Hi all, For those who are interested in improving their ability to develop for mobile phones, or have been interested in the EPROM <http://eprom.mit.edu/>program at University of Nairobi, this may be worth checking out. Emobilis is a training facility starting this May focusing on empowering individuals with baseline and advanced skills required to thrive in mobile & wireless technology industry in East Africa. It is aimed squarely at students, developers, and those currently in the industry. Emobilis will offer modules in a variety of focus areas: * Mobile & wireless technology practice (basic & advanced) * MIT/Nokia joint EPROM program - Mobile App development (curriculum developed by MIT professor Nathan Eagle) * GSM for customer care executives Pass by, speak to the tutors, register for a module (you don't have to register for an entire semester). It is a new training academy, and could use feedback from the developer community. Also kindly circulate to friends / colleagues outside of this list who can likely take advantage of registering for the first round of admissions. http://www.emobilis.org 3rd floor, Kipro center, Westlands - opp Parklands baptist church (map) 020-2503049 ** In the interests of full disclosure, I should mention that I know the principals well, and I'm trying to support their growth; I believe their efforts are a validation of the emerging strength/opportunity of Nairobi as a "homebrew" software development hub. Cheers, Denis. -- Denis Gikunda Project Manager, Google