Tweet Here’s the slidedeck from my presentation at ForumOxford: Mobile Apps and Technologies Conference 2012. This slideshow presentation is an in-depth analysis of African mobile market penetration in each country. Included are some examples of innovative local entrepreneurs, creating new opportunities with mobile across the continent. As with all my presentations, you will never catch [...]
Tweet Here’s my presentation I did on January 24 2013 for These Days agency and Microsoft Belgium. The deck offers a glimpse of the real power of apps developed for smartphones, tablets and other connected devices, while sharing best practices for engaging consumers across multiple devices and platforms. Find out how to steer your app [...]
Tweet Last update: February 15, 2013 Less than two weeks to go before the mobile craze will hit Barcelona again during the Mobile World Congress, here’s my annual list of side events and *places to be*: the events and networking cocktails – next to the classic big industry players mega parties – where I’m involved with [...]
Tweet I am happy to announce a new company, I started with former BBC Journalist Shaheera Asante, called Nyota Media. It’s the world’s first communication and PR agency for innovative African entrepreneurs, start-ups, and international companies that use technology to improve the lives of Africans. Based in London with an office in Nairobi opening in the new [...]
Tweet After 10 years of a happy life in Barcelona, this summer I moved to the London area, to Tunbridge Wells to be precise, in the British countryside. As a result of this decision, I will move on to a non-executive role at dotopen and focus on new projects. I will of course continue to [...]
Tweet I’m just back from a week in Johannesburg, South Africa where I also spoke at the Mobile Web in Africa 2010 conference. I’m still digesting the many diverse impressions but it has been a very interesting week with lots of new insights on the mother continent and some very interesting people I met. I’ll [...]
Tweet At the turn of a decade it’s always worthwhile looking back to ones initial dreams. In my case it was all about being at the forefront of innovation in the mobile space. From viewing my first mobile video in Helsinki to the first mobile augmented reality demo in Amsterdam. I had the chance to [...]
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Rudy De Waele
Enabling Next Generation Mobile Products & Services
Rudy De Waele is CEO & co-founder of Nyota Media - the world's first growth agency for innovative African entrepreneurs, start-ups and international companies that use technology to improve the lives of Africans.
He is a Mobile Strategist, Business Angel and Appreneur with over 18 years of experience in Internet technology, specialising in mobile innovation and start ups since 1999.
He is a co-founder of dotopen, Mobile Premier Awards, AppCircus and MobileMonday in Barcelona Spain, and is a member of the Mobile 2.0 Advisory Committee in both San Francisco and Barcelona.
Rudy has curated ground-breaking presentations in Mobile Trends 2020 (2010), Mobile Trends 2020 Africa (2011), and most recently Mobile Opportunities in Africa - Engaging the next Billion (2012).
He has consulted for Telefonica, Vodafone, MTN, Orange, Telcel, Millicom, Samsung, Nokia, BlackBerry, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Admob (acquired by Google), Louis Vuitton, Philippe Starck, Young & Rubicam, Cheil Worldwide.
A graduate from Singularity University, he has lectured at Web 2.0 Expo, The Next Web, PICNIC, next, MIDEM, Mobile 2.0, Mobile Monday and MIPTV.
