Developers at the forums have been introduced to Nokia technologies and development platforms including Flash Lite, Web Runtime, Qt, maemo and Nokia touch-screen interfaces. Company officials also discussed partnership opportunities as well as funding opportunities for developers through Nokia's venture capital arm, Nokia Growth Partners.

"This is a great opportunity for software developers because Nokia is available locally to demystify any issues that local techies may have," said Wilfred Mworia, a software developer based in Nairobi.