JCertif 2012 - Call For Paper : The biggest Java/Android Community Event in Africa

JCertif 2012 Call for Papers Now Open -- http://www.jcertif.com!

As some of you already know. The next edition of JCertif is coming and will take place on September 03th-09th in Brazzaville, Congo.

If you have an interesting presentation idea, we want to hear from you!

We invite you to share your Java experiences with the industry and community by submitting a proposal for this far from the « classic » event !

JCertif is a mix of technical session, training, life experience and a bit of an adventure !

Many Java evengelist have participated in the past events. If you Still hesitating to join us, I just want to mention a few names that we had :

•  Arun Gupta (who doesn't know him?) – Keynote JCertif 2011
• Alexis Mouchine-Pouchkine (Keynote Jcertif 2010)
• Mike Levin (Keynote JCertif 2010)
• Micheal Heinrichs (Oracle JavaFX Prague – Jcertif 2011)
• Max Bonbhel :-)

 The full list of speakersfor 2012 edition will be published at the end of this month

We can guarantee:

• a life experience!
• great sessions
• free accommodation (for the speakers)
• free local transportation
• free diner etc…
• free local beer (N'Gok le choc, Primus etc...)
• and that's not all !

Content : 

5 key themes :

1. Java, Java EE and Architectures : track for traditional Java, Java EE and Java SE, libraries, tools and architecture.
2. Web and Cloud : a track for  HTML5, CSS3, Javasript, GWT, Web architecture, Cloud Computing, App Engine, Grid, etc.
3. Mobile : Android, Java ME, Web Mobile
4. Other Languages on the JVM than Java : a track for Groovy, Scala, Clojure etc...
5. Companies, Tools, Software development methods and Technics : Agile, Domain Driven Development, NetBeans, GlassFish, Communities and User Groups etc.

70% French and 30% English delivered by an international team of speakers. 

The deadline for submission : 20 July 2012 at 11:59 PM  PCT

Attendees : 
1000+ attendees
The conference regularly attracts close to 700 Developers and engineers (the one that write some code), and managers/entrepreneurs, senior- and mid-level administrators, government employees, in addition to a significant number of corporate and other educational leaders.

How it will be organized :

- Exhibition floor : 400 m2
- JCertif University : Training/Coding session/User group meet-up : 7 Equipped rooms for 30 participants -- 5 full days
- JCertif Conference : Conference and talk : 2 rooms (500 and 200 participants) -- 2 full days. 

See what we did in the past :

JCertif 2011 : - Website : http://2011.jcertif.com 

Photos :

- JCertif Conf 2011 : https://picasaweb.google.com/101033732619256173933/JCertif2011
- JCertif University 2011 : https://picasaweb.google.com/101033732619256173933/JCertifUniversity2011 

JCertif 2010 : - Website : http://2010.jcertif.com 

- Oracle Java Magazine : JCertif 2010 honored in the first Oracle Java Magazine Premier Issue (Page 7) : http://bonbhel.blogspot.ca/2011/08/jcertif-2011-and-jug-africa-honored-in.html 

Photos:

- JCertif 2010 University : https://picasaweb.google.com/bonbhel/JCertifUniversity2010
- JCertif 2010 Conference : https://picasaweb.google.com/bonbhel/JCertif2010 

What they said about us :

Blogs about JCertif 2011 :

• https://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta/entry/oracle_at_jcertif_2011
• https://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta/entry/jcertif_2011_osgi_enabled_java 
• https://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta/entry/jcertif_2011_the_state_of
• https://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta/entry/jcertif_2011_university_java_ee
• http://www.chrisbel.net/2011/09/nouvelles-jcertif-2011-un-vrai.html
• http://www.brussels-jug.be/?cat=72&paged=3
• http://www.objis.com/formation-java/Objis-jCertif-2011-formation-java-congo-afrique-centrale.html 

Blogs about JCertif 2010 :

• http://blogs.oracle.com/alexismp/entry/back_from_brazza 
• http://bonbhel.blogspot.com/2010/09/jcertif-2010-biggest-community.html 
• http://www.objis.com/formation-java/objis-sponsor-jcertif-2010-formation-java-congo-brazzaville.html
• http://horalass.blogspot.ca/2010/11/conference-java-au-congo.html 
• http://www.jroller.com/Sandymountster/entry/notes_from_jcertif_in_brazzaville 
• http://www.codetown.us/profiles/blogs/jcertif-is-on-rockin-in-the 
• http://www.codetown.us/profiles/blogs/good-times-at-jcertif-in-the-congo 
• http://www.codetown.us/profiles/blogs/notes-from-jcertif 

 

AFRICA ADROID CHALLENGE : 3 more days to submit your application !!

Due to the great number of the submission, the web server of Africa Android Challenge was not able to contain all submitted applications because of lack of memory.

Accordingly, many participants have had difficulty sending us their (last minute) material.

In order to allow us (organizers) to make sure that all participants have completely submitted their apps and courses, we have decided to report the submission date for the 1st round from Thursday 15th of March to Sunday 18th of March 2012 at midnight.

Please sent your application at : info@androidchallenge.org

I urge you all to inform members of your respective communities as early as possible so they are aware that there is still a little bit of time to submit apps and courses.

Congo's deadly arms depot blasts

Donate to Congo : http://www.fullself.com/doDonate.jsp?token=43480

@Leaders : please share this message within your communities

To all IT communities in Africa,

This is a great initiative from Lamine, the JUG Manager of Senegal

Many of you have probably heard this sad news from Congo, Brazzaville about the accidental arms depot blasts http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17254551.

Congo has just lived a sad experience because of a short circuit that triggered several explosions at a munitions depot.

However, as the Chinese say, next to each disaster is an opportunity.

In our case, this is a great opportunity to mobilize ourselves and show the world that Africa is not only hurt but also that she knows how to unite her forces to effectively assist her people.

What to do?
1. The simplest solution is to support our friends in the Congo by sending them aid
2. The most effective solution is to show the world what happened in Congo in recent days and convince the world to support and assist victims

How?
It's very simple. If you read this email, you're probably an expert on computers, the Internet and social media like Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, etc.. You also probably have access to Internet portals and blogs that have lots of traffic. Finally, you know influential people (politicians or media) that might get the message accross at high speed.

On my side, I created a web page that can receive donations by credit card. My company, FullSelf, is ready to offer the service without receiving any income. The only charges to the transaction will be transaction costs, such as fees from PayPal. Also, the web page in question shows the amount of donated online in live.

I therefore propose that you include a donation payment button on your websites (desktop or mobile) and share the message immediately. Indeed, every hour that passes is crucial because if we wait too long the world will not be concerned over the Congo anymore.

To include the button in your websites, use the following script:

Link: http://www.fullself.com/doDonate.jsp?token=43480

Boutton:

<form method="post" action"http://www.fullself.com/doDonate.jsp"><input type="submit" value="Donate to Congo" ><input type="hidden" name="token" value="43480"></form>

Once we are ready to dispose of funds, we will decide together (our community) which associations, individuals, or organizations may receive our funds.

Also note that if we can create an impact through this project, then we can become a major force when it comes to supporting the too frequent crises in Africa.

Finally, note that I have already dropped the first piece of the domino with a donation of $20 to support victims of Brazzaville.

Sincerely

2011 : What I did !

This funny blog is just about to recall me what I was able to do last year.

I started the year at Oracle Headquarters. I attended Oracle User Group Leaders Summit 2011

I was invited by Google at Googleplex in Mountain View (thanks Van) to meet with managers from Developer Relations Team to discuss about JCertif and possible synergies between JUG-AFRICA and Google G-AFRICA. http://bonbhel.blogspot.com/2011/03/jug-afrca-at-googleplex-in-mountain.html

...and I came back to my quiet Quebec City (Canada)

I worked with Google to manage single and sync events (JUG/GTUG) for the Google's Android Developer Challenge Sub-Saharan
in several countries in Africa (thanks to all African JUG Leaders and GTUG Managers). http://bonbhel.blogspot.com/2011/04/android-developer-challenge-jug-africa.html

I help Oracle to organize Java7 launch events across Africa.

I gave a talk at Java 7 Launch event in Dakar, Senegal (thanks Lamine)

..then I flew to Brazzaville in Congo (my homeland) to give a talk on Java 7

…one day later, I landed in Kinshasa (Dem. Rep of Congo). A really great place.

I talked about JUG-AFRICA and Java 7 APIs (thanks Honoré and Stanyslas).

...and I came back to my quiet Quebec City (Canada)

I got an offer from Oracle to write a three part series of technical articles for the Top Java Magazine.

I went back to Brazzaville in Congo to host JCertif 2011 the biggest Java/Android Community Conference in Central Africa. This was far from a “classic” event! It was a mix of technical session, life experience and a bit of an adventure.

About 600 participants, speakers and Community leaders from 10 countries attended the event. (Africa: Congo Brazzaville, Congo Kinshasa (DRC), Togo, Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria – Europe : Prague (Czech Republic), France – North America : Canada, USA.

More photos here: https://picasaweb.google.com/101033732619256173933/JCertif2011#

…then I gave 4 free days Java/Android courses and workshop at JCertif University. Really great !

More photos see here: https://picasaweb.google.com/101033732619256173933/JCertifUniversity2011#

...and I came back to my headquarters in Quebec City (Canada)

..few days later, I went back to San Francisco to attend JavaOne 2011. I participated in JavaOne 2011 as Speaker and also as member of the Java User Group Advisory Committee. I talked about "Running a Successful Umbrella JUG or Regional JUG".

... Lamine, Mike (co-founders of Senegal Java User Group) and I attended a meeting at Google headquarters in Mountain View with Shannon from Google University Consortium Team

...After the meeting at Google, I launched the Africa Android Challenge (AAC). The AAC is community driven competition supported by Google (thanks Shannon). More than 30 JUGs and GTUGs across the continent. See here.

We think, this is the best way to assure the long-term success of African developers invested in the Android application environment.

À suivre...Next year

My contribution in Oracle Java Magazine !!

Here is the January/February edition of the Java Magazine.
I've been contributed in Oracle Java Magazine since the first edition.
I got another chance to write technical article #3 about RESTful vs SOAP WebServices (The face-off !!).
Subscribe for free here : http://www.oraclejavamagazine-digital.com/javamagazine/20120102#pg1 or http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javamagazine/index.html

Africa Android Challenge 2012

The Africa Android Challenge is an opportunity to discover the best developers and Android experts on the African continent. The contestants have an opportunity to create innovative applications and produce local "African" content. In addition, they can submit lectures related to Android on the Android Platform via the Google University Consortium Program.

This whole effort is community driven supported by Google and is a way to assure the long-term success of African developers invested in the Android application environment. We also expect that such initiative will lead to the discovery of unexpected, rich, and valuable local content and applications.

Rules of the competition

The competition is a two round process with semi-finals and finals and consists of the 2 following sections:

• - Android Apps

• - Android Courses

In the first round (semi-finals), participants compete by country as defined by the competition organizers. The winners from each section and each country graduate to the final round.

• - Winners of Semi-finals will be selected on March 15 and will receive an Android device. Subsequently, they will have four more weeks to improve their apps and/or courses.
• - At the end of the four weeks they will resubmit their apps and courses for a final review.
• - The finalist from each section will win the coveted prize (an all-expenses-paid-for trip to G| [Country] event or Google University Consortium event in his region.
  

More details such as eligibility, rules, and conditions see here : http://http://androidchallenge.org/

Africa Android Training (Free live Webinar)

Just to let you know that, I started live free Webinar for Android Programing later last year under my new program called Africa Android Training.
The next Webinar (sessions 5 and 6 of 10) will take place this Saturday and Sunday via Webex or GoToTraining Tool.
About, 230 GTUGs (Google Tech User Groups) and JUGs (Java User Groups) members already registered from 15 Countries across the world.

All sessions are fully recorded and the videos will be published later.

How it works:
----------------
1. Sign up here: http://androidchallenge.org/index.php?option=com_forme&fid=4 (if not already)
2. Join the Africa Android Training group : http://groups.google.com/group/africa-android-training
3. An hour before training, click to this link and follow the instructions to reserve your place: https://student.gototraining.com/rt/530814866642544128 (if this link does not work, send us a message Skype: bonbhel)
4. Make sure your microphone, your Internet connection and your projector (if you are in a group) work well.

Next sessions (5 and 6) :
---------------------------
Session 1: Overview of the features offered by the Android API
Session 2: Installing and setting (Step by step) Create and run an Android application, the Concept Layout

Session 3: Menu, Dialog, Notifications
Session 4: Activity, Resources and Assets.

Session 5: Data Storage, Content Providers : Saturday - at 10:00 AM GMT (12:00 in Cairo, in Algiers 11:00, 10: 00 in Lome, 11: 00 in Kinshasa and Brazzaville ....).
Session 6: Multimedia (Audio and Video), Animation : Sunday - at 10:00 AM GMT (12:00 in Cairo, in Algiers 11:00, 10: 00 in Lome, 11: 00 in Kinshasa and Brazzaville ....).

Session 7: Services, Location and Maps
Session 8: Web services, XML, Cloud-computing
Session 9: Security and Permissions
Session 10: Testing, Publishing, Licensing

Thanks,

WaSLA Project : Porting WebOS to Android as a Super Library ?

Now WebOS turn Open Source.
Why not to imagine something different ?
If you like this crazy idea or want to contribute, please let your comment.

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Introduction to RESTful Web Services (Part 2)

Java Magazine, November/December 2011 Issue is coming

The second edition of Java Magazine (November/December) will go out in few days. In the Part 2 of the my article, you will see in detail how to use JSON to handle the response returned to the HTML5 client.

The first Part 1 of my article published in the first edition of Java Magazine (available here http://tinyurl.com/65jos8n) has shown how you can create and deploy quickly a Java EE application that uses RESTful Web services with NetBeans.

The In the November/December 2011 issue:

• From the Editor
  
• Java Nation:
  News, events, and happenings in the Java community - including a JavaOne 2011 wrapup
  
• Java In Action:
  Driven by Java
  Austrian smartcard system connects patients, providers.
  
  Green Light
  Startup dooApp relies on JavaFX to support “green” construction.
  
• New To Java:
  Starting Your First Computer Game
  Use Greenfoot to create your first interactive program.

  
  Introduction to RESTful Web Services, Part 2
  Max Bonbhel on the JSON response format.

• Java Architect:
  Understanding the Hudson Plug-In Development Framework
  Extend Hudson with plug-ins.

  
  Agile ALM for Java Developers
  Michael Hütterman on better quality software.

• Enterprise Java:
  Stress-testing Java EE 6 Applications
  Adam Bien on bugs, bottlenecks, and memory leaks.

• Polyglot Programmer:
  Toward a Universal VM
  Oracle’s Alex Buckley on the JVM Language Summit 2011.
  
  Polyglot Programming on the JVM
  How and why to choose a non-Java language.

• Rich Client:
  Shock the Senses
  Java FX 2.0 reinvigorates client-side Java development. Oracle’s Nandini Ramani talks with Java Magazine about the key features of the new release.

  
  JavaFX and Swing Integration
  Migrate Swing interfaces to JavaFX.
  
  Using Transitions for Automation in JavaFX 2.0
  Animate nodes in your scene.

• Mobile and Embedded:
  Getting Started with GameCanvas
  Vikram Goyal on the Mobile Sensor API.

• Fix This:
  Arun Gupta challenges your coding skills

I'll be speaking at JavaOne 2011

I will be talking at JavaOne 2011 about "Running a Successful Umbrella JUG or Regional JUG".
This session covers issues of relevance to national, regional, and continental JUGs. In particular,
it focuses on the issues JUG-AFRICA faces and how it solves them. Regional and continental umbrella JUGs are relatively new structures.


They have specific global and local concerns such as :

• - Language and cross-cultural communication (French, English, Portuguese, and Arabic)
• - Coordination
• - Accessing technical resources
• - Getting speakers and sponsors
• - Remote training
• - Running synchronized events across a continent
• - School and education programs
• - Importance of technical labs
  

The talk will take place at the mithyc room of Moscone West - 2024 on sunday (Oct. 2) at 13:30 - 14:15.

Details :
Session ID: 29680
Session Title: Running a Successful Umbrella JUG or Regional JUG
Venue / Room: Moscone West - 2024
Date and Time: 10/2/11, 13:30 - 14:15

See you there !

JCertif 2011 and JUG-AFRICA honored in Java Magazine

JUG-AFRICA and JCertif 2011 honored in the first Java Magazine Premier Issue (Page 7) and I have published the first of a three part series of technical article in Java Magazine Premier Issue (Page 17) on how to build and deploy RESTful Web Services

Another article about JUG-AFRICA published on Oracle website Oracle.com (http://tinyurl.com/3mf4m6t).

JCertif 2011 is coming ! The bigest Java Community event in Central Africa

As some of you already know. The next edition of JCertif is coming.
This year again the JCertif Conference will bring together developers from across Africa to learn, collaborate, and inspire each other.
This year, we're happy to announce 3 days of Java and Android training and 2 days of great talk, focusing on key areas where Java and open source are driving innovation: Java, Android, HTML5, JavaFX and JavaME.

If you feel like living a bit of an adventure, get acquainted with a different culture and meet great people, during an event other than the “classic” ones, then this is for you!
JCertif 2011 will take place in Brazzaville, Congo :
- JCertif Conference (2 days) : September 3-4, 2011
- JCertif University (3 days) : August 31 to September 2, 2011

We’re expecting 800+ attendees, based upon our previous events and several hundred people who are already registered.
Still hesitating to join JCertif 2011 ? There are a few names of great confirmed and to be confirmed speakers :

- Arun Gupta (Oracle). Yes! Arun will be the keynote speaker !
- Bruno Kinoshita (SysMap - Brazil)
- Douglas Mbiandou (Objis France)
- Horacio Lassey-Assiakoley (Atlantique Telecom TogoJUG)
- Michael Heinrichs (Oracle, Prague)
- Mike Levin (Cambridgeweb, OrlandoJUG)
- Roger Brinkley (Oracle)
- Van Riper (Google)
- ...
- ...
- And more....http://www.jcertif.com !!

The final list of speakers will be published in few weeks !!

BTW : The Congolese beer is KITOKO ! Mike Levin and Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine should agree with me :)
http://blogs.oracle.com/alexismp/entry/back_from_brazza or http://www.jroller.com/sandymountster/


There are links that can help you to know more :

Photos from JCertif 2010:
JCertif 2010 University : https://picasaweb.google.com/bonbhel/JCertifUniversity2010
JCertif 2010 Conference : https://picasaweb.google.com/bonbhel/JCertif2010

Here is the website where you can get more info about call for papers:
PS : We're still looking for one more speaker for HTML5 (contact us : info@jcertif.com).

http://www.jcertif.com

Hope to see you in Brazzaville !

Java 7 Launch events in Africa

The month of July was a global gathering for all Java Communities around the world to say "Hello" to Java 7.
JUG-AFRICA also hosted multiple events to celebrate Java 7 (see the photos below). I have traveled in Africa to give technical Java7 talks and met with hundreds of vibrant Java and Android developers. In Dakar, Senegal (July 7), Brazzaville, Congo (July 9) and Kinshasa, DRC Congo(July 10).
Oracle provided the Java launch kits, which include a Java 7 technical presentation with detailed speaker notes, related technology modules, and T-shirts for JUG members. More than 90 JUGs have also accepted Oracle's offer to supply speakers including four JUGs in Africa (SeneJUG, CongoJUG, EgJUG, KinJUG and RDC-JUG).

The events where held in Dakar, Brazzaville, Kinshasa, Cairo, Abuja, Lagos, Kampala, Lomé, Accra, Ouagadougou and Rabat.

I'm very happy about the progress of Java in Africa and the collaboration between Oracle and the user community there.

Yes, I can agree on : With Java 7 event across the world, Oracle's demonstrated commitment to fostering strong and independent groups worldwide and to ensuring that the groups have a powerful voice.

Here is a list of most Java7 launch events that JUG-AFRICA managed.

FasoJUG (Burkina Faso) : http://netbeans.dzone.com/articles/java-7-launch-celebration
KinJUG and RDC-JUG sync event (DRC Congo) : http://tinyurl.com/3epgspa
SeneJUG (Senegal) : https://picasaweb.google.com/bonbhel/Java7Dakar?authkey=Gv1sRgCNbYsI28sNXRDA
MoroccoJUG (Morocco) : https://picasaweb.google.com/110639374541156761336/Moroccojug
LagosJUG (Nigeria) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/segunakintayo/show/with/5973316065
Coders4Africa (Ghana) : http://coders4africa.org/en/communities/158-kwame-andah/photos/photo?albumid=19#photoid=454
CongoJUG (Congo, Brazzaville) : https://picasaweb.google.com/bonbhel/Java7Brazzaville02?authkey=Gv1sRgCNrTt-X69eCGLg
TogoJUG (Togo) : http://horalass.blogspot.com/2011/07/lancement-de-java-7-au-togo.html
MUFIX JUG (Egypt) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamadazahera/sets/72157627182341847
UgandaJUG (Uganda) : https://picasaweb.google.com/102671662680351546079/Java7Launch
EgJUG (Egypt) : http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.240046432679961.66624.212726112078660

I'd like to thanks Michelle, Cassandra, Ruth, Senja and Yolande from Oracle for the great support (Speaker/T-Shirt/Fund) and thanks for Simon Ritter who present Java 7 in Cairo and provided a very comprehensible technical material to our speakers.

À suivre....

Recall - Android Developer Challenge, Africa!!

App entries close July 1^st, so soon. Would be great to have at least finalists from the JUG event if not a winner and also more submissions from francophone Africa. Any encouraging you can do would be awesome!

Quick Overview (just reminder!):

For those entering, here are a few competition details from worth highlighting.

• The competition is a two round process - semi-finals and finals.
• In the semi-finals, participants compete regionally – East Africa, Southern Africa and West and Central Africa. The top three apps from each category and each region move the finals.
• All entries must be in by July 1st, no exceptions. Submissions open June 1st.
• Semi-finalists be announced July 15th will receive an Android device and be given six weeks to improve their apps.
• At the end of six weeks they will resubmit their app for final review.
• The top apps from each category will receive $25,000 for a total of $75,000.

Africa Mobilizes and Java 7 too!

In JUG-AFRICA we are very excited!
I'll manage several local and regional Java 7 events in Africa.
Mike Levin from OrlandoJUG and Co-leader of SeneJUG just blogged about that.
Please, take a look !
http://www.codetown.us/group/jugafrica/forum/topic/show?id=2197786%3ATopic%3A22487&xg_source=msg

JavaOne11 - The Bad, the Good and the Very Good

As a member of the volunteer JavaOne advisory committee, I got a special invitation for the briefing Call Monday April 25th 8:30am PT before the public announcement by Oracle.
Several Java leaders aroun the world attended the conference such as Bruno Souza (SouJava), Stephan Janssen (Devoxx), Jim Bethancourt (Houston JUG leader)...

There are some key points :

The bad :

• - Yes : This year again JavaOne will happen during Oracle Open World in the same 3 hotels like last year.

The so-so:

• - All JavaOne 2011 sessions, including keynotes, will take place exclusively in "The Zone" at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, the Hotel Nikko and the Parc 55.

The good:

• - JavaOne will be a separate, standalone conference (bye bye Oracle Develop !)
  
• - More sessions, the number of sessions will be increased
• - Bigger room, the size of many session rooms
  
• - Popular sessions wiil be repeated throughout the week.
• - More networking and vendor space, there will be a number of enhancements to The Zone from 2010
• - More maps, signage and onsite staff to answer questions.

The very good :

• - 4 room dedicated to the User Group Sunday
• - Java leaders to participate in planning sections
• - Glassfish and MySQL community will be in the Zone too
• - Some number of passes for Java Leaders

The track :

• - Core Java Platform
• - Java SE, Client-Side Technologies and Rich User Experiences
• - Enterprise Service Architectures and the Cloud
• - Java EE Web Profile and Platform Technologies
• - Java ME, Mobile, Embedded, and Devices
• - The Java Frontier
• - And Emerging Languages, Tools and Techniques.

The call for papers :

• - Open Wednesday, April 27, 2011
  
• - Close : Monday, May 23, 2011

JavaOne 2011 URL: http://www.oracle.com/javaone/index.html
Content tracks listed at http://www.oracle.com/javaone/063296.html

À suivre...

Android Developer Challenge (JUG-AFRICA)

There are the Android events I managed for the JUG-AFRICA. The events was supported by Google under the Android Developer Challenge — Sub-Saharan Africa

• - Lome, Togo by TogoJUG : summary, photos
  
• - Kinshasa, Congo (DRC) by Kin-JUG : summary, photos
  
• - Dakar, Senegal organized by SeneJUG and Coders4Africa : summary, photos
• - Brazzaville, Congo by CongoJUG : summary and photos
• - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : photos
  
• - Abuja, Nigeria : photos : photos
  

Other event will be published here.
À suivre....Stay tuned !

Thanks to all JUG-AFRICA Leaders..

JUG-AFRICA Android Tour ! Android got a crush on Africa !

Android just fall in love with African developers ? It sound really awesome !
I'm managing the Android events for the Java Users Group across Africa (sub-Saharan). JUG-AFRICA Android Tour is a community event hosted by the local JUG and supported by Google.
We also planned some Sync events with all the Google Technologies User Groups (GTUG) in order to not have two little events in the same place but one bigger one..


Bellow the summary of the planned Android events by the JUG-AFRICA :

• Dakar, Senegal : Will be hosted by the Senegal Java Users Group (SeneJUG) and Corders4Africa
• Lome (TOGO) : Will be host by the Togo Java Users Group (TogoJUG)
• Abuja, Nigeria : Will be host by Abuja Java Users Group (AbujaJUG) and the Abuja-GTUG
• Johannesburg, South Africa : Will be host by the Johannesburg Java User Group (FJUG) and Johannesburg GTUG (to be confirmed)
• Cape Town, South Africa : Hosted by the CAPE Town (CTJUG) and South Africa GTUG
• Brazzaville, Congo : Hosted by the Congo Java Users Group (CongoJUG). Subscribe here
  
• Kinshasa, RDC Congo : Hosted by the Kinshasa Java User Group (KinJUG)
• Douala, Cameroon : Hosted by the Cameroon Java Users Group (CamerJUG) and the Cameroon-GTUG
• Accra Ghana : Hosted by the Ghana-GTUG and Conders4Africa
• Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : Hosted by the Burkina Java Users Group (FasoJUG)

Let the fun begin!

Thanks to all the JUG-AFRICA Leaders in Africa !

JUG-AFRICA at Googleplex in Mountain View !!

Last January I was invited by Google at Googleplex in Mountain View to meet with managers from Developer Relations Team to discuss about our annual event (JCertif 2011) and possible synergies between JUG-AFRICA and Google G-AFRICA. It was a great meeting with concrete collaboration agenda. Here is a summary :
Google Outreach efforts in Africa

• University courses (we think Google should give this opportunity to local experts);
• Local user groups;
• Technology barcamps;
• Competitions and coding challenges.
  

Working Together Possibilities (JUG-AFRICA - Google AFRICA)

• work together on University talks;
• Professional groups: look at joint meetings on Android, App Engine, GWT.

Concrete Next Steps (started!)

• Share calendar of future JUG-Africa events (JUG-Meeting) with G-AFRICA manager;
  
• Look for ways to collaborate on some of those events;
• Identify key Java community members that we can get more involved;
• Work together on University outreach.
  

We have conclude the day with a lunch that was disrupted a little bit by a fire alrme at the Googleplex' main cafeteria. Miam! miam!
Thanks Van Reper.