Dakar

Event: August 19, 2013 at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation – Register Here Focus: Mobile marketing and its opportunities in the Senegalese ecosystem 18h – 18:10 – Introduction 6:10 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. – Return of the project on the identification of the mobile ecosystem in Senegal (http://mobileecosystem.org) Dr. Christelle Scharff, Pace University, New York, USA, has just spent 10 months in Senegal as a Fulbright Scholar. It trains more than 400 students and mobile developers (Java ME, Android, jQuery Mobile and mobile testing) since 2008. 6:20 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. – Mobile marketing and mobile economy Abubakar Sadikh Ndiaye. This …

Join us at the next Mobile Monday Dakar event on mHealth at the West African Research Center. The event will be in English and French as Stella Luk speaks both languages. Title: Lessons Learned in mHealth Design – Please Register in Advance Here. Abstract: Stella will talk about some of the in’s and out’s of user-centred design and agile development of mHealth applications and systems in the community health context. Bio: Stella Luk is a computer scientist, international lawyer, road warrior, and jack of all trades. She has developed Internet Tools for IBM, provided project management and M&E support to …

M-Agriculture: How ICT is Being Used to Increase the Productivity of Poor Farmers by Judy Payne USAID e-Business Advisor, USAID, Washington DC Judy Payne Will Cover Some Promising business models, Some related Investments by the Private Sector, and how the Gates / USAID mFarmer Initiative is Progressing. Location: The event will be held at WARC near DHL / Corniche — Register Here Program: 17.30 Establishment 18.00 Presentation by Judy Payne with introduction of Levi R. Smylie, Economic Officer, U.S. Embassy 18.45 Questions / Answers mod er ed by Christelle Scharff 19.30 Refreshments 20.00 End of meeting MoMo in mind, the mood of the …

Mobile Monday Dakar – 21 Novembre 2011 18h Présentation : « Révolutionner la Pratique des Droits Humains au Niveau Communautaire avec le Mobile »  par Guillaume Debar, Program Officer à Tostan Lieu : Fondation Konrad Adenauer La prochaine rencontre de Mobile Monday Dakar, première communauté des professionnels du mobile au Sénégal, portera sur l’utilisation des technologies mobiles par les ONGs. La rencontre débutera par une présentation intitulée « Révolutionner la Pratique des Droits Humains au Niveau Communautaire avec le Mobile »  par Guillaume Debar, Program Officer à Tostan. Il y discutera des meilleures pratiques dans la mise en place de solutions mobiles et des challenges …

After several months of negotiation via email and a trip to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, we finally signed the contract and launched Mobile Monday Dakar! Mobile Monday Dakar is the first-ever Mobile Monday chapter of French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa. There has been lots of buzz around mobility in Kenya, Uganda, South Africa… but now French-speaking countries are starting to make the news! Here are some 2010 numbers and facts about Senegal provided by the Senegalese telecom regulator, ARTP (Agence de Regulation des Telecommunications et des Postes). Senegal has more than 8 million phone subscribers distributed amongst Orange (61%), …

La rencontre débutera par une présentation de Laurent Kiba, chef du département Mobile Payment à Orange Sénégal. Il y discutera du lancement de Orange Money au Sénégal, qu’il a piloté, et des premiers bilans que l’on peut tirer de l’opération. S’en suivra ensuite une séance de questions/réponses et un débat ouvert entre les invités présents. L’évenement aura lieu à JokkoLabs, premier innovation hub d’Afrique Francophone. Il sera agrémenté d’un cocktail dînatoire aux couleurs locales. Dans l’esprit MoMo, et Jokkolabs d’ailleurs, l’ambiance de la rencontre sera détendue et informelle. Où ? A Jokkolabs, voir Google Map en PJ Quand ? Lundi …