Idea Board

Get off your butt: One Month Left To Submit Apps for Apps <4> Africa

From July 1st to August 31st, Apps < 4 > Africa. welcomes citizens to submit ideas that technology can help solve, and challenge technologists to build tools that lead to a better world. The top applications will receive cash, cool gadgets, and the chance to hob-nob with our judges panel of technology and civil society luminaries.

To ensure that great ideas become great apps, around the week of August 21st (exact dates forthcoming) we will hold a series of hack-a-thons throughout the region. These day long events will give technologist an opportunity to build, tweek and submit their best apps.

Remember, submissions must take place before August 31st to be considered for 15,000 USD in cash and prizes, as well as the chance to meet leading tech and civil society luminaries at an awards ceremony in September.

Check out the Idea Board and the Collabo Page for inspiration and contacts. We hope you join us!


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Submitted by Wayan Vota on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 08:16
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Wayan Vota

Inveneo

Wayan Vota is a technology expert focused on appropriate information and communication technologies (ICT) for rural and underserved areas of the developing world. He is a Senior Director at Inveneo and is the editor of ICTworks

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