Monday, August 2, 2010
Google Developer Conference Coming to Uganda!
I have always been fascinated by Google, the power, the strength and most interestingly the potential. So imagine my delight a few days ago when I realized the Google Office was just next door to mine. Situated in a nice lofty Fourth floor office it overlooks the city and is indeed a Google space. As I hang out with a couple of developers who had come to attend a small after-party post a Python coders' session part sponsored by Google, Uganda Linux User Group, The Uganda Google Tech User group, Appfrica and a couple of the other tech enthusiasts in Kampala.
As we talked about technologies and the potentially immense potential for releasing millions from the tight grip of poverty, I couldn’t help but think about an article I had read that had posed the inimitable question, “How do you reach 50 Million?” It was premised on new data that said that over 50 million people were emerging out of poverty in the developing nations of the world every year. And in is resolution it said that the technology of the future was going to have to be simple, cheap, and green. Three concepts that are still evade the amalgamation machinery that drives a lot of our innovations today.
In other news Google is hosting an event in Kampala to teach the use of Google technologies and products in Africa…
“Google is dedicated to making the Internet relevant and useful to Africans, and to developing meaningful products for Africa. We realize fully, we can not do this alone. We believe that tech entrepreneurs and developers have the opportunity to transform the web for the world and Africa.”
With this in mind, Google is hosting developer and tech days across Africa with an exciting event, G-Uganda, taking place early this September. These web and mobile themed conferences will focus on Google’s developer and business technologies from Chrome Extensions, App Engine, to mobile and AdWords. Attendees will have the chance to explore Google’s open source technologies through a combination of tech talks, breakout sessions and code-labs run by engineers and business teams from across the globe.
G-Uganda will be held on September 1st – 2nd at Speke Conference Centre just outside of Kampala.
Each day of the conference will cater to a different audience, spanning professional developers, students and tech marketers. Take a look at the sites (G-Uganda) to learn more about a G-day that might fit your appetite. You must pre-register as space is limited.
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