CEO Weekends:South Africa’s TomTom Launches MySports Mobile App to Help Watch Your Calories

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top_banner_MySports-pageNavigation and location-based technology firm TomTom has launched its MySports mobile app to help TomTom runners automatically connect with Multi-Sport GPS watch to upload key performance information, including distance, time and calories, using Bluetooth® Smart technology.

In a statement, the firm said the mobile app also allows users to start a run faster by automatically downloading the latest QuickGPSFix satellite data to TomTom Runner and TomTom Multi-Sport GPS watches.

The app allows users to upload activities and training history to community platforms including TomTom MySports, Runkeeper and MapMyFitness; making it easier for runners, cyclist and swimmers to keep moving towards their fitness goals.

The TomTom MySports mobile app is free to download, and uses Bluetooth® Smart technology to connect wirelessly to both TomTom Runner and TomTom Multi-Sport GPS Sport Watches. The app is now available for iPhone and iPad users with iOS 6 and above.  An Android version will be available at a later date.

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Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Sam Wakoba is a pan-African technology journalist, author, entrepreneur, technology business mentor, judge, educationalist, and a sought-after speaker and panelist across Africa’s innovation ecosystem. He is the convenor of the popular monthly #TechNight evening event and the #StartupEast Awards and Conference, platforms that bring together startup founders, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, content creators, and tech professionals from across the continent. For more than 16 years, Sam has reported on and analysed Africa’s technology landscape, covering some of the continent’s most impactful, and at times controversial policies, programs, investors, co-founders, startups, and corporations. His work is known for its independence, depth, and fairness, with a singular goal of helping build and strengthen Africa’s nascent technology ecosystem. Beyond journalism, Sam is a business analyst and consultant, working with brands, universities, corporates, SMEs, and startups across East Africa, as well as international companies entering the East African market or scaling across Africa. In his free time, he volunteers as a consulting editor and fintech analyst at Business Tech Kenya, a business, technology, and data firm that publishes reports, reviews, and insights on business and technology trends in Kenya. Follow him on X: @SamWakoba