<div dir="ltr"><div>Most welcome Barrack. <br><br>Looking forward to having you visit the place sooner or later...<br><br></div>Ahmed<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Barrack Otieno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>Congrats Ahmed,</p>
<p>Looking forwad to visiting Swahili box when in Mombasa.</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Dec 3, 2015 11:20 AM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><p dir="ltr">Agreed Ali. The space itself has been the result of more than 2 years of planning and strategy.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 3, 2015 11:10 AM, "Ali Hussein" <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Ahmed<div><br></div><div>Alf Mabruk (A thousand congratulations)</div><div><br></div><div>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!! :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Well done and congrats to all who made this dream happen. It has been a long time in coming.</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 3, 2015, at 10:17 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Listers,<br><br></div><div>Quick re-cap on the progress of SwahiliBox innovation space.<br></div><div><br></div><a href="http://swahilibox.co.ke/" target="_blank">SwahiliBox</a> - 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 - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SwahiliBox/photos/pcb.1680652445508155/1680652028841530/?type=3&permPage=1" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/SwahiliBox/photos/pcb.1680652445508155/1680652028841530/?type=3&permPage=1</a><br><br></div>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.<br><br></div>Looking forward to having an engaging tech eco-system in Mombasa connect to the regional technology space - for the first time.<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>Ahmed Maawy</b><br>Executive Director - SwahiliBox / M-Power (CBO)<br>Ambassador - Open Knowledge<br>Director - Startup Grind Mombasa<br>Software Developer - AJ+ / EveryLayer<br>(KE) +254 714 960 627<br>Skype: ultimateprogramer<br><br><a href="http://swahilibox.co.ke/" target="_blank">swahilibox.co.ke</a><br><a href="http://m-power.or.ke/" target="_blank">m-power.or.ke</a><br><a href="http://okfn.org/" target="_blank">www.okfn.org</a><br><a href="http://startupgrind.com/" target="_blank"><span>startupgrind.com</span></a><br><a href="http://ajplus.net/" target="_blank">ajplus.net</a><br><a href="http://www.everylayer.com/" target="_blank">www.everylayer.com</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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