Hello Tanzanian Software developers! After the successful Hackathons around Africa which saw some amazing applications built, there will be one in Dar Es Salaam too! It’s being organized by the Dar Google Developer Group (GDG/GTUG Dar es Salaam)

●      Learning resources and tutorials on Google+ APIs

○    Here are some links to learning resources, and tutorials to help you prepare for the hackathon and beyond. link to G+ API resources

                                    ■Getting started on Google api blog

                                    ■AppConsole

                                    ■AppEngine

                                    ■Video session on Google+ API

●      Build with Us or Build Your Own

○    Throughout the day, we will be building complete Google+ applications and aiding each other. You can start building your application beforehand.

○    We will have some of the applications demoed at the end of the event and there will be giveaways for the best ones.

●      What Do I Need?

○    We will provide facilities, internet, power, food, refreshments, and experts to help you learn to use Google+ APIs and write your application. Just bring your laptop, ideas, and enthusiasm to complete the mix.

●      When and Where?

○    The Google+ hackathon will take place Saturday, 9th from

○    9am to 6pm. It will be held at the  KINU Co-Creation Hub , located on the 1st Floor , Conservation House, Morocco Junction close  to Airtel HQ. checkout the following  Google maps link showing the  location of KINU  hub,  http://goo.gl/VtYJw

Space is limited so sign up now by filling this form: Google+ Hackathon

For more information about this and  future events , please register on   GDG/GTUG Dar es Salaam   mailing list at ,   https://groups.google.com/group/dargtug

programming is more than just writing code that works. it's an art!. And as any artist would tell you any good  art performance will also be accompanied with good presentation.

This  is  what this event will be all about!

A Google MapUp/Mapping party is an event in which a group of people get together to map their world, often a specific area such as a town or city.  Avid cartographers use Google Map Maker to add and edit roads, streams, schools, and more. Google Map Maker allows you to add and update geographic information for millions of users to see in Google Maps and Google Earth.Join us from 11:00-16:00 on Saturday, February 4 at Costech for the first ever Tanzanian Mapping Party.

This will be an opportunity for those  who want to take part in the challenge to meet-up  with their  fellow  participants and  discuss on  how  to  take part in the challenge  either as  individuals or   through  teams officially representing   Tanzania. Lots of  Android  tools ,prizes and  goodies  will be on offer for  those in attendance.Please help us by spreading the word to all Software developers, Android developers and anyone interested in   writing software.Attendance is free, but registration is compulsory, please register as soon as you can through the following link   http://dargooglechallenge.eventbrite.com/ .

Our meet-up  for  February 2011,  will  consists of  a  session on Google  analytics  and other tools  that can be  used  by web masters, bloggers, system admins and  anyone  interested  in  websites in monitoring traffic  levels.

This  will be the start of  a  series  of events  at the university of Dar es salaam  main campus  with the aim of  mentoring Computer science and Computer engineering students in various technologies.

This  was the very first event of  Dar  es  salaam GTUG, it  was  mainly a platform for us  to   get  to know one  another and   have   detailed  discussions on the objective and  the way forward  for the group.But more than that     we  had a  presentation and a   demo of the  android SMS  Gateway from one of the attendees.