[kictanet] Mombasa's Innovation workspace restoration works

[Barrack Otieno]

Congrats Ahmed,

Looking forwad to visiting Swahili box when in Mombasa.

Regards
On Dec 3, 2015 11:20 AM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Agreed Ali. The space itself has been the result of more than 2 years of
> planning and strategy.
>
> But what is it meant to achieve I guess is bigger in the whole bigger
> picture - it can be more than a sabatical visit. Regional inclusion is
> always key. It will be interesting to see how Kenya plays a more Kenyan
> role than a Nairobi role. Opportunity spaces should not be physically
> limited in a cyber connected world.
> On Dec 3, 2015 11:10 AM, "Ali Hussein" <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>
>> Ahmed
>>
>> Alf Mabruk (A thousand congratulations)
>>
>> This is really good progress. it just shows how when a community comes
>> together what can be achieved. I can’t wait to take a ‘sabbatical’ and come
>> and spend time there ‘working’ overlooking the indian ocean!! :-)
>>
>> Well done and congrats to all who made this dream happen. It has been a
>> long time in coming.
>>
>> Thanks & Regards
>>
>> Ali Hussein
>> ali at hussein.me.ke
>>
>> +254 713 601113
>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
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>>
>> On Dec 3, 2015, at 10:17 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> Listers,
>>
>> Quick re-cap on the progress of SwahiliBox innovation space.
>>
>> SwahiliBox <http://swahilibox.co.ke/> - Mombasa's Innovation Workspace
>> as earlier described was under restoration. We now have pictures of the
>> open space's progress in our Facebook Photo Album -
>> https://www.facebook.com/SwahiliBox/photos/pcb.1680652445508155/1680652028841530/?type=3&permPage=1
>>
>> These works now put SwahiliBox at the point in which we can now start
>> putting in equipment to start the work of the open space itself.
>>
>> Looking forward to having an engaging tech eco-system in Mombasa connect
>> to the regional technology space - for the first time.
>>
>> --
>> *Ahmed Maawy*
>> Executive Director - SwahiliBox / M-Power (CBO)
>> Ambassador - Open Knowledge
>> Director - Startup Grind Mombasa
>> Software Developer - AJ+ / EveryLayer
>> (KE) +254 714 960 627
>> Skype: ultimateprogramer
>>
>> swahilibox.co.ke
>> m-power.or.ke
>> www.okfn.org <http://okfn.org/>
>> startupgrind.com
>> ajplus.net
>> www.everylayer.com
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