Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, has announced the opening of its second BlackBerry apps lab in South Africa.
The new lab is based in Cape Town and follows on the launch of the BlackBerry apps lab at the University of Pretoria in May this year.
"Cape Town is a key innovation hub, and a natural site for RIM's second BlackBerry apps lab in South Africa," Alexandra Zagury, RIM's MD for South Africa and southern Africa, said in a statement on Friday.
According to RIM, the aim of the BlackBerry apps labs is to help accelerate mobile application development in South Africa, thereby creating new economic opportunities and jobs in the mobile space, and to support the larger context and objectives of the South African Department of Communications' eSkills Institute.
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The new lab is based in Cape Town and follows on the launch of the BlackBerry apps lab at the University of Pretoria in May this year.
"Cape Town is a key innovation hub, and a natural site for RIM's second BlackBerry apps lab in South Africa," Alexandra Zagury, RIM's MD for South Africa and southern Africa, said in a statement on Friday.
'Fostering mobile innovation in Africa'
According to RIM, the aim of the BlackBerry apps labs is to help accelerate mobile application development in South Africa, thereby creating new economic opportunities and jobs in the mobile space, and to support the larger context and objectives of the South African Department of Communications' eSkills Institute.
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