1.Mobile Phones, what can we do with them?

2. Ephrem Tesfaye o Electrical & Computer Engineer o Love Playing Games (also Making them) o Tel: +251910150189 o Email: findephi@gmail.com o https://twitter.com/findephi About Me 3. 1. Why target mobile phones 2. Localization 3. Mobile targeted advertisements 4. Our gift for our kingdom 5. The potential of games 6. All in one place 7. The way forward In this presentation I will discuss 1 4. 27 million mobile phone subscribers in Ethiopia (20 million active users) 700 million mobile subscribers in Africa. SMS/subscriber = 3/month in Ethiopia Why mobile phones (The Numbers) 2 5. Most of the phones support local languages (Amharic, tegrega, oromiffa) Building a local software content has been very acceptable by the public. Localized Phones 4 6. Mobile based Advertisements 5 Now days the advertisement agencies are focusing on mobiles (in app banners, pop up medias.) My 5 days Experiment (GURSHA) Controlling the content, control information flow. 7. Our gift for our kingdom 6 The First Feature Phone Amharic Bible (phones) -> Have large users More than 65% Ethiopians use Feature Phones (more than 10 million people) -> Supports all screens 8. The Potential of Games 7 My experiential game Gursha People want something they can relate with ! 9. Gursha the game play 8 10. All in one place (Habesha Games) 9 Habesha Games an Ethiopian App Store Feature Phones store (completed) Android Phones store (on progress) Windows store (on progress) Habesha Programmers Developer community 11. The way forward 10 Build mobile software in a large scale. Build the developer community. Advertise our localized store. 12. Thank You Tel: +251910150189 Email: findephi@gmail.com https://twitter.com/findephi