• Description:

  Mobile Senegal is a network of people interested in mobile technology for development in Senegal. It organizes, facilitates and partners with other instances in the organization of bootcamps, trainings (for faculty), competitions, and workshops on mobile technology. Its mission is to disseminate mobile technology for development and share information on the subject in Senegal and more broadly in West Africa.

• Ning network:

  • http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:VCvStDmX1O1q5M:http://www.aqt.ca/navig/logos/ning.gif http://mobilesenegal.ning.com

• Twitter:

  • http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:CHsSb71zcN_WuM:http://www.ulm.edu/socialmedia/images/twitter_logo.jpg http://twitter.com/mobilesenegal

• Partnership:

  • <img src="http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/~scharff/images/us.jpg"> USA <iframe src="http://free.timeanddate.com/clock/i12u38r9/n179/fs12/fcfff/tc090/ahl/ftbi/tt0" frameborder="0" width="278" height="16"></iframe><br>
    <img src="http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/~scharff/images/senegalflag.jpg">Senegal <iframe src="http://free.timeanddate.com/clock/i12u38r9/n74/tlfr2/fs12/fcfff/tc090/ahl/ftbi/tt0" frameborder="0" width="249" height="16"></iframe><br>

• Sponsors:

  • Nokia provided 35 phones to be used for the deployment of the mobile applications in Senegal. These phones are used by students for development and by the beneficiaries of the mobile applications - artisans at the Artisan Villages of Thies and St Louis in Senegal. (2009)
  • Building A Global Network to Support Sustainable Information and Communication Technologies Entrepreneurship in Senegal, National Collegiate of Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), December 2008. This grant supported the creation of a network of universities interested in mobile application development. (2009-2010)

    • http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/wiki/senegal/Home?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=nciia.jpg

  • Sustainable Technology-based Entrepreneurship for the Senegalese Market, National Collegiate of Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), December 2007. This grant supported the partnership between Pace University, Stony Brook University, and Thies University. (2008-2009)

    • http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/wiki/senegal/Home?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=nciia.jpg

  • Through Mobile Senegal Nokia provided Nokia N95 and Nokia 6300 devices to the University of Thies for the introduction of mobile technology in the curriculum.

    • [http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/wiki/senegal/Home?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=nokialogo.png] [http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/wiki/senegal/Home?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=N95_copper_05_jpeg_lres_.jpg]. (2008)

  • Pearson Education donated more than 80 books to the students in Senegal. (2009 and 2010)

    • Kicking Butt with MIDP and MSA: Creating Great Mobile Applications, Jonathan B. Knudsen

      Web Development: A Visual Spatial Approach, Craig Baehr

      Android Wireless Application Development, Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey

• Members:

  • People who contributed a lot of their time in the activities of Mobile Senegal in the last 2 years:

  • Christelle Scharff, PhD, Associate Professor, Pace University, US, cscharff@pace.edu, http://www.csis.pace.edu/~scharff

    • [http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/wiki/senegal/Home?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=christelle.png]

  • Jean-Marie Pierra, ESMT, Senegal, jmpreira@yahoo.fr, http://www.esmt.sn

    • [http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/wiki/senegal/Home?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=jmphoto.jpg]

  • James Tamgno, ESMT, Senegal, jktey@yahoo.fr, http://www.esmt.sn

    • [http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/wiki/senegal/Home?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=jamesTamgno2.JPG]

  • Anita Wasilewska, PhD, Associate Professor, Stony Brook University, US, anita@cs.sunysb.edu, http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~anita

    • [http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/wiki/senegal/Home?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=anitaf.jpg]

  • Chun Hei Cheung, QA Tester, Sonic Boom Games, NY, davec316@gmail.com

    • [http://atlantis.seidenberg.pace.edu/wiki/senegal/Home?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=chun.jpg]

• Faculty who facilitated one-week bootcamps at their own university:

  • Bootcamp organized by ESMT in July 2010:

    • Mobile - Jean-Marie Pierra, ESMT, Senegal, jmpreira@yahoo.fr, http://www.esmt.sn

    • Mobile - James Tamgno, ESMT, Senegal, jktey@yahoo.fr, http://www.esmt.sn

  • Bootcamps organized by Mobile Senegal at the University of Thies in January 2009 and 2010:

    • Web - Mamadou Bousso, Assistant Professor, Thiès University, Senegal, mamadoubousso@gmail.com, http://www.thies.univ.sn

    • English - Ibrahima Ndiaye, PhD, Director of the Economic and Social Sciences Education and Research Unit, Thiès University, Senegal, ibndiaye2004@yahoo.fr, http://www.thies.univ.sn

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