Building "LakeHub "- Tech Hub in Kisumu
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western. We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards. At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu) I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s). We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those. Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
Great move. I am sure with this Kisumu will become a centre of innovation. unfortunately, i do not have any experience in handling such projects. Only that i can help get a media personality to cover your story and highlight these needs. maybe someone willing to help can contact you then. Regards, Martin On 20 May 2013 08:29, LakeHub Kisumu <lakehub@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here
A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western.
We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards.
At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu)
I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising
And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s).
We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those.
Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
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Great initiative. Congratulations. This is a breath of freshness. All the best. Regards. John Matogo On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 8:29 AM, LakeHub Kisumu <lakehub@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here
A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western.
We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards.
At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu)
I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising
And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s).
We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those.
Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
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-- Regards, John Matogo Manager Incubation Centre, @iBizAfrica Strathmore University P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 070 303 4280 (direct line) Personal Mobile:+254 722 813 533 Twitter: @jmatogo LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/avcn7qu Web: www.strathmore.edu and http://www.ibizafrica.co.ke/ -- Note: All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore's Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here<http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=184>to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".
Hi, Would be nice if you talked to the iHub/Nailab/M-lab/ founders, some of them who are lurking somewhere on the mailing list. They should get you going on all the above listed items. Regards, On 20 May 2013 10:06, John Matogo <jmatogo@strathmore.edu> wrote:
Great initiative. Congratulations.
This is a breath of freshness. All the best.
Regards.
John Matogo
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 8:29 AM, LakeHub Kisumu <lakehub@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here
A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western.
We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards.
At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu)
I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising
And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s).
We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those.
Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
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-- Regards,
John Matogo Manager Incubation Centre, @iBizAfrica Strathmore University P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 070 303 4280 (direct line) Personal Mobile:+254 722 813 533 Twitter: @jmatogo LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/avcn7qu Web: www.strathmore.edu and http://www.ibizafrica.co.ke/
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Hello, On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:10 AM, James Muendo <timrick@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Would be nice if you talked to the iHub/Nailab/M-lab/ founders, some of them who are lurking somewhere on the mailing list. They should get you going on all the above listed items.
It would be more helpful if you pointed @LakeHub to the founders of those other tech hubs (send him the actual e-mail addresses off-list if need be, do minimal introductions, etc). It might not be to obvious to him or even the rest of us listers who they all are.
Keep up the good work Lakeside Hub! Martin.
Regards,
On 20 May 2013 10:06, John Matogo <jmatogo@strathmore.edu> wrote:
Great initiative. Congratulations.
This is a breath of freshness. All the best.
Regards.
John Matogo
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 8:29 AM, LakeHub Kisumu <lakehub@gmail.com>wrote:
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here
A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western.
We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards.
At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu)
I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising
And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s).
We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those.
Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
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-- Regards,
John Matogo Manager Incubation Centre, @iBizAfrica Strathmore University P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 070 303 4280 (direct line) Personal Mobile:+254 722 813 533 Twitter: @jmatogo LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/avcn7qu Web: www.strathmore.edu and http://www.ibizafrica.co.ke/
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Good work guys. Moses. On 20 May 2013 08:29, "LakeHub Kisumu" <lakehub@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here
A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western.
We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards.
At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu)
I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising
And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s).
We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those.
Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
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How do i participate in this venture. On 5/20/13, LakeHub Kisumu <lakehub@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here
A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western.
We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards.
At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu)
I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising
And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s).
We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those.
Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
Dear LakeHub team,First of all, I would like to congratulate you on coming up with this phenomenal idea. A journey of a thousand miles always starts with the first step; and you are absolutely on the right path towards building the next iHub. I would suggest that you join AfriLabs. From there website "AfriLabs exists to support the growth of communities around African technology hubs and to encourage expansion of the network by providing tools and resources for new and emerging labs. We do this by providing best practices, mentoring, networking opportunities and other resources for high-potential entrepreneurs." I believe getting in touch and sharing your unique tech hub experiences and needs with other HubSpots across the continent will help you streamline the future of your noble initiative. You could also plan a visit to iHub/NaiLab - Nairobi, Kenya, Hive Colab - Uganda or m:Lab EA to get more exposure and learn from there beginnings.I wish you the very best in the tech hub space and would be glad to hear your future success story. Kind Regards,Kipchumba.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:58 +0300 From: lucas.oketch@gmail.com To: skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Building "LakeHub "- Tech Hub in Kisumu
How do i participate in this venture.
On 5/20/13, LakeHub Kisumu <lakehub@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here
A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western.
We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards.
At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu)
I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising
And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s).
We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those.
Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
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Hello again LakeSiders, I just wanted to mention that: 2) If you are interested in getting some of your members to learn Python and related tooling, I will be really glad to help. Since I am physically far away from your location, we can arrange for video sessions when and if you have time for it. My main interest is to get people to work with Django for doing development on the Web, 2) I am also currently into the FreeBSD technology stack for servers. We can think of something together if you want, 3) The area of machine learning is also interesting especially when analyzing huge data sets, like AstroPhysical data or data from Particles detected inside accelerators and colliders. We could learn this together in the near future along with the help of a few *much more* qualified people than I. Martin On May 20, 2013 7:34 PM, "Kipchumba" <me@kipchumba.com> wrote:
Dear LakeHub team, First of all, I would like to congratulate you on coming up with this phenomenal idea. A journey of a thousand miles always starts with the first step; and you are absolutely on the right path towards building the next iHub.
I would suggest that you join AfriLabs <http://afrilabs.com>. From there website "AfriLabs exists to support the growth of communities around African technology hubs and to encourage expansion of the network by providing tools and resources for new and emerging labs. We do this by providing best practices, mentoring, networking opportunities and other resources for high-potential entrepreneurs."
I believe getting in touch and sharing your unique tech hub experiences and needs with other HubSpots across the continent will help you streamline the future of your noble initiative.
You could also plan a visit to iHub/NaiLab - Nairobi, Kenya, Hive Colab - Uganda or m:Lab EA to get more exposure and learn from there beginnings. I wish you the very best in the tech hub space and would be glad to hear your future success story.
Kind Regards, Kipchumba.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:58 +0300 From: lucas.oketch@gmail.com To: skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Building "LakeHub "- Tech Hub in Kisumu
How do i participate in this venture.
On 5/20/13, LakeHub Kisumu <lakehub@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here
A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western.
We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards.
At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu)
I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising
And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s).
We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those.
Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
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Congrats to all those behind the lakehub initiative. What about organising a Mozilla themed meet up which shall be skewed towards the yet to be launched Firefox OS and how to develop html5 apps. All I would need is the attendees time and attention. But first I would need from you a reply to my offlist email to you. Cheers, Stephen On 21 May 2013 08:03, "Martin Chiteri" <martin.chiteri@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello again LakeSiders,
I just wanted to mention that:
2) If you are interested in getting some of your members to learn Python and related tooling, I will be really glad to help. Since I am physically far away from your location, we can arrange for video sessions when and if you have time for it. My main interest is to get people to work with Django for doing development on the Web,
2) I am also currently into the FreeBSD technology stack for servers. We can think of something together if you want,
3) The area of machine learning is also interesting especially when analyzing huge data sets, like AstroPhysical data or data from Particles detected inside accelerators and colliders. We could learn this together in the near future along with the help of a few *much more* qualified people than I.
Martin On May 20, 2013 7:34 PM, "Kipchumba" <me@kipchumba.com> wrote:
Dear LakeHub team, First of all, I would like to congratulate you on coming up with this phenomenal idea. A journey of a thousand miles always starts with the first step; and you are absolutely on the right path towards building the next iHub.
I would suggest that you join AfriLabs <http://afrilabs.com>. From there website "AfriLabs exists to support the growth of communities around African technology hubs and to encourage expansion of the network by providing tools and resources for new and emerging labs. We do this by providing best practices, mentoring, networking opportunities and other resources for high-potential entrepreneurs."
I believe getting in touch and sharing your unique tech hub experiences and needs with other HubSpots across the continent will help you streamline the future of your noble initiative.
You could also plan a visit to iHub/NaiLab - Nairobi, Kenya, Hive Colab - Uganda or m:Lab EA to get more exposure and learn from there beginnings. I wish you the very best in the tech hub space and would be glad to hear your future success story.
Kind Regards, Kipchumba.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:58 +0300 From: lucas.oketch@gmail.com To: skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Building "LakeHub "- Tech Hub in Kisumu
How do i participate in this venture.
On 5/20/13, LakeHub Kisumu <lakehub@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here
A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western.
We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards.
At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu)
I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising
And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s).
We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those.
Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
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Start small, work with what you have in your hands. Resources have never prevented anyone from progressing. Best Regards On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 6:38 PM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev@gmail.com>wrote:
Congrats to all those behind the lakehub initiative. What about organising a Mozilla themed meet up which shall be skewed towards the yet to be launched Firefox OS and how to develop html5 apps. All I would need is the attendees time and attention.
But first I would need from you a reply to my offlist email to you.
Cheers, Stephen On 21 May 2013 08:03, "Martin Chiteri" <martin.chiteri@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello again LakeSiders,
I just wanted to mention that:
2) If you are interested in getting some of your members to learn Python and related tooling, I will be really glad to help. Since I am physically far away from your location, we can arrange for video sessions when and if you have time for it. My main interest is to get people to work with Django for doing development on the Web,
2) I am also currently into the FreeBSD technology stack for servers. We can think of something together if you want,
3) The area of machine learning is also interesting especially when analyzing huge data sets, like AstroPhysical data or data from Particles detected inside accelerators and colliders. We could learn this together in the near future along with the help of a few *much more* qualified people than I.
Martin On May 20, 2013 7:34 PM, "Kipchumba" <me@kipchumba.com> wrote:
Dear LakeHub team, First of all, I would like to congratulate you on coming up with this phenomenal idea. A journey of a thousand miles always starts with the first step; and you are absolutely on the right path towards building the next iHub.
I would suggest that you join AfriLabs <http://afrilabs.com>. From there website "AfriLabs exists to support the growth of communities around African technology hubs and to encourage expansion of the network by providing tools and resources for new and emerging labs. We do this by providing best practices, mentoring, networking opportunities and other resources for high-potential entrepreneurs."
I believe getting in touch and sharing your unique tech hub experiences and needs with other HubSpots across the continent will help you streamline the future of your noble initiative.
You could also plan a visit to iHub/NaiLab - Nairobi, Kenya, Hive Colab - Uganda or m:Lab EA to get more exposure and learn from there beginnings. I wish you the very best in the tech hub space and would be glad to hear your future success story.
Kind Regards, Kipchumba.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:58 +0300 From: lucas.oketch@gmail.com To: skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Building "LakeHub "- Tech Hub in Kisumu
How do i participate in this venture.
On 5/20/13, LakeHub Kisumu <lakehub@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Skunkworks - call for help here
A little over a month ago a crew of techies - university students and young professionals got together to organize a community for like-minded coders and hackers in Nyanza/Western.
We've gotten off to a good start. LakeHub (www.lakehub.co.ke) has held two "Tech Workshops" that have covered topics ranging from an Intro to Mobile App Programming to Design Thinking to mildly more sophisticated "Blink" programs with a couple Arduino (Mega) boards.
At the moment, we have an agreement with a coffee shop that has a private room and an outside garden each of which can fit about 30 people that their space is our space on Saturdays from 1-5 PM (tea and mandazi provided). Every other week we hold a semi-formal tech workshop, the weeks in between are a fully casual hang-out. We've been getting 25 people at the workshops and 8-10 at the hangouts. There is a crew of 5 that meet on Wednesday to plan the events and try to collect and share resources etc. We have a listserve, a Twitter account (@LakeHub) and a Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/LakeHubKisumu)
I'm hoping you all can help with how we can best move forward from here. We know a handful of priorities: * Permanent Space * Strong / Reliable Internet Connection * Fundraising
And we're looking for two broad categories of input: 1) Specific leads on the topics mentioned above - advice on how to secure them, individuals, companies, or organizations we can connect to, or introductions to those people/places 2) Concrete suggestions for how to build up the community and program(s).
We're leaning on a few people as our main "trainers", though we are encouraging those that are looking for training to also take on their own projects. We want to host some sort of BarCamp as a big event in a couple months, we want to connect with business(es) in the area, and/or with local/county government. We're dreaming big and moving at a pretty good pace, but we want your ideas, support, guidance, networks, and experience to help us do more of both of those.
Please (please) feel free to share your thoughts with us through lakehub@gmail.com or with a post here. Thanks for the time and suggestions / looking forward to the conversation and progress.
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participants (10)
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Barrack Otieno -
James Muendo -
John Matogo -
Kipchumba -
LakeHub Kisumu -
lucas oketch -
martin chege -
Martin Chiteri -
Moses -
stephen wanjau