Encipher at Google Day Nigeria Day 1

May 4, 2011 | Posted In: news

Encipher was present at Google Day Nigeria which is an annual event sponsored by Google.
Encipher was duly represented by both founders Saheed Adepoju & Anibe Agamah.
Encipher had been contacted by African Practice, PR firm for Google, as one of the companies doing innovative with the android OS in Nigeria.
Our day started with meeting Julie, Communications manager at Google South Africa who welcomed us warmly. We met Tim from Africa Practice and we were quickly whisked for a quick Tv interview with CNBC africa. We spoke about our ideas and future strategies for our Encipher Inye and Inye2 tablets. We also mentioned key partners we working with to build a budding ecosystem. Partners mentioned include Student  circle network & GoldSMS.
Following that, we were officially introduced to Google Nigeria country manager, Juliet and Regional Lead for sub-saharan Africa, Joe Mucheru. We had a brief photoshoot and an explanation of the strategies we employing and they encouraged and provided us with advice. We enveilled the Inye2 and spoke about our strategies for that as well.
Later on in the day, Tim of Africa Practice, introduced us to a Bloomberg reporter who asked us about how Google has helped with our company and we spoke passionately about our mission statements as well as how we meeting this with one of our partners.
As the day winded down, we were at a VC session where we spoke with AMOO, a VC advisory firm who showed keen interest in our strategies.
Generally, Encipher had fun in Day 1 and looking forward to Day 2 where we were invited as a guest to speak about what we are doing within Nigeria.
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