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If we had to sum up 2011 in a sentence: the world is a better place when you do what you love.
The year had its ups and downs and through it all, we gained a deeper appreciation for how far passion can take you … when you channel it properly …
1. Articulate your passion
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Two weeks ago, we launched an e-book, 'African Apps in a Global Marketplace', written by our Technical Director, Andrew Mugoya. Inspired by his experience working on our Afriapps initiative, Andrew has collated ideas, observations, tips and some gripes about the African app industry.
Why write it?
African technology is in an exciting and vibrant phase with many talented developers and an unprecedented access to global markets.
We are really excited and proud to have our Afriapps initiative shortlisted for Kenya's Tandaa Digital Content Grant, under the private companies category. The next stage will require us to present our future goals for the platform and a detailed business plan. As you can imagine, we are hard at work putting this together.
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On the Afriapps blog, Lulu posts her second guest post on the subject of app presentation and offers tips on how designers/developers can use design and positioning to stand out in the crowd.
Check it out here.
Enjoy.
Read more...App development seems to be the current economic frontier. But how do you get in on the action if you have no prior experience or technical expertise? On the Afriapps blog, I outline the steps you need to take and the angles you need to think about.
Check it out here.
I hope you find it helpful.
Read more...In my latest blog post on Afriapps, I ask: are app developers and entrepreneurs using the right yardsticks in measuring success? Have app competitions, Facebook/Twitter fans and investors taken over from good old fashioned fee-paying customers?
Are they wowing the right people?
Check out the blog post here.
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Check out the latest blog post on Afriapps - its a guest post by our very own Creative Director Lulu Kitololo.
In this post, she challenges app developers to ensure their apps don't get lost in the crowd by using captivating design and presentation.
Hope you enjoy it and look out for more insightful posts from her on Afriapps in the coming months.
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There's been no easing into 2011 for us. We've had a great number of enquiries and exciting new commissions that are keeping us super busy.
After relaunching Asilia last August, with our 3-person team, we're at that strange stage where we have all these great projects on the go but can't quite share them yet. We've decided to give you a small sneak peek of sorts, through holding pages and other links to intrigue:
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For the last four months I have been trying out an idea we've had to create a platform to showcase apps from and for Africa. The idea came to us when one of our clients, The Media Legal Defence Initiative, asked us to implement an instance of Ushahidi for them and it got us thinking:
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