Where: Abidjan,Cote d’Ivoire,West Africa

When:12 -13 November 2010

What:Definuméric is an annual competition of ICTs which includes all stakeholders in the Internet: webmasters, web designers, media creators, bloggers,community managers
The theme for this 1st edition is ICTs and environmental protection.

Official site [ In French]

Nairobi, Kenya — CIO East Africa, the leading magazine for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in East Africa, will host the East Africa CIO 100 Premier Annual Awards Competition at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya from 16 – 19 Nov 2010. The event will draw participants from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

The first annual East Africa CIO 100 Awards will celebrate 100 organizations (and the people within them) that are using information technology in innovative ways to deliver business value, whether by creating competitive advantage, optimizing business processes, enabling growth or improving relationships with customers.
“A CIO 100 Award is an acknowledged mark of enterprise excellence. For more than 24 years, the CIO 100 Awards has honored 100 companies each year that demonstrate excellence and achievement in IT across the globe,” said Harry Hare, the Editorial Director of CIO East Africa. The inaugural East Africa CIO 100 Awards is the first time that companies from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will be distinguished for their innovative use of IT.
CIO 100 recognizes organizations that have taken risks on emerging technology or deployed the tried-and-true in a new way. Maybe an organization has built a better business process or fostered closer collaboration. Or an organization found ways to get more from existing customers, to pursue new markets, to save money or to make more. CIO is an opportunity for businesses to share with their peers about the technology innovations that have enabled or led the way to greater success for their organization.
Mr Hare said, to be selected, applicants must show not only that they have executed their project well, but that they have done so in uncommon, innovative ways: “…pioneering a new technology, applying a familiar technology to a new purpose, setting the bar higher for competitors.” And they must demonstrate business value, not just IT benefits.
CIO East Africa has partnered with Synnovate who will take the interested participants through the survey process. Synnovate is a global leader in research with extensive experience and an impressive client base in the region.
“This is the first initiative of its kind within this sector and we are very excited to partner with regional professional organisations such as Synnovate and Delloite to make sure that the quality of the outcome is comparable to the US edition of CIO 100,” Mr. Hare continued.
To be eligible, companies will need to have an annual turn over of at least US$650,000 (approximately Kshs. 50 million), be tax compliant, and in operation for at least 3 years. The organization can be drawn from the private sector, public sector or any non governmental organizations. The closing date for all applications is Fri 1 Oct 2010.
The East Africa CIO 100 Premier Annual Symposium & Awards Ceremony will be held at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya from 16 – 19 Nov 2010. The CIO 100 Premier Annual Awards Competition will honor leading companies that demonstrate excellence and achievement in innovation and business value.
Additional information on the CIO 100 Premier Annual Awards Competition is available at www.cio.co.ke.

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Women across the African continent have the chance to be recognised as the Pan-African Inventor or Innovator of the Year 2010 with the opening of the latest competition by the Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN). This would include women that are exceptionally creative, inventive, innovative, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, technologists, designers from all sectors and background right across Africa.The award nominations which officially opened on the 24 August is organised to celebrate and promote the creative, inventive and innovative products and services by women right across the continent.

This year includes award categories for innovative women in technology, finance and investment, best product design and packaging, exceptional creative items such as jewelleries, arts and crafts, innovative new talent, innovative eco-friendly fashion, and a category for Education & Learning Institutions such as universities, colleges and innovative school projects. There are 10 categories in total including the Chairman’s discretionary Award, a posthumous recognition Award and the main award – The Pan-African Female Inventor of the Year 2010.

The first of this most remarkable event was held in Ghana in 2005 in partnership with GEM- International Finance Corporation, the private arm of the World Bank Group and Ministry of Women (MOWAC) Ghana including the significant support of Ministry of Trade & Industry, Ecobank and Barclays Bank.In 2008, under the South African Women Inventors & Innovators Symposium (SAWIIS) the 2nd of the PAWIIN successful event was held in partnership with the Ministry of Minerals & Energy, South Africa with generous support from various multi-national companies including Shell, IBM, Faberge and many others.With an expected delegation of over a thousand guests this year from across Nigeria, Africa and beyond, this international and celebratory event continues to be the first of its kind to put the spotlight on Africa’s most exceptional creative, inventive and innovative women entrepreneurs and professionals while highlighting their immense contribution and potential to the social and economic growth of Africa.The PAWIIN Awards forms a significant part of the forthcoming 3 day event scheduled to take place in Abuja, Nigeria and also comprises of a symposium and exhibition. It has become the most extensive platform for the recognition of women’s inventive and innovative ideas developed in scientific laboratory to the ideas developed at home on the humble kitchen table. Founder, Bola Olabisi who has since launched the competition in other countries, says that the Africa event is growing from strength to strength.”The 2010 event will be the most significant so far, reflecting a diversity of innovations from various sectors especially in terms of sustainability and development terms.

We in fact welcome ideas from women of all backgrounds – scientists and engineers working on patented inventions to women with no previous research and development experience who have come up with an excellent gadget or a new way of doing something,” says Bola.Previous winners include: Margaret Owino from Kenya for the solar cooker – ‘Oywa Cookit’, Gloria Asare Adu from Ghana for using bamboo to generate a wide range of socio-economic and environmental benefits , J.H. Ghartey from Ghana for Floriculture, Foliage and Secondary Fish Farming, Aissa Dione Tissus from Senegal for eco-friendly textile and furnitures and Dr Alexandra Graham from Nigeria for the first purpose built fully integrated pharmaceutical production for HIV and malaria in West Africa.

The theme of this year’s event is ‘Innovative Women in Africa with Innovative Solutions for Africa’ and will include several high profile industry speakers from various backgrounds. The closing date for awards entries was 6 October 2010.

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Take a listen as Frederic Tape AMN Co Working space Director gives, to John James from the BBC , the reason behind the opening of this collaborative work environement in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire.
AMN Co Working Space X BBC by AMN

following the opening of  full grown tech labs , Ihub,Limbelabs,Hivelabs,BantalabsNailabs in Africa’s major tech hubs, Abidjan could not remain isolated from the pack and not join this movement that is more perceptible in Accra,Nairobi,Johannesburg,Lagos,THE SETTING UP OF AN AFRICAN TECH CULTURE and ECOSYSTEM.

About the Coworking Space

AMN offices will be more than theirs, they will be  opening up to the local web & creative workforce by enabling a space where independant workers from these two industries could come and work,host potentiel clients/partners/investors,collaborate,isolate themselves from noise & dust from the city.

Profile of the members of the Coworking space:

Writers

Web Journalists

Bloggers

Graphic Designers

Photographs

Videographs

3D designers

Illustrators

International Consultants

Watch below a video tour of the space

The pop singer from South Africa blends jazz, pop, and traditional music, to obtain two commercially-successful and critically-acclaimed albums.

Storyline:The Story: “It looks like it’s going to be a typical 24th December day for suave creative director, Reggie and perhaps a slightly more memorable one as his girlfriend promises him dinner and fireworks before the stroke of midnight.

Things however take an exciting turn for him when his office colleague and the girl he’s lusted after for a long time gives him a Christmas present he finds impossible to refuse.

6 Hours To Christmas Website

This piece was inspired by 3 musicians Aissata Pinto really loves.Cindy Blackman, one of the most incredible drummers , Bibi Mc Gill an impressive guitarist and Singer Beyonce whose live performances are just genius. She imagined them all performing together in an explosive performance

Samsung is having a developers’ challenge as a way of showcasing Nigeria’s talent and developing applications into the market place. This will involve inviting talented developers to develop and submit applications.

Interested developers (individual or team) can register by providing relevant information, on the purpose designed website www.samsungnigeriaappscontest.com. Developers can design mobile applications and submit into any of the 7 categories.

There would be 7 categories for entries:
Education/Reference
Games: Casual/Puzzle
Games: Arcade/Action
Social Networking + Lifestyle
Productivity/Tools
Entertainment + Media
Miscellaneous

All submitted applications must run on the following mobile operating systems as listed below and must be in English language:

Java
Android
Bada

Important dates: September 27 – October 31, 2010: Registration and upload of applications online by contestants.

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