They include Ajibola Aiyedogbon, Seyi Eluwole, Oyewole
Oyediran, Adesoye Gbolahan and Oluwarotimi Akintewe.
Speaking at the prize presentation ceremony in Lagos, the
head, Nokia’s Ecosystem Developer Experience (EDX), Mr. Teemu Kiijarvi, said
the move was one of the ways Nokia of demonstrating its commitment to support
local developers in building innovative applications on its proprietary
platform – the Nokia store.
He said, Nokia’s decision to support developers was based on
the need to have a rich ecosystem of exciting locally-built applications to
suit the needs of Nigerians, adding that two months ago, Nokia organized a free
three-day training for over 200 Nigerian developers before the emergence of the
selected winners.
Mr. Kiijarvi also denied speculations that Nokia was on the
verge of facing out phones built on the Symbian platform, stressing that the
mobile phone manufacturer has actually developed new Symbian updates, which
have greatly improved the user-interface of most Nokia phones.
He explained that Nokia’s new monetization opportunities for
developers, mostly in the region is tailored for local markets and include
integrated operator billing with 112 operators in 36 markets, more than 25
times more operator billing integrations than Nokia’s nearest competitor. Nokia
Store has seen integrated operator billing increase consumer transactions by up
to four times and this, coupled with Nokia’s beta programs for in-app billing
and in-app advertising, means more revenue opportunities for developers on
Symbian.
Commenting on behalf of his colleagues, Mr. Ajibola
Aiyedogbon whose application (My Cash) on expense tracking is already enjoying
downloads on Nokia store commended Nokia for providing him with its platform to
reach people with his application.
Also, he expressed delight that these downloads would
ultimately be financially rewarding, calling on other developers to embrace the
Nokia platform.
Remmy Nweke
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