Comments on: Crowdsourcing An Application Repository

By: Hunt for Africa’s top tourism app | *iHub_

Hunt for Africa’s top tourism app | *iHub_ — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:36:09 +0000

[...] July, the iHub Research team announced that they are working on building a Crowd sourced applications repository . The Apps collected so far – Notice the categories missing, such as Tourism, Environment, [...]

By: Weekly Review August 4-10 | Invested Development

Weekly Review August 4-10 | Invested Development — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:02:02 +0000

[...] “Crowdsourcing an Application Repository” by Rhoda Omenya, Anne Salim, and Albert Otieno on iHub Research Blog The research team at iHub, the de facto center of Nairobi’s tech community, is often the first to hear about applications in development for Kenyans, by Kenyans. To help developers, iHub research is putting together an application repository to serve as a central reference point. Developers can refer to it to see what applications are already in development and where there is a gap. For example, 34% of apps in the repository are based on water management, but only 3% address natural disaster preparedness. Kenyan consumers can also see what’s available to use. If you’re a developer, be sure to let iHub research know so your app will be included in the repository. [...]

By: Crowdsourcing An Application Repository | InnovationAfrica

Crowdsourcing An Application Repository | InnovationAfrica — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:24:08 +0000

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By: eyesark

eyesark — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:57:12 +0000

This is a very good idea. A central repository actually helps in identifying what is happening, what apps are being developed, which areas have been forgotten, who’s doing what, what needs are etc. This will be of very good use if well implemented.