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Lelany Sommers showing off the “Peak” feature in BB 10 OS. Peak lets you slide the app you’re currently using to the right so you can see notifications.

Over seventy mobile developers from the Nigerian developer community attended the BlackBerry 10 Mini Jam developer event in Lagos yesterday at the CcHub in Sabo, Yaba. The event was held to create awareness among the developer community in preparation for the forthcoming BlackBerry 10 OS.

RIM has held BlackBerry 10 developer events in cities across North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific and now in Africa. “It was fantastic to see the level of excitement among developers for the BlackBerry 10 platform,” said Waldi Wepener, Regional Director for East, West and Central Africa at BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion.

In a lightning pitch competition, the BlackBerry application “Make We Bet” was chosen by the attendees as the most innovative application, winning a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha prototype for mobile development, and a BlackBerry Playbook. BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha prototypes were also given to runners-up in the lightning pitch competition as well as two other attendees who were live tweeting the event. Developers can find out more about BlackBerry  10 here.

Femi Longe, Co-founder Co-creation Hub says ”We were impressed after seeing what BlackBerry 10 has to offer, and we are excited by an even closer look at the platform and its capabilities at the BlackBerry 10 Mini Jam sessions in Lagos.”

Here are photos from the event

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Shaun Hathrill, Enterprise Channel Sales Manager - East and Central Africa; and Waldi Wepener, Regional Director – East, Central & West Africa for RIM

Lelany Sommers showing off the "Peak" feature in BB 10 OS. Peak lets you slide the app you're currently using to the right so you can see notifications.

Lelany Sommers, Business Development Manager for RIM and Shaun Hathrill

Winners of the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha for live tweeting the event

Michael Weitzel, Technical Partnership Manager – Sub Saharan Africa, RIM

Michael Weitzel, Technical Partnership Manager – Sub Saharan Africa, Research In Motion; Lelany Sommers, Business Development Manager for Research In Motion; and Shaun Hathrill, Enterprise Channel Sales Manager - East and Central Africa,

Lelany Sommers, Business Development Manager for RIM with William Ukoh, App Developer Winner; and Michael Weitzel, Technical Partnership Manager – Sub Saharan Africa, RIM

Shaun Hathrill, Enterprise Channel Sales Manager, RIM

Abiodun Abbey, Nubi Kayode (otekbits), Myself, Pelumi Oyetimehin and Alex (maliyo Games)

Michael Weitzel, Lelany Sommers, Shaun Hathrill and participants in the lightning pitch session

Speaking with Lelany Sommers on the features of the Dev Alpha

Cross-section of participants at the event

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