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The Social Media Bubble? Report – Next Week

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We want to focus in the next few days to get the reports from our Kenyan editors as we focus on Kenya and what is happening there. We will continue to cover Kenya. Accordingly the Social Media Bubble Report is pushed to next week. Next week, we will also cover Uganda and what is happening in the emerging technology ecosystem.

Nigerian FA1050X – For Data Datalogging, Gas Monitoring and More. Innovation in Embedded Systems Engineering

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Designed and developed by a Nigerian company,  the FA1050X is a rugged, high-performance embedded microelectronics system with broad range of applications. It is engineered for complex measurements and control functions. It incorporates intelligent control engines that guarantee reliability under extreme conditions, and remote sensing.

 

Light weight, GSM interface, and easy operation make FA1050X your ideal data-acquisition system, for gas, temperature, humidity, light, and wind. The core is a proprietary Flexible Arithmetic Engine implemented as an embedded microelectronics system. It is reconfigurable and adaptive, with interface to computers and cellphones.

 

For more, read FA1050X Datasheet: Rugged, Multi-Application Sensing, Datalogging and Analytic System.

Pilot25 – The Best of African Developers Meet for Chance of $75,000. Mlab Nurturing Innovation And Future Leaders

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Courtesy of mlab –  an incubator and testing facility for mobile application and services companies. Pivot25 is an mlab initiative to bring focus on the Mobile developer and entrepreneur community in East Africa.

 

On June 14th and 15th, 25 of East Africa’s top mobile start-ups will be pitching their ideas to an audience of around 500 people.

 

Where? At Pivot 25, an event organized by mLab East Africa.

 

The event will give visibility to some very interesting projects from Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda or Kenya. Entrepreneurs will pitch their ideas and have the possibility to win prizes. Not only, they will raise a lot of awareness around their project: the audience, the judges, the blog/media coverage will help spread the word of the brilliant ideas that will be presented.

 

The Event will not only showcase developer talent in the region but also bring focus to the mLab and the role that it plays in the mobile application development ecosystem in East Africa. Our goal is to make this truly inclusive, bringing together start-ups, manufacturers, businesses and operators from every country in East Africa: the mLab is accessible to anyone in any of these countries, and Pivot 25 is as well.

 

How to get involved?

There are few ways to get involved with Pivot 25.

  • Enter your startup – the best way to get involved, if you have ideas, knowledge and passion for mobile services. If you make it to the event, the awareness will be huge and the prizes big.
  • Sponsor the event – there are already some great sponsors supporting Pivot25, but a few more places are available. Join us to help raise awareness of the potential of mobile services, coming from East African start-ups.
  • Register to attend – we expect tickets to sell quickly, so get yours now before they’re all gone.

 

Why compete?

Prize Money – Compete for over $75,000 worth of Cash Prizes

DEMO – The Overall Winner of Pivot25 will have the opportunity to present at Demo – The Launchpad for Emerging Technology in Silicon Valley. A Value of over $18,000.

Smart-phones – Winners and participants that are selected in the top 25 will walk away with the latest Smart-phones

Launch your Product – You can use this opportunity to Launch your Application to the Mobile Fraternity

Pitch your Application – This is a great opportunity to pitch your application to Operators, Angels and Venture Capitalists

Demopit – Showcase your application in the Demopit. The Demopit will be a designated area for all Companies that are participating in the Competition. This will give you an ideal opportunity to network and demonstrate your applications.

Invitation – Africa Investor Breakfast Roundtable, South Africa, May 2011

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Beautiful, we received an official invitation to attend the Africa investor above named program.

 

…The International Marketing Council and Africa Investor will be hosting their second annual  High-Level Africa Breakfast Roundtable in Cape-Town on the eve of the (WEF) Africa in South Africa on the 3rd of May 2011. I would like to take this opportunity to extend our invitation to you….

 

 

Flix Movie Guide – Hollywood Must Watch This Kenyan Startup

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For the movie lovers, Flix has a  goal is to give you the most updated cinema database in Kenya. So Flix = Movies and Cinema Guide in Kenya.

 

Currently you can access the database through the following channels

• Mobile(web)

• Can be used on a regular browser

• Blackberry launcher

• Iphone “launcher”

• Bada applicaCon

• Facebook version

 

It is very interesting – visit the site, select the studio and date and it will sort out the movies.  Innovation is here and it is just starting.