Tweet Smaato Inc., announced the VC partners and a first set of nominees for the Smaato Mobile Advertising Award 2010. The award will honor mobile publishers or developers with an outstanding mobile ad-enabled solution in several categories: Apple iOS, Google Android, Samsung Bada, Symbian, Windows Phone, RIM Blackberry, websites, branded games and mobile campaigns. The [...]
Continue Reading →Mobile Brand Advertising in Contagious
Tweet Last Friday I spoke at El Dia C at the 10th Anniversary of the Club de Creativos in Madrid together with Paul Kemp-Robertson, Editorial Director from Contagious Magazine. Contagious is a quarterly intelligence briefing in magazine, DVD and online format. It identifies the ideas, trends and innovations behind the world’s most revolutionary marketing strategies. [...]
Continue Reading →Blyk announces further European expansion
Tweet … Germany, Spain and Belgium to go live in 2009 … Blyk, the new mobile network for 16-24 year olds funded by advertising, announces its next wave of European expansion into Germany, Spain and Belgium in 2009, following its announcement to enter the Dutch market earlier this year. Blyk’s rapid expansion is subsequent to [...]
Continue Reading →Carnival Of The Mobilists #129
Tweet Choosing the 1st summer weekend to edit a Carnival of the Mobilists was probably not a great idea at start, but it turned out well for me reading all contributions after siesta in the shade on a Sunday afternoon, with a fine mix of the latest albums of Osunlade, Jaga Jazzist, Terry Callier, Ron [...]
Continue Reading →Being Digital Mashup Conference
Tweet This week I’m going to spend most of my time in London starting with an event I’m really looking forward to, the Being Digital Mashup Conference on 10th June and organised by Simon Grice and Tony Fish. The purpose of the event is to debate the commercial, investment and tactical issues that matter when [...]
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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.
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