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George Njuguna
George Njuguna
Staff Information
- Position
- Software Developer
- Location
- Nairobi
- Bio
George is a Nairobi-based programmer whose interest in mobile phone application development began when he attended a mobile programming workshop hosted by Dr Nathan Eagle (MIT) and subsequently working under him as an undergraduate research assistant for the MIT/Nairobi EPROM project (Entrepreneurial Programming and Research on Mobiles). He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Nairobi.
History
- Member for
- 2 years 44 weeks
- Blog
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Datadyne team Field Experience
Last week DataDyne, represented by me, and JSI (Ethiopia team) got to work together in a project in Ethiopia. The purpose for DataDyne visit was:
- Support JSI during their current project.
- DataDyne to have a fill of what actually happens in a field survey and learn from the experience.
- Take note of any problems/issues experienced while using EpiSurveyor
From the visit, we were able to experience some of the problems that users experience on the field. Some of the major problems were:
Government Of Kenya Removes VAT on Mobile Phones
The Government of Kenya has finally realized the benefits of making phones cheap and available for its citizens. During yesyerdays budget speech by the Minister for Finance, Uhuru Kenyatta, he proposed the removal of VAT on all mobile phones sold in the market.
Here is the extract from the speech:
Malezi Bora(Child Week campaign) Users' Response on EpiSurveyor
Malezi Bora (Child Week campaign) was held this week, and was able to attend and hear the data collectors' views of EpiSurveyor phone client. This is after they had the opportunity to use it on the field for up to two weeks. This was a great opportunity to hear from the users themselves as a developer/tester what they really felt about EpiSurveyor.
Episurvey Demo at Division of Disease Surveillance & Response
Today I went to accompany Yusuf to a public demo, my first one since I joined the Datadyne organization. The experience was quite exciting.
