Although the Developer Parapo has been known to be monthly event by Co-creation hub Nigeria, one can but look forward to Trade transparency hack coming along with September’s edition of Developer Parapo. The CcHub is sure glad to host the 4 day event running from 26th to 29th of September, 2012.
Developer Parapo
This month’s #DevParapo key focus will be Window 8 from Microsoft as Emmanuel Onyeje, GM Microsoft, West & Central Africa will be sharing insights into Microsoft’s plans for mobile market with Window Phone 8. We could remember Microsoft partnership with Nokia, Samsung and HTC, well I won’t pretend I know why all those partnership are important to a giant OS company. I pray thee to come with your questions to give Emmanuel a nice moment and a relaxing evening.
Date: 26th of September, 2012
Time: 5-30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: 6th Floor, 294 Herbert Macaulay Way, Sabo, Yaba
Register here for the event.
Trade Transparency Hack
On the other hand from the 27th – 29th of September, designers, developers, trade experts and interested consumers will work together in teams at the CcHub to develop interactive visualisation tools with the data relevant to Nigeria. This event is strictly by invitation for:
- Designers: web designers, graphic designers, user-experience designers
- Developers: software developers who code for web and mobile
- Trade Experts: who understand the intricacies of the issues and can help with the feasibility of projects
- Statisticians & Data Analysts: who can help make sense and see patterns in large data sets
Trade-related costs and trade barriers such as tariffs raise the prices of the goods they buy. Unfortunately, there is very little information available to average citizens about the impact of trade protection on them. While complex statistical data on tariff levels is already available online, it is usually not in an easily accessible format for people other than the experts.
To start these conversations, DFID has contracted the Economist Intelligence Unit to collect the data and model the impact of various trade-related factors on the retail prices of a small number of consumer goods. This dat a will be made available at various Trade Transparency Hacks around the world.
The aim of the Trade Transparency Hack is to engage consumers both in developed and developing countries through interesting and eye-catching online graphics, visualisations and interactive tools which illustrate the impact of trade barriers on the prices of everyday products.
Date: 27th – 29th of September, 2012
Venue: 6th Floor, 294 Herbert Macaulay Way, Sabo, Yaba
Find more information here.
[image via Flickr/ SpicaGames]
