For the movie lovers, Flix has a goal is to give you the most updated cinema database in Kenya. So Flix = Movies and Cinema Guide in Kenya.
Currently you can access the database through the following channels
• Mobile(web)
• Can be used on a regular browser
• Blackberry launcher
• Iphone “launcher”
• Bada applicaCon
• Facebook version
It is very interesting – visit the site, select the studio and date and it will sort out the movies. Innovation is here and it is just starting.
The Kenyan mobile developers are beginning the new phase of mobile landscape in Africa. With a solid payment structure, via mobile phones, Africa is ready to get distance out of business as much as possible. Now, M-order wants to do just that by enabling a process where people can shop right at home without polluting the city.
M-order is a social mobile ordering application that has been developed to provide an efficient and faster way of ordering products of a company via the wireless mobile phones. Clients do not have to go physically to the providers’ centers/shops to order for products or wait for salesmen and retailers to document their daily orders. M-order application is a solution for the SMEs companies in Kenya to facilitate an efficient supply chain value and integrate a paperless system.
With M-order the clients can place their orders on time via the mobile-web application or through their mobile phones after they register to use the application. M-order enhances efficiency, reduced customer complains; improve performance and productivity in the company. Payment can be done via M-pesa to the providers.
Tekedia wishes Hilda Moraa and all of M-order team success in this vision.
This is an amazing vision from Nokia.
GLOBAL – Nokia’s plans to create a global mobile ecosystem in partnership with Microsoft opens up great opportunities for both companies to deliver a compelling and differentiated ecosystem on the Windows Phone platform. But there’s an opportunity that can get overlooked in the race to deliver the next killer smartphone: More than three billion people still do not have a mobile phone. And of those who do, the vast majority have SMS but no Web browser. This is where Nokia’s Mobile Phone strategy comes in.
Today marks a renewed approach to capture volume and value growth to connect the “next billion” mobile users. By delivering compelling and affordable mobile experiences, especially in emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and Africa, Nokia continues to play a role to bring more people into the benefits of the information age.
Nokia is meeting this opportunity by selling over a million Series 40 handsets every day. As the world’s largest volume mobile platform, Series 40 continues is vital in bringing affordable Web access and applications to millions in emerging markets.
Nokia is renewing its mobile phone product portfolio to stay competitive in these key markets. The wide range of handsets includes mobile phones at competitive prices with great design, affordable QWERTY and desired features. The Nokia C3 was a huge hit and enabled Nokia to lead the emerging QWERTY market. In addition, we are offering another affordable QWERTY in the Nokia X2-01, an affordable 3G device in the Nokia C2-01, and touch and type devices such as the X3 continue to sell well.
In growth economies, our evolving mobile phones and services strategy will be the catalyst for the next billion to the web with web apps and proxy browsing and deliver localized, personal, financial and location-based services on mobile phones. In addition, we will deliver services to mobile phones that are not connected to the web via SMS.
Series 40 presents opportunities for developers, with enhanced java support and new SDKs, while the new planned Ovi Browser service will bring cheaper, better and faster browser experiences to consumers. By investing in future assets that deliver affordable, highly competitive and consumer-focused mobile experience to the traditional Series 40 consumer, Nokia will deliver the best low-cost devices that deliver the richest experiences and applications that consumers will love.
With smartphones and mobile phones, Nokia’s reach wraps around the entire globe. Nokia is ready to connect the next billion.
Thanks a million for the links. They proved very helpful. I have been following their Nigerian site for a while. It is simple to use site with lots of functionality.
There was a proposition I made earlier and the dealfish site seems to be working with that. Let the site be localized to Africa (Covering all the African Countries). This would make it easier to localize services and get the complete State/Province list for all the countries.
Making it have a global reach would be like trailing behind Alibaba. Many Africans who want to buy things from foreigners go straight to Alibaba and many foreigners who want to sell things to Africans go to Alibaba.
If we trail behind Alibaba, we would be a new venture but, we would not be entrepreneurial and this would mean struggling for market share. An entrepreneurial venture always looks for an unfilled niche and makes the processes in that niche more efficient. i.e. fostering intra-African trade in a faster, cheaper, and more secure way. If we before the premier stop for intra-African trade, we would have the number one spot in that business niche.
This is what the top companies do to keep their edge. Oracle is the top in databases, SAP is the top in Business Process Software, Microsoft is top in Desktop systems, Apple is top in sleek gadgets. The number one is always known. Number two or three is hardly heard and may just be found in the case-studies of business schools curricula.
Looking closely at dealfish, it would be noted that it is a graphical version of craiglist. Our vision for our site is really great. We would not attempt to do everything at once. But, we would steadily and speedily to achieve our goals for the site.
On the dealfish site, there is no trust pass. What we find there are largely random listings from anyone. Some of which may not look so real. Our site would be a place for serious business people who have great products or services to sell to their African counterparts.
One of the entrepreneurial strategies proposed by Peter Drucker is replication. Taking what works in a place and bringing [and localizing it] to another. This is a strategy that has been used successfully by the Japanese over and over again. The Japanese took vehicle manufacturing technology from the U.S and REPLICATED it in Japan. Applying their local expertise, they became so good that Toyota eventually overtook General Motors as the world’s largest motor manufacturing company and companies around the world benefited from their prowess. The Toyota Production System (an efficient almost no-wastage manufacturing system) is now used by many plants around the world. So is Kaizen – the mantra of continuous innovation.
My story: take B2B systems from Alibaba, replicate it in Africa, get so efficient at it that other b2b sites around the world would want to copy your idea. Our story would be in business books for years to come if we get good at one thing [b2b in Africa] and stick to it.
It is my belief that if we stick to the African Market, we can be top.
Chuks, Nigeria
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The presentation of Moses Kemibaro- Regional Manager, Dealfish is very interesting. It provided data on how Kenya is doing in the online marketplace business. With 250,000 + visitors, that is a great effort from a smaller nation like Kenya. Check out those statistics to appreciate what will happen when the cables are completed and Africa has great bandwidth. Business will be UP.
This firm is everywhere, including Nigeria. Interestingly, they make local sites for most of the regions. So customers get that free online market place that has been established to provide safe and transparent transactions between buyers and sellers of goods and services throughout Kenya and most African cities in the local context.
Some key points about dealfish: