According to an announcement on the Apple iPhone Dev Center dated 18th February, 2010; Apple has added a bunch of new countries to the AppStore for app sales. Included on the new additions are a number of African countries: Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, and Uganda.

iScribe is on SALE. You can now get it for $0.99 on the app store.

Watch out for an update to iScribe coming soon. This will be primarily bug fixing and adding a few things in response to user feedback. More apps coming soon too.

Have you ever read something and you just sat up, your eyes become wide with anticipation and a shot of adrenaline runs through you sending a cold chill down your back! (Well, maybe that’s a bit over-dramatized, but you get the point).

How about this – AppMakr.com allows you to create content based iPhone applications in under 30 seconds!

Yes, 30 seconds!

From the official press release:

AppMakr offers, for the first time, a “What You See is What You Get” WSYWIG interface for creating a fully native iPhone application. Users can enter a website URL or keywords and AppMakr will create a sample iPhone app in under 30 seconds built from that content.

Users can then customize the iPhone application by:

1. Adding content feeds, including Twitter, RSS, iTunes podcast, Flickr, YouTube, Blogger, mp4, and others

2. Changing the app’s branding, including the icon, splash screen, tab icons, header image, and text colors

3. Monetizing the app by charging for it on iTunes, or by adding ads from AdMob, Medialets, DoubleClick and Google AdSense

Publishing the app to the iTunes App Store is as easy as choosing between two options:

· The Easy Way: AppMakr publishes your app for $199

· You’re In Control: Publish under your own brand for $499.

Full pricing details are available http://www.AppMakr.com/pricing

Amazing! Watch the video demo

It is with great pleasure that African Pixel today announces it’s first two apps for the iPhone that are now in the iTunes AppStore!

This is truly a great thing. The last few months have been quite a task as we have been working hard not only to develop the applications but also to make the process of making them from Africa work. This has not been a small task but a worthwhile one as we have gone through several iterations trying to get things right for this first application.

Ok, enough with the mushy stuff – what’s the app? what does it do? where do I get it?

Well, essentially there are two applications in the app store which are actually the same application… huh? Well we have one application that we call iScribe, and a ‘Lite’ version of the same (called ‘iScribeLite’ – duh).

The Lite version is fully functional just like the ‘full’ application. So you can do the same thing with iScribeLite as you can do with iScribe. There are only two differences between the two:

1. iScribeLite is FREE
2. iScribeLite has embedded ads which iScribe does not have

So whichever app you get, you enjoy the full features available.

What is it?

Well, Simply put, iScibe is a story telling/editing/publising app.

iScribe brings old school journaling to the new age of mobility and the internet. Making it simple to capture life’s moments in a fun way and on the move. You don’t have to wait to get back home to record the experience. You can capture it as it happens – in text, voice, images and video! Get all aspects of your experience as it happens!

Write your entry; add photos to capture the moment. Record conversations or audio snippets, take video clips and add them to your ‘journal’ entry. At the end of the day share it out to friends and family by email or to the web for the world

(More screenshots available on Flickr)

Who is it for?

Basically, if you can find stories to share from your life and your life experiences, it’s for you! (That basically means, everyone who’s alive)

How does it work?

Well, simply, type text, take photos or videos, press a button to record and play back audio recordings, save your stuff, press another button to share online or by email and voila! Watch the demo video below (eeeh.. sorry for the lighting)

So go ahead and get the app for yourself and tell your stories, share life! – Because story telling is not just African, it’s Human!

http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/

It’s Christmans eve here in Nairobi, Kenya (And would you believe it – there’s a blackout!)

We here at African Pixel wish everyone a blessed Christmas and a blessed New Year.

Simply awesome. This is the heart of social media in 4 minutes

Sniff sniff! I smell change in the air.

In 2010, probably one of the most significant events in all of Africa will be taking place in Accra, Ghana. An event exclusively designed for the young change makers in Africa. Young visionaries who have seen Africa beyond what it has been called for decades now. Minds that have grasped an Africa that is not one in darkness but one of light and one in light. An Africa that is not yet here but one that is in the process of becoming; and not only that, but one which they themselves have decided to make a reality.

TEDxYouthInspire is an event of a special kind. Not only is it about this new Africa, and not only is it about the change makers, but it’s about the young people doing it. And that’s amazing to me. It’s amazing that all or most of the big tech success stories (and even non-tech successes like Virgin Atlantic) we hail – Microsoft, Apple, Google, Yahoo… – were started by young people. In fact, on average, these were all people under 25 years of age! This is what prompted me to blog this when I was turning 22. So it’s amazing that here’s an event that is seeking this generation in Africa and telling them, hey you are meant to do this so go out there and do it, and inspiring them on!

Here’s the official press release:

Inaugural TEDxYouthInspire to be held in Accra, Ghana in April 2010

Accra, Ghana, December 1, 2009 – On Saturday, April 10, 2010, from 8:00AM – 6PM GMT, the inaugural TEDxYouthInspire conference will be held at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Accra, Ghana. The one-day, free event will be the first TEDx event dedicated exclusively to young African visionaries ages 14-25.

Tasked with inspiring young people to make sustainable transformation, the conference will utilize the theme “A Good Head & A Good Heart”, from former South African President Nelson Mandela’s 1995 autobiography Long Walk to Freedom, to exhibit how radical thought and integrity of spirit combine to create unlimited possibilities for a brighter future.

“It is important that young people are aware of their power as local and global community leaders,” says Raquel Wilson, event curator, “TEDxYouthInspire will encourage participants to collaborate and embrace their shared passions for change.”

Space for TEDxYouthInspire is limited. Young people interested in attending should apply online at www.tedxyouthinspire.org/attend. Eligible applications must be received by Sunday, January 31, 2010 to be considered for admission.

Individual and corporate sponsorship packages are available. Additional information about TEDxYouthInspire can be found by visitingwww.tedxyouthinspire.org. You can also follow along on Twitter at www.twitter.com/tedxyouthinspir or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/tedxyouthinspire.