Below are the key results gleaned from the attendee survey at Mobile Web in Africa 2010, as well as the testimonials that we collected from your peers.

Why are they relevant to you? As someone who is considering attending the 2011 event, we think it’s useful to provide you with the opinions of your peers. If you’re not one for pie charts or reading 20+ testimonials here is a quick overview:

Analysis of the attendee survey:

Testimonials from your Peers at Mobile Web in Africa 2010:

“MWA is SA’s premier mobile conference in my opinion. Excellent speakers, well organized and good discussions during the roundtable and panel sessions.”
Ronald Bach, Product Manager, News24 Mobile, 24.com

“Congratulations again for a fantastic event, very professionally organised and with remarkable speakers and audience. I have attended and spoken at many conferences in my career and can with certainty say this was one of the very best.”
Christophe Viarnaud, Managing Director, Methys

“Thanks to you and your team for a fantastic conference. I’m looking forward to next year.”
Mfundo Mohammed, Director, Onswaziline Investments

“Thanks for an awesome event! Really enjoyed it and will certainly attend again next year.”
Jason Perthel, Founder & CEO, Blazing Chilli

“Congratulations on a well-structured conference. The best I have ever attended. The presentations were good – I have learnt a lot. The best was the networking and the valuable input from my peers. I have nothing negative to say.”
Margaret Vyver-Rambau, Marketing Manager, Van Schaik Bookstore

“Thank you for a really top-notch conference. Really topical and the speakers were all brilliant. I would certainly like to attend again in 2011.”
Dominic Takacs, Senior Channel Manager: Cellphone Banking, Nedbank

“Thanks again for a very well organised conference with some really excellent speakers and sponsors!”
Rozz Atanassova, Product Manager, ABSA

“Thanks for a wonderful conference, I enjoyed drinking from the fountain of cutting edge mobile experts.”
Tebogo Maboya, Strategist – OMG Digital, OMG Digital South Africa

“Many thanks again for putting on a great event. I did really enjoy the format and industry contacts I managed to get from the conference.”
Neil Croft, Founder, Mahala Mobile

“Thanks for the invite to MWA2010. It was extremely worthwhile in terms of content and contacts made. The organisation was also top-notch, definitely better than other conferences that I attended.”
Gerrie Swart, Lead Developer, Flickswitch

Just for good measure here are the comments we collected at Mobile Web in Africa 2009:

“Thanks for an unbelievable conference over the past two days. It was extremely valuable for us to be able to connect with everybody who has an interest in mobile in Africa.”
Lawrence Bernard, MCi

“A first class event with speakers that were smart, passionate and entertaining. The depth and the breadth of the talent in the room was inspiring, challenging and sometimes overwhelming.”
JD Fentie, Global Practice Director – IT, HATCH

“The conference was great, the best we’ve experienced.”
Dipesh Kalan, Online Marketing Manager, Standard Bank

“Well organised, relevant and informative, not your average conference.”
Cherylann Smith, Media Director, Brandsh

“This has been a wonderful event, a real eye opener especially for Africa. There’s so much we can do through the mobile web.”
Samuel Mungabze, Online Editor, IT News Africa

“High quality speakers. Inspiring discussions.”
Willie Maritz, Managing Director, Kalleo Learning

“Extremely informative. All the information you need on mobile technology.”
Angela Bhengu, Direct Marketer, Upstream Advertising

“Thank you for an outstanding event.”
Michelle Lawrenson, Account Director, Thumbtribe Mobile Solutions

“Thank you for a very informative conference. Well done for a highly professional and seamless event.”
Emmanuelle Salon, Business Developer, the Mobile Services Co

“I think the panel discussion format worked very well. I think the organisation of the event was super slick. Great turnout – lots of all the right people”
Louisa Douwes Dekker, Content Manager, Garmap for Mobile

“Honestly – a fantastic conference to attend, we really got a lot of value from it.”
Louis Janse van Rensburg, Johannesburg Manager, World Wide Creative

“Altogether good event – great setup, professional preparation and management and I loved the tweeting. Glad I made the trip.”
Eric Cantor, Director, AppLab Uganda, Grameen Foundation

“Congratulations on an excellent conference.”
Dr Thomas Brennan, Research Assistant, Mobile Health in Southern Africa,
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford

“I really had a positive experience as I have learnt a great deal.”
Sydney Sampa, Business Development Executive, Africonnect Zambia

“A valuable, informative event.”
Phillip Santos, Developer, Soundfront Interactive

“It was great.”
Moses Kemibaro, Business Development Director, Dotsavvy

“Very useful event, thank you. We are a Start-Up – full days and a tight budget. It was time well spent.”
Mark Johnson, Head of Sales, Firestring

“Thanks for organising a brilliant conference.”
Tiekie Barnard, Chief Operating Officer, Kagiso TV & Communications

“A leading initiative in bringing together the change makers in enhancing development in Africa.”
Marten Schoonman, ICT4D Project Manager, Media Focus on Africa

“A very interactive conference, with a great number of people from different backgrounds.”
Stephane Boyera, Program Manager, Web Foundation

“Thanks for a great conference, it was indeed a very good experience!”
Ms Asta Olga Magnusdottir, Project Coordinator, MELFA

“Mobile Web Africa is a great place to learn about the industry.”
Lawrence Shelton, Assistant Brand Manager, Castle Lager, South African Breweries

“I have gained a lot of knowledge from the Gurus. I have also made good valuable contacts, so great stuff. Well done Mobile Web Africa”
Judy Kiruri, Managing Director, Brandkey Marketing

“A very good platform to address the ICT Industry, it needs to be more accessible to more delegates and entrepreneurs. It was great to have international perspectives and good speakers.”
Ajay Lalloo, Enabler/Owner, Medicell