Year: <span>2011</span>
Year: 2011

Thanks to delegates who attended the MoMo Kampala meeting on The role of mobiles in reaching farmers

Event: The role of mobiles in reaching farmers in the last mile Dear MoMo Kampala Delegates, Thank you for contributing to making our MoMo Kampala meeting last Monday, on “The role of mobiles in reaching farmers in the last mile”, one of our best events yet!  With 220 delegates registered the MTN Nyonyi Gardens conference room was just about bursting at the seams! I would again like to thank Sean Paavo Krepp for his excellent chaimanship and moderation of the speaker’s panel; and thank the speakers for their splendid presentations, Richard Mwami, Head Public Access and Mobile Money, MTN Uganda, …

Feedback from First MoMo Manchester Event

What were the strengths of the event?  What did you find most useful or enjoyable and why? As a newcomer and working in a different sector, I found this event highly engaging. Good format, would have been better to have name/twitter details of speakers while they spoke Introductions and panel questions worked very well Wide range of views Debate format worked really well It was great to see passion about mobile Very Informative Good mix of folks and interesting panel Strong opinions on the panel – diverse expertise Good and Concise Strengths: location, venue and panelists Very strong debate and …

MoMo Kampala – July 18th – Mobiles in Farming – Presentations

You can download the slides on the links below:

1. Robert Kintu – Managing Director, FIT Uganda, Market Information Systems
Creating Sustainable Farmer Services with Mobile technologies

2. Geresom Okecho – Senior Program Officer Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, NAADS
Mobile Application in Agricultural Extension in Uganda

3. Richard Mwami – Head Public Access & Mobile Money, MTN Uganda, Mobile Poverty Transfers
Mobile Money Payments with WFP

4. Luke Kyohere – Technology Manager, Grameen Foundation
Smartphones in Last Mile Agriculture

MoMo Shanghai – July 25th – Mobile and Social Gaming

Companies like Rovio, which beat all records last May by reaching 200 million downloads of its “Angry Birds” game, PopCap (150 Mil games installed worldwide) and Papaya Mobile (dubbed as the leading mobile social gaming platform in China by VCs and insiders alike) are fighting to make mobile gaming a more social and societal experience. But what is reality in China telling us? Who is really making money? What are the distribution channels and what games can really make it (and why)? Join us on Monday to find out first hand with our outstanding panel composed of […]

MoMo Taipei – Aug. 22nd – Funding a Mobile Startup in Taiwan

Our panelists from venture capital firms and startup companies will discuss the VC, Angel Investor, incubator and entrepreneur point of view on funding and the emerging mobile startup scene in Taiwan: bootstrapping, angel investment or looking for VC investment. And what are the criteria to receive funding and which emerging mobile sectors which are likely to be funded. What should entrepreneurs look for in an investor? […]

MoMo Sao Paulo – July 25th – 22º Encontro: Dinheiro Móvel

Na próxima edição do MoMoSP, debateremos o “Dinheiro Móvel” e as perspectivas para o mercado brasileiro. Os convidados são: Massayuki Fujimoto – CEO da Paggo Sebastian Baudry – Smart Way Cards Systems Agenda: 19:00h Pré-networking 19:50h Boas-vindas MoMoSP! 20:00h Painel “Dinheiro Móvel” 21:00h Networking Horário: 25 julho 2011 de 19:00 a 22:00 Local: Boteco Ferraz Rua: Rua Mário Ferraz […]

Mobile Monday Athens is here!


We’re here! Mobile Monday now lives in Athens! We’re proud to present the Athens chapter of Mobile Monday, the open community platform of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influential individuals. Mobile Monday Athens is an open community for mobile aficionados. Join us and exchange your views and experiences with your fellow mobilists.

Remember – MOMO Joburg Tech 25th July

This is a reminder that are invited to another exciting, interesting and fun Mobile Monday Joburg Tech event on the 25th July at 18:00, which will be sponsored by mLab Southern Africa.

Together with mLab we are hosting and running a survey, your responses will be kept anonymous and will be shared with mLab for their research purposes, to take part in the survey please click here – https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D5V3Y5Q

At this stage we can confirm the following speakers:

  • Ben Zaaiman – CEO of mLab South Africa – he will be telling us more about mLab
  • Steve Vosloo – Mobile Impact Evangelist at mLab South Africa
  • Someone from Nokia ( TBC ) –  Please no questions about WP7! 🙂
  • A surprise for all the techies ( non-techies will also be interested! )
If you have not done so already then click here to book your place ASAP, there are not many seats remaining! – BOOK MY SPOT!

Mobile Monday Joburg Tech sponsored by mLab SA will be hosted at Cafe Culture (Pineslopes Shopping Centre). Café Culture can be found just off Witkoppen Road in Fourways (just opposite Monte Casino). Directions can be found here

Mobile Monday Ethiopia – Innovation Road Show Comes to Addis!

For developing countries like Ethiopia, mobile phones have been a revolution. No longer do remote villages have to wait years for a telephone wire to reach them. Instead families and friends, clients and customers are connected without the need for costly, cumbersome physical infrastructure. It is conceivable that someday soon every Ethiopian will have a mobile phone improving the quality of their lives by opening up an array of personal and commercial opportunities. Building on these positive developments, the city’s premier technological innovation hub, iceaddis, presents Mobile Monday! WHAT: Mobile Monday – Leading mobile phone technology entrepreneurs and visionaries from …