VEMCI Business News

Vodacom Marathon Development Competition’s First Winner Receives R50,000 Prize for Developing Mobile Widget

Vodacom Marathon Development Winner

Vodacom Marathon Development Winner

Vodacom’s very first “Dawn of the Living Widgets” winner, S3 Solutions, have triumphed in taking the grand prize of R50,000 in a marathon 6-hour mobile widget development competition held at Vodaworld in South Africa on Saturday, 5 September.

The 4-man team developed a 2010 Soccer World Cup widget, which counts down the days and hours left until the kick-off of the first World Cup soccer match next year.

“As a company, Vodacom is always looking to stay at the forefront of web and mobile-based applications”, says Romeo Kumalo, Executive Director, Commercial, Vodacom South Africa. “The widget competition and workshops are part of Vodacom’s innovation drive to introduce Betavine, an open development platform, to the South African mobile applications development community”, Romeo Kumalo said. Read the rest of this entry »

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Vodacom Establishes Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Collaboration & Innovation Unit in South Africa

VodacomVodacom has established the Vodacom Emerging Market Collaboration & Innovation (VEMCI) unit in South Africa that will drive innovation in the African Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) market.

The VEMCI unit is aimed at providing an environment where ICT innovations can be identified and nurtured from inception to commercialization, said officials.

“Initiatives such as VEMCI, to nurture and support innovative ideas and concepts that can contribute to new communications services and applications that enrich the lives of people in South Africa, are essential,” said Romeo Khumalo, Executive Director, Commercial, Vodacom South Africa. Read the rest of this entry »

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