Le moteur de recherche d’emplois dont j’annonçais la béta il y’a quelques semaines est désormais en ligne accompagné d’une version mobile. Mambe Nanje nous en parle.

1. Njorku est en béta depuis quelques jours est ce que vous pouvez nous présenter cette version Live ?

The live version of Njorku comes with a job search engine solution that has been in the works for over two years today. You can search for jobs from your computer browser on www.njorku.com and also you can use your mobile and search on njorku.com/mobile. This version comes with other useful tools like daily sms alerts for jobs, daily email alerts for given keywords, a tips and tutorials blog. I must say we rolled out  without some key functionalities like job search sharing (email, twitter, facebook), candidate profile and CV database which are already in development but could not be completed to meet this end of march deadline.

2. Quels sont les pays qui sont couverts par cette release ?

Currently Njorku covers job search for Cameroon and Nigeria mostly but in the next couple of weeks we will rapidly cover other countries.

3. Quels sont les pays qui vont suivre ?

We are still thinking of the countries but we have Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Kenya on our radar but nothing is certain at this time

4. Est-ce qu’il est prévu des API ? Webservices ? franchise ?

Yes we are going to have APIs for developers worldwide to consume, to us this will be a way to let developers create cool apps around job search and make life easy for job searchers looking for jobs in Africa. Franchising is a big part of our business model too, so yes we are open for Franchising and we are already in talks with partners.

5. Etes-vous à la recherche des partenaires ?

Yes we are actively looking for partners that will help us expand into other countries faster than our normal speed. We think with local partners in every country, our job search solution will help more job seekers looking for jobs in Africa

6. What is the next step ?

Our next step right now is to develop job search tools and come up with innovative ways for people to find and share jobs making the process a fun and easy one for every job seeker looking to work in Africa

The book ‘Futures of Technology in Africa’ is the result of a three year foresight project. It reveals insights into the next two decades of ICT, energy and infrastructure and how developments in these sectors are going to affect everything else. It contains scenarios providing a fascinating glimpse of how the opportunities and risks might play out. You will find advice on how businesses can take parts in the opportunities, as well as lessons that the West can learn from Africa. As a bonus, the book also contains one of the very few African science fiction stories, specially written for this publication. Whatever your interest in Africa, this book is sure to surprise you.

A free pdf download of ‘Futures of Technology in Africa’ is available [here] (3.5MB).

Source thanks to @africatechie for the TIP

…Passion for Technology

I believe in… the power of innovation

I believe in… the simplicity of great design

I believe in… the magic of technology

I believe in… personally, deeply engaging with technology

I believe in… the power of the immediacy of information

I believe in… the exponential power of gluing things together

…People

I believe in… the power of teams

I believe in… the power of the individual

I believe in… the power of initiative and leadership

I believe in… liberating the untapped potential

I believe in… participation

I believe in… starting and finishing

I believe in… stopping

…Personal Values

I believe in… what I do

I believe in… family

I believe in… diversity

I believe in… patience and listening, to everyone

I believe in… knowing who your customer is

I believe in… the power of the customer and their right to be right

…Being Informed

I believe in… and honor wisdom

I believe in… learning, always

I believe in… explaining

I believe in… being accessible

I believe in… transparency, even if it is uncomfortable

I believe in… integrity, even if it is uncomfortable

I believe in… people and respect for the individual

If you freeze an idea too quickly, you fall in love with it. If you refine it too quickly, you become attached to it and it becomes very hard to keep exploring, to keep looking for better. The crudeness of the early models in particular is very deliberate.

Jim Glymph

Nexdimempire.com is an online news platform talking about Cameroonian talent world wide. The NEXDIM EMPIRE concept is an initiative by two young Cameroonians, Njang Stephen Mbu, music Producer, songwriter, singer and entrepreneur and the Serial Entrepreneur Mambe Churchill Nanje.

From the idea of branding and marketing Steveslil and Achalle, Cameroonian RnB, soul and afro-beats artists, the website evolves into a vision of bringing Cameroonian talents in the music and Film industry to gain exposure, credibility and sell out their products locally and internationally.

NexDim is an entertainment house with a defined objective of instilling the value of creative imagination and throwing light in the music and film Industry in Cameroon. NexDim is concerned with Banding of music artists record deals, CD distribution and marketing, advertising, artist promotion, online sales and downloads, event and concert organizing, mass production of CDs, printing of posters, stickers and banners and T-shirt designs..

Camerborn is a community of Cameroonians at home and in the diaspora, his ambition is to implement technologies that unite Cameroonians and help them as they grow as a country. Camerborn is going to touch sectors as education, finance, entertainment, career, business and others. Camerborn is a community runned, owned 100% by cameroonians for Cameronians…

You came into my life suddenly,
Like a thunderstorm in a sunny day.
Along with you came laughter, comfort, joy, peace of mind, and friendship.
But most of all, you brought love.
I am very happy to be with you.
I thank Heaven everyday for bringing us together.
I view us being together as God’s Blessing.

Thank you for making me not only discover true love,
But most importantly to experience it.
I always want to be there for you,
Loving, caring, and supportive in all your endeavors.
From the bottom of my heart,
I simply wanted to tell you how much I love you.

Will est un entrepreneur spécialisé dans les applications mobiles résident au Kenya il nous présente sa premiere application certifiée iScribe

Who is @wmworia?

My full names are Will Mworia. My professional background is in software development/engineering. I have 6 years of experience in IT in Kenya where I worked for several software based firms. My last employment was at Microsoft East Africa where I was a technical evangelist in the academic community. I left Microsoft and got into doing software and internet startups the first of which is African Pixel which was founded in July 2009. My passion really is in creating… I think software is as much a medium of expressing creativity as art. I happen to love design. And I am greatly bothered by the misconceptions people have of my continent, Africa so in one way or another my startups (whether directly or indirectly) tend to have something about breaking status quo mentality about Africa.

You run African Pixel, can you tell us what you’re doing there?

I am the founder of African Pixel (AP). AP is still in it’s early stages, we’re now going to 7 months of existence. At the moment I am involved in running almost everything except some one-off outsourced tasks every now and then.

You just launch an app is appstore is it difficult for an African developer to launch a certified iPhone app?

Yes. You can’t get into contractual agreements with Apple for the AppStore. In any case, even creating and using an iTunes account from Africa is also very hard. Our work around is simply having African Pixel as the development arm, and then a company in the US which can then contract with Apple to get the stuff that is developed in Africa into the AppStore.

Can you tell us about iScribe? What is it about?

iScribe is simply a tool to help people compose and share stories. iScribe brings old school journaling to the new age of mobility and the internet. Making it simple to capture life’s moments in a fun way and on the move. You don’t have to wait to get back home to record the experience. You can capture it as it happens – in text, voice, images and video! And share by email or to a blog online

More apps for Africa to come?

Definitely! At AP we are not targeting specifically African audiences exclusively, for example, iScribe is something intended for literally anyone because story telling is something intrinsically human, not just African. So more appropriately… there are more apps FOR Africa and FROM Africa to come

La Demo

So you think Cameroon only scores at football? Well think again!

The African nation’s fashionistas have landed and they are taking over London!

Courtesy of fresh new style hub, Camer Couture, doyens Anggy Haif and Olivia Ervi will join forces with exciting newcomers KiRette Couture, Bot I Lam, Rose Mbango and Ms Mi to transform the rustic Shoreditch Studios into a fashion nirvana.

Save the date, Saturday 17 October 2009.

Fronted by creative heads: Cynthia Anduhtabe, Isabel Bezeng, Ngum Ngafor, Alex Quest and Soraya Sone (freelance consultant), Camer Couture aims to break barriers by creating a rare opportunity for UK fashionistas to see another side of the land dubbed Africa in miniature.

“Our website, www.camercouture.com is now live said CEO, Cynthia Anduhtabe.

It will be an interactive nerve centre of information about the event,” she added.

The exquisite affair will showcase live performances from Cameroonian artists: Muntu Valdo, Serge Tebu as well as Dee, Quest & Band.

It will also feature a raffle sale. All proceeds will benefit the Baka Pygmies, who constitute one of Cameroon’s oldest and most vulnerable societies.

Rub shoulders with chic creators, style insiders, entrepreneurs, and the who’s who of Cameroonian society at an extraordinary night.

“We hope to make our country proud by hosting a show that will raise the bar for events management in our community.

History is just a click away. Hop aboard the Camer Couture website and let’s colour it fabulous together,” enthused Anduhtabe.

Join the Camer Couture facebook group on:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=113761297439&ref=ts

Follow us on twitter on: www.twitter.com/camercouture

Source, le classement précédent

Ce classement confirme la forte domination de l’Afrique de l’est. Malgré les troubles le Zimbabwe passe devant le Ghana l’Egypte fait une forte remontée et l’Afrique du Sud recule. Toujours pas de pays de l’Afrique francophone.