Hallo, "Garage48 Kampala <http://garage48.org/kampala> weekend rocked big time" were the words used by our *platinum sponsor* to describe the just concluded event.
Tech enthusiasts and developers gathered at the MTN warehouse in Ntinda for this awesome event. Almost 30 ideas where pitched however participants narrowed down to 11 ideas and 11 teams<http://garage48.org/blogger/garage48-kampala-2011-projects-launched> . Several participants spent the night at the venue in order to get things done. Somesha <http://garage48.org/blogger/somesha-will-educate-children-through-crowd-funding-platform>emerged overall winner of the event. It is a platform to educate children through crowd funding. Garage48 foundation board member Ragnar Sass said “It was Garage48 most successful event in Africa so far and put Uganda into startup entrepreneurs world map. I hope that this mind blowing experience will boost the culture of startups and entrepreneurship in all East-Africa.” MyTicket was chosen as best mobile app and it received a special prize fromMTN Uganda<http://www.mtnplay.com/appcomp/DeveloperMain.aspx> . Zword, was chosen as the funniest project, it can now be downloaded from the Android Market Ninja Kids was voted as favourite of the audience Many other awesome projects came out of this event, you can read<http://garage48.org/blogger/garage48-kampala-2011-projects-launched>more about them. We would like to thank all the participants who made this possible, the sponsors, Google, Nokia and MTN Uganda. This was truly an amazing weekend. *Google* is the platinum sponsor for Garage48 Kampala www.google.com<http://www.google.com/> *Nokia *is the sponsor for Garage48 Kampala www.nokia.com<http://www.nokia.com/> *MTN Uganda* sponsors the venue and internet for Garage48 Kampala http://www.mtnplay.com/appcomp/DeveloperMain.aspx<http://www.mtnplay.com/appcomp/DeveloperMain.aspx> Best wishes, Thank you once again -- Richard Zulu gtug lead, Kampala (Uganda) http://kampala.gtugs.org <http://kampala.gtugs.org> --------------------------------------------------------- http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardzulu http://www.twitter.com/richardzulu
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