrepreneurs.
- To grow globally by Interacting.
A brief History of Mobile Monday
The remarkable MobileMonday phenomenon began almost by accident in Helsinki, Finland during the autumn of 2000. A couple of well-known Finnish visionaries, invited the who’s who of the Finnish mobile industry to a pub for an informal get-together and perhaps a warming drink. The only suitable time? Monday evening.
After meeting many new faces and discussing the latest in mobility, the group decided to continue meeting on the first Monday of each month — and thus, MobileMonday was born. Towards the end of 2004, the movement started to spread to other areas of the world and new MoMo chapters were started in Tokyo, Japan, Silicon Valley, USA as well as Rome and Milan, Italy. Since then, the number of MobileMonday chapters and members has dramatically increased making MobileMonday the world’s leading mobile community.