Johannesburg

Google’s top Android developer Justin Mattson is out here from the US and they are having an Android Developer Day on the 5th January…. more info here – https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfctgn4v_12222mfzmmgz&pli=1

Thanks to all that attended and all involved in organising the kick ass and awesome MOMO Joburg event last evening!

The comments have been rolling in this morning and it sounds like we are on the right track with the new format, venue and vibe.

Apologies for the heat last night but this will be sorted next time for sure; as I said there was just too much thinking and excitement and the aircons could not cope!

Look out for a review of the event in the next few days!

MOMO Joburg’s end of the year event is this Monday 22nd November at The Baron on Main in Bryanston! If you have not already registered then please do so urgently, we have 151 registered attendee’s so this is sure to be an awesome event!

See you on Monday!

SAFIPA is presenting a Technology and Business Skills Capacity Building Programme for SMME’s and other relevant role players in the ICT and mobile sector.  We are pleased to invite you to the 2nd module of the ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme which consists of five modules. When? 1 and 2 December 2010 Where? Meraka Institute Auditorium (CSIR) in Pretoria (see map attached)

It is just 1 week to go until the final MOMO Joburg event for 2010 on the 22nd November at 17:30 and everything is set for an exciting and informative evening of networking and awesome presentations! If you have not done so already, please RSVP on our revamped website by clicking on the link – http://bit.ly/cKJdgt Seats are limited and going fast so don’t hesitate, book now! We are excited to confirm the following speakers: Brett StClair ( Specialist on Mobile Media and Mobile Marketing ) ; Mike Stopforth ( Entrepreneur and Social Media Consultant ) and Angus Robinson ( …

SAFIPA is presenting a Technology and Business Skills Capacity Building Programme for SMME’s and other relevant role players in the ICT and mobile sector.  We are pleased to invite you to the "ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme" which consists of five modules.

“2010 in Review – Hot Mobile Innovations and Mobile Gadgets” is MOMO Joburg’s final event of the year and is due to take place on the 22nd November at 17:30 at The Baron on Main, Bryanston. The 2010 in Review topic will serve as a fantastic retrospective on a watershed year in mobile. In addition, and in keeping with the principles of MOMO we’ll also be introducing 2 new regular features these being: the “Mobile Gadget Spot” showcasing the best mobile gadgets of the year and the “Spotlight on Startups” giving mobile startups in Joburg the opportunity to give their …

Get your entries in for the The World Bank – Apps for development competition, there are CASH prizes and exposure on The World Bank Open Data website up for grabs!

More information here – http://appsfordevelopment.challengepost.com/

Two new chairpersons of the MOMO Joburg committee have been elected, these are Richard Walton (Chairman) and Janice Allem ( Deputy Chairperson )

Richard and Janice are hugely excited about taking over the reins of running MOMO Joburg from the founding members

Toni Eliasz has left South African to take up a position at The World Bank and we wish him every success in his new position in Washington DC, thank you Toni for all your hard work over the years with MOMO and we hope that we can take MOMO Joburg forward and make you proud!

Look out for the announcement of our year end MOMO event soon!

We’re happy to be able to post tangible results from the Mobility in Africa Foresight Workshop that we organised in collaboration with SAINe and SAFIPA early June 2010! Below is the first blog post from the SAINe team: We’ve all watched at least one movie dedicated to the future of technology and how far we can take it. Although we have evolved in leaps and bounds there’ve always been questions surrounding this topic such as: Is it really a possibility? How far into the future will all this happen ? Will it be in our lifetime? Will we be the …