Submitted by solomonopio on 11 November 2013 - 10:10am
Last Friday 6th December, 2013 Outbox hosted Intel® Developer Zone for the first Android event dedicated to building, re-compiling and boosting apps performance.This event brought together 87 developers into Outbox space, with few girls registering attendance. We’ll have tonnes of Intel-powered Samsung Galaxy 3 tablet and Asus FonePads for testing, tons of technical support, presentations and exciting prizes ( including 1 Acer Iconia) in prizes for Best Ported and Best New App.The Intel® Developer Zone Codefest for Android will be fueled by hundreds of KitKat bars, great giveaways, and oth
Submitted by richardzulu on 10 November 2013 - 8:01pm
Last week, Ensibuuko, a team incubated at Outbox was the overall winner at the ICT4AG hackathon. The ICT4Ag conference took place in Rwanda at the Kigali Serena hotel. Parallel to the conference, a hackathon on Agriculture brought together nine (9) teams from nine hubs to participate in the challenge. The teams included the following:
Submitted by solomonopio on 6 November 2013 - 10:07am
ICT4Ag Hackathon National Winners AnnouncedThe ICT for Agriculture (ICT4Ag) international conference and its parallel hackathon (dubbed “Agri-hack championship”) is taking place (4th – 8th November 2013) in Kigali Rwanda. The conference seeks to examine how ICTs are truly empowering producers and consumers along the entire value chain.
Submitted by solomonopio on 1 November 2013 - 10:54am
Outbox has a beautiful and condusive environment, with a very fast and secure WiFi. It puts you in touch with the people who matter to your business, from friends to business partners and even journalists who could help your business grow.Be part of a network that nurtures your startup, working alongside experienced and positively motivated people who understand the problems you are faced with and can help you find immediate solutions. Make friends, find mentors, build business relationships, get advice and stay motivated.
Submitted by solomonopio on 1 November 2013 - 9:45am
By Richard Zulu (Program Manager Outbox)The Root IO team is working on how to create a content agnostic stack solution for peer oriented radio networks. The project aims to mix communities, telephony, networking, and radio to create new models of community information. RootIO grew out of the recognition that despite the wonders of mobile telephony and the Internet, radio is still a vibrant medium, and in many places it is where most people get the bulk of their information. http://rootio.org
Submitted by solomonopio on 29 October 2013 - 9:17am
By James S. K. Makumbi (.NET User group lead)Introduction to Windows 8 (Mordern UI) developmentThis talk was and introductory talk on the Modern UI application development. It covered;
Submitted by solomonopio on 28 October 2013 - 11:33am
By Ampaire Christine (business analyst TW Uganda)Ada Lovelace Day in TW Uganda was a great success!We started organizing from the first week of October, and, in a very short time, with a lot of helpfrom our colleagues, we could get things done. We asked for sponsors to pay for the snacks and the venue, considering that the office here is quite small and we wouldn't have enough space for our expected audience. At the end, we managed to get Outbox and Airtel as our sponsors, for venue and food respectively.
Submitted by solomonopio on 24 October 2013 - 12:59pm
On November 11th AppCircus partnering with Mobile Monday Uganda will be in Kampala, gathering together the local community of developers to enjoy the latest app creations.AppCircus brings together the global community of app makers through its event and online incubation platform. In only 3 years, AppCircus has organized more than 100 events in cities in over 30 countries, building a community with over 20.000 users. AppCircus events give visibility to new app talent on a local and global scale.
Submitted by richardzulu on 8 October 2013 - 8:23am
Last weekend, October 5th - 6th 2013, 13 software developers came together at Outbox to participate in the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHOK) East Africa.The hackathon also had participants from Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.RHOK brings together software developers to build solutions that solve a number of social problems.
