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Strathmore University's @iLabAfrica, @iBizAfrica and IBM have organized a panel discussion on Software Development and Innovation in Kenya. The panel discussion is the grand finale of a two weeks developer work­shop on Cloud, Mobile, Web, Social and the Inter­net of Things. 

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.

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. 

Confirmed panelists include:
  1. Dr. Joseph Sevilla– Dir­ector @iLabAfrica, Strath­more University 
  2. Veron­icah Ogeto Tchoketch– Head of Innov­a­tion at Safar­icom LTD
  3.  Rachel Reinitz-​Distinguished Engin­eer and CTO of Soft­ware Ser­vices for Web­sphere, IBM Soft­ware Group  
  4. Con­rad Akunga– Co-​Founder & Dir­ector of Product Devel­op­ment and Research, Innova Ltd 
  5. ICT Author­ity Kenya  
  6. Kenya Edu­ca­tion Network (KENET)
This event is FREE and open to the pub­lic, espe­cially people in the soft­ware devel­op­ment field, stu­dents, edu­cat­ors and all tech­no­logy enthu­si­asts in the country. 

Date: 22nd May 2014
Venue: Strath­more Uni­ver­sity Auditorium
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Let us know if you are coming by signing up here! We look forward to seeing you.

There will also be two meetups as follows:
  1. Next Generation Application Development Meetup
  2. Big Data Analytics Meetups

Both meetups are free to attend!

Let us know if you will be joining us by signing up here! 

Best Regards,

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Bernard Chiira

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