Thank you Bernard, More to that, we have set up a Co-working space and accelerator, known as the Outbox Hub to further move these ideas into fully fledged businesses.
I shall be giving you the details soon. Cheers, On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Bernard Wanyama <[email protected]>wrote: > Richard, > > Thank you and the members who participated for representing the Republic! > > We applaud the courage and vision you guys have - taking ideas into > the physical realm and winning awards for doing it well. > > Kind regards, > Bernard > > On 8 June 2012 10:51, Richard Zulu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hallo All, > > > > I would like to inform you that over the course of this week, Uganda was > > represented by 4 applications in the recently concluded Pivot East > > competition. > > > > The applications were: > > 1) Easy Order: SMS based ordering and supply chain management application > > that simplifies the way customers order for goods from manufacturers and > > distributors. > > 2) Story spaces: A digital story telling portal > > 3) mPoultry: Brooder poultry monitoring using a mobile phone > > 4) MafutaGo: Helps users find the nearest fuel stations with the prices > and > > Services that best suit their needs. > > > > It is with great joy that I would like to inform you that two of the > > applications each won $10000 in their various categories and they are: > > Easy Order in the Business and resource management category > > MafutaGo in the utilities category > > > > Congratulations to all the developers who represented Uganda at Pivot > > East. http://pivoteast.com/blog/2012/06/and-the-winner-is/ > > > > More to that, I would like to inform you about the launch of the Google > Apps > > developer Challenge > > > > It’s time to show the world what you can do with Google Apps and the > Google > > Drive API. > > > > Developers in 6 regions across the world will win prizes that include > > Chromebooks and up to $20,000 USD with other special prizes for students > and > > female developers! > > > > All you have to do is build and submit an amazing application in one of > > these categories: > > > > Enterprise / Small Business Solutions > > Social / Personal Productivity / Games / Fun > > Not-for-Profit: Education / Water / Food & Hunger / Health > > > > A winner will be chosen for each category, in each region -- 18 prizes in > > total. > > > > Please visit http://www.google.com/events/gadc2012/ for more details. > > > > Cheers, > > > > --------------- > > Richard Zulu > > Program Director, Outbox > > www.outbox.co.ug > > > > Twitter > > www.twitter.com/richardzulu > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardzulu > > > > Skype: zulu.richard > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > > any way. > > > > -- > Bernard Wanyama > Technical Manager > SYNTECH ASSOCIATES Ltd > Kampala, Uganda > Cell: +256 712 193979 > Fixed: +256 414 251591 > Web: www.syntechug.com > Email: [email protected] > -- --------------- Richard Zulu Program Director, Outbox www.outbox.co.ug Twitter www.twitter.com/richardzulu http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardzulu Skype: zulu.richard
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