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John Matogo</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Bernard Chiira</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chiira1st@gmail.com">chiira1st@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:33 AM<br>Subject: [Skunkworks] Panel Session: Software Development and Innovation in Kenya<br>To: Skunkworks Mailing List <<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>><br>
<br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Greetings,</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please share widely within your networks and feel free to join us:<br>
<br>Strathmore University's @iLabAfrica, @iBizAfrica and IBM have organized a panel discussion on Software Development and Innovation in Kenya. The panel discussion <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Segoe UI',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19.5px">is the grand finale of a two weeks developer workshop on Cloud, Mobile, Web, Social and the Internet of Things. </span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The panel session will examine the current state of software development in Kenya, the future of software development, as well as provide an opportunity for the Next Generation Application Development workshop trainees to showcase apps developed using the IBM BlueMix platform, over the period of the two weeks training program.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The panel session will be attended by highly influential technology and ICT stakeholders in Kenya from the private sector, government and the Kenya software development community at large. </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Confirmed panelists include:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><ol><li style="margin-left:15px">
Dr. Joseph Sevilla– Director @iLabAfrica, Strathmore University <br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Veronica Ogeto Tchoketch– Head of Innovation at Safaricom L<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;display:inline">
td</div><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"> Rachel Reinitz-Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Software Services for Websphere, IBM Software Group <br>
</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Conrad Akunga– Co-Founder & Director of Product Development and Research, Innova Ltd <br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">ICT Authority Kenya <br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">
Kenya Education Network (KENET)<br></li></ol></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div><font size="4">This event is FREE</font> and open to the public, especially people in the software development field, students, educators and all technology enthusiasts in the country. </div>
<div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><b>Date</b>: 22nd May 2014</div><div style="font-size:13px"><b>Venue</b>: Strathmore University Auditorium</div><div style="font-size:13px"><b>Time</b>: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm</div>
<div style="font-size:13px"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Let us know if you are coming by signing up <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-discussion-software-development-and-innovation-in-kenya-tickets-11615589541" target="_blank">here</a>! We look forward to seeing you.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">There will also be two meetups as follows:</div><div><ol><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Next Generation Application Development Meetup</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Big Data Analytics Meetups</span><br></li></ol></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<b><font size="4">Both meetups are free to attend!</font></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Let us know if you will be joining us by signing up <a href="http://www.ilabafrica.ac.ke/index.php/media-news/news/391-catch-the-biggest-developer-meetups-on-mobile-and-big-data-at-ilabafrica-strathmore-university-with-ibm" target="_blank">here</a>! </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Best Regards,</div><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><font face="georgia, serif" color="#666666">Bernard Chiira</font><div>
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<br><font face="georgia, serif">John Matogo<br>Manager<br>Incubation Centre, @iBizAfrica<br>Strathmore University<br>P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA<br>Tel: +254 070 303 4280 (direct line)<br>Personal Mobile:+254 722 813 533</font><div>
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