mtn apps challenge tamale roadshow
DESCRIPTION
MTN Ghana has launched an apps challenge for mobile developers in Ghana. The objective is to get an initial set of high quality mobile apps for their new app store on MTNPlay. I gave this presentation at an event in Tamale to help promote the contest and provide developers with some useful information on how and where to find resources.TRANSCRIPT
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My Life in Tech&
How you can make it
Agana Agana-NsiireIntruptiv Technologeis
Google Developer Group
Ghana Developer Community
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It all began here
1994: Toshiba Satellite, 16MB RAM,200MB
Hard drive, Windows 3.1
Doom, Prince of Persia, Carmen, Word
Perfect, DOS
Studied science in Secondary School
Self taught Visual Basic and web design
The Braintlebox
Zoology, University of Ghana
MEST
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MEST and Beyond
Learned Technology
Programming
Software development Life Cycle
Project management
Version control (SVN, Git, Mercurial)
Learned business
The power of research (market data)
Customer development
Strategy
Marketing
Customer service
Case studies
Company culture
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Intruptiv
TechnologiesSir Agana-Nsiire AganaSir Nelson KlutseSir Eric Hackman
Standards
Impact
Respect
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Some of our work
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Community Advocacy
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Community Advocacy
Workshops
Boot camps
Code labs
Open discussions
Hackathons
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Opportunity
Payments
Online payemnts (Ozimbo Pay, iWallet, mPawa Payments)
POS (Square)
Local content apps
Translation software (Kasahorow)
Data journalism
African games (Leti Arts)
eCommerce
MOTI
Ahonya, Tonaton, Google Trader
Social Media
http://youngrf.com
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Some Roadblocks
Payments
Mobile money – might seem cumbersome, but talk
to Abdul-Latif
Visa integration
Third party payment services
Pay with airtime? Possible on MTNPlay
Public unawareness
Usability education (onboarding, walkthroughs)
Public education (Talk with Kane, GhanaThink)
Varied technical expertise
Join developer communities, share ideas and
collaborate on problem solving
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Finding and using resources
Google Developer Group mailing list
Ghana Developer Community mailing list
Hacks Hackers (Accra) Start one here?
Ghana Innovation Network for Knowledge
Sharing (GINKS) Newsletter
News digests on ICT events and
announcements
Blogging Ghana
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Finding and using resources
Developer.android.com
Develper.apple.com
Thenewboston.org
Techy-africa.com
Developer.facebook.com
developersinafrica.com
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Why you should compete
MTNPlay offers a local ECOSYSTEM that
will foster continuous creation and
innovation.
Immediate visibility to your market
Payment is sorted out
Hone your tech/product development skills
Learn new things and have fun!
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Winning formula
Keep it simple (Dropbox)
Keep it intuitive (Twitter)
Make it beautiful/delightful (Path)
Talk to your users (Dropifi)
Be data informed, not data driven
(@andrewchen)
Follow the challenge rules carefully