The document discusses the speaker's career journey in tech, from early experiences with computers in secondary school to co-founding Intruptiv Technologies. Some key points: - The speaker studied science in secondary school and self-taught programming languages like Visual Basic and web design. They later studied zoology at the University of Ghana. - Through MEST, they learned skills like programming, software development processes, and business fundamentals. They then co-founded Intruptiv Technologies. - Intruptiv focuses on standards, impact, and respect. The speaker advocates for the tech community through workshops and hackathons. - Opportunities exist in areas like payments, local apps, and

1. My Life in Tech
&
How you can make it
Agana Agana-Nsiire
Intruptiv Technologeis
Google Developer Group
Ghana Developer Community

2. It all began here
 1994: Toshiba Satellite, 16MB RAM,200MB
Hard drive, Windows 3.1
 Doom, Prince of Persia, Carmen, Word
Perfect, DOS
 Studied science in Secondary School
 Self taught Visual Basic and web design
 The Braintlebox
 Zoology, University of Ghana
 MEST

3. MEST and Beyond
 Learned Technology
 Programming
 Software development Life Cycle
 Project management
 Version control (SVN, Git, Mercurial)
 Learned business
 The power of research (market data)
 Customer development
 Strategy
 Marketing
 Customer service
 Case studies
 Company culture

4. Intruptiv
Technologies
Sir Agana-Nsiire Agana
Sir Nelson Klutse
Sir Eric Hackman
Standards
Impact
Respect

5. Some of our work

6. Community Advocacy

7. Community Advocacy
 Workshops
 Boot camps
 Code labs
 Open discussions
 Hackathons

8. Opportunity
 Payments
 Online payemnts (Ozimbo Pay, iWallet,
mPawa Payments)
 POS (Square)
 Local content apps
 Translation software (Kasahorow)
 Data journalism
 African games (Leti Arts)
 eCommerce
 MOTI
 Ahonya, Tonaton, Google Trader
 Social Media
 http://youngrf.com

9. Some Roadblocks
 Payments
 Mobile money – might seem cumbersome, but talk
to Abdul-Latif
 Visa integration
 Third party payment services
 Pay with airtime? Possible on MTNPlay  
 Public unawareness
 Usability education (onboarding, walkthroughs)
 Public education (Talk with Kane, GhanaThink)
 Varied technical expertise
 Join developer communities, share ideas and
collaborate on problem solving

10. Finding and using resources
 Google Developer Group mailing list
 Ghana Developer Community mailing list
 Hacks Hackers (Accra) Start one here?
 Ghana Innovation Network for Knowledge
Sharing (GINKS) Newsletter
 News digests on ICT events and
announcements
 Blogging Ghana

11. Finding and using resources
 Developer.android.com
 Develper.apple.com
 Thenewboston.org
 Techy-africa.com
 Developer.facebook.com
 developersinafrica.com

12. Why you should compete
 MTNPlay offers a local ECOSYSTEM that
will foster continuous creation and
innovation.
 Immediate visibility to your market
 Payment is sorted out 
 Hone your tech/product development skills
 Learn new things and have fun!

13. Winning formula
 Keep it simple (Dropbox)
 Keep it intuitive (Twitter)
 Make it beautiful/delightful (Path)
 Talk to your users (Dropifi)
 Be data informed, not data driven
(@andrewchen)
 Follow the challenge rules carefully

14. Thank you
Quesitons?
/aganansiire
@AganaAgana nsiire@gmail.com