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Ask Questions About Heath Issues – DokitaSays Got Answers For You. A Great Idea That Must Be Nurtured In Nigeria

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DokitaSays is platform for question and answer for health-focused issues.The site is structured to enable users to answers questions and possibly get answers from real doctors. Of course, we are not sure that the answers on their site were written by doctors.

 

This is a very innovative idea that can actually go African-wide if resources are put into it. If the user base is expanded and more health experts provide good answers, this could become a game changer.

 

Most of the questions are unanswered despite being there for 6 months. The challenge will not just getting the answers but also differentiating them from WebMD and other highly known brands in the world. So, for the owners of this site, innovation can be focusing on local ailments like malaria, TB, polio, etc that Westerners do not have much expertise. That way, you can become an authority on something!

 

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I Spoke With Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore

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In a conversation, Feb 12, 2010, at TED 2010 in an early morning breakfast, I asked United States Senator & former VP Al Gore  a question on the implications of global climate acts if energy MNCs (multinational corporations) fail to respect them in developing nations like Nigeria where many MNCs continue to pollute the environment despite decades of environmental laws. I explained the ambiguity of trusting the United States to lead the world on global climate protection since it has become evident that what matters is what happens in the United States and not anywhere else.

These firms do in Nigeria what cannot be done in Texas because they see the world from two lenses. Because of their influences, they manipulate Africa’s political class and overrun a weak judicial system. And they get away from environmental justice. So why bother over global warming?

The ecosystem is interconnected. If the United States and Europe secure their skies and Nigeria continues to allow gas flaring, the world is not safe indeed because ecological forces could make its impacts extend beyond the shores of Nigeria.

In his response, the Senator apologized to me. He was genuine in his words on the activities of these MNCs and IOCs. He proposed some ways he could help. At the end, unless Nigerian legal system rises, companies will exploit the weakest links. Al Gore indeed wants to see Nigeria deepen its environmental justice and enforcement. If our parliament, judiciary and non-profits do not put a severe price for destroying our environments, no company, local or foreign, will respect anything in the books.

Back to the breakfast – it was an invitation only breakfast conversation in TED 2010 at Long Beach, California. It took place in the Westin Hotel on Feb 12, 2010.

A University Selects Fasmicro To Train Its Students and Staff on Embedded Systems & Mobile Apps (Android)

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We are very excited that Fasmicro (parent company of tekedia.com) will travel to the Western part of the nation to help a university train its students on embedded systems and Android app development. Details of this program which will be available to the general public is being worked out. Fasmicro will also setup for the private university an Android Lab as well as Embedded Systems Lab.

 

The content below is an Introduction to our proposal to the school.

 

Introduction: Over the last few decades, new technology applications have become very central to the process of socio-economic development of nations. The application of ICT integrates people, processes and tools efficiently and cheaply boosts economic growth and productivity. It continues to revolutionize all aspects of human existence, both in the public and private sectors, by connecting individuals, organizations, and countries electronically in mutually dependent global relationships.

 

Increasingly, the world is experiencing new dimensions in knowledge acquisition, creation, dissemination and usage. Microelectronics, the engine of modern commerce and industry, directly or indirectly, is enabling these revolutionary changes. When this technology advances, a dawn emerges in global economy in speed, efficiency and capacity. Yet, despite its pervasive impacts on daily lives and businesses, it remains to be diffused in Africa. A vision of knowledge workers cannot be achieved in this continent without a creative microelectronics program. Accordingly,  Fasmicro plans to provide technical direction and support to universities, policy-makers and small and medium enterprises towards advancing Africa’s technical capability, including microelectronics, mobile apps, signal processing and embedded systems in general, through this workshop.

Fasmicro Will Enter Android Developer Challenge – Ovim AppStore Under Lite Edition

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Fasmicro ( the parent company of Tekedia) will be participating in the Google Developer Challenge for sub-Sahara Africa. Accordingly, there will be minor delays in the opening of all Apps in Ovim AppStore. Because of the terms of the competition which eliminates any publicly available apps, we will not be releasing most of the Apps; so we will run only some Apps while the key ones will be used for the competition. We ask our customers and fans to understand.

 

Ovim App Store is hosted in apps.fasmicro.net.

 

Competition Overview

Welcome to the Android Developer Challenge, Sub Saharan Africa! You can participate by developing a killer application built on Android. The sections below provide information about the types of applications you can enter, as well as the contest information and dates.

Developers submit their apps to one of three specially-designated ADC categories beginning June 1st at 12 AM GMT. An application may only be submitted to a single category.

Categories

  • Entertainment / Media / Games
  • Social Networking / Communication
  • Productivity / Tools / Local / Geo

 

To determine the winner, there is a two round submission process. All apps that want to be considered for the competition, must be submit by July 1st, 2011. There are three competition regions — West & Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. Applications will then be reviewed by our judging committee for the top three apps in each region by category (27 in total). Those who reach the final round, will be awarded Android devices and given six weeks to make their apps even better. Finally, our winners in each category will be announced September 12th and will be awarded $25,000. A combined total of $75,000 will be awarded.

 

Timeline

  • April 14th: Competition begins.
  • June 1st: App submissions open.
  • July 1st: First round submissions are due at 11:59 PM GMT.
  • July 15th: Finalist applications announced.
  • August 30th: Finalist applications are due at 11:59 PM GMT.
  • September 12th: Winners are announced.

Tech-In Governance Gets A Winner – Now Is The Time To Start Planning for Next Series

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Tech-In Governance is the maiden edition of the Tech-IN Series, a quarterly unusual event aimed at harnessing the power of technology for economic development in Nigeria. It focuses on technology innovation and application for citizen participation in governance. The maiden edition was won by Kathleen Ndongmo – a Cameroonian. This program is designed to run for every three months and now is the time to start planning for the competition.

 

 

How it works:

Tech-IN Governance starts with a 6week call for ideas and close with a 48hr intense co-creation activity.

The call for ideas: is an open call for Nigerians to think and submit creative web/mobile based ideas that have potentials to transform citizen participation in governance. Your idea will need to be focused on addressing the specified need (citizen participation in governance), technology must be central to its purpose and it must be novel (you’ve got to make something new).

 

Selection by panel of judges: an independent panel of judges will select 6 ideas from all the ideas received. The judges will choose the ideas which they think hold the greatest potential benefit most from Tech-In Governance and transform how Nigerians participate in the management of their country.

 

Get involved: if you don’t want to submit an idea in the first place, you can still get involved. In fact, you’re really important. We need the help of a huge range of people – from software developers through to civil servants, from digital media lawyers to people with expertise in governance – to help make the selected ideas a reality.

 

You can volunteer to come along for the event; you have to tell us what you’re interested in and what your skills are (geek, social innovator, entrepreneur etc) and we’ll help you get the most out of Tech-In Governance.

 

The 48hrs: this is an open space and a living lab with the aim of transforming a set of early-stage ideas into prototypes in 48hrs. Participants will be organised into teams to work on each of the 6 ideas – so expect organised chaos with a lots of fun and interaction. You’ll be part of a team working to harness the power of “US” to create novel solutions.

 

Show and Tell: We expect that by the end of the weekend you’ll be part of a team with a basic working model web/mobile solution that contribute to the transformation of citizen participation in governance in Nigeria. The event will close with a Show and Tell pitching competition which will include some prizes for the winning ideas which demonstrate the greatest potential to create real change.

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