Facebook brings its Internet.org Innovation Challenge to Africa
Ime Archibong, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Facebook.
-Recognition for African developers who are working to deliver apps, websites and services for learning/education and economic empowerment; $US150, 000 awards for winners in two categories
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) (http://www.facebook.com) is launching the Internet.org (http://Internet.org) Innovation Challenge in Africa (https://info.internet.org/en/story/innovation-challenge), with the aim of recognising developers and...
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Habari Zinazoendana
10 years ago
Dewji Blog28 Jul
One year in: How Facebook’s Internet.org Free Basic Services are bringing people online
Facebook is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the introduction of the Internet.org app by hosting a Developer Day at iHub in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, 27 July
*Internet.org brings new users onto mobile networks on average over 50% faster after launching free basic services
*More than half of the people who come online through Internet.org are paying for data and accessing the internet within the first month
*Internet.org users accessed health services more than a million times just in...
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MichuziHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION FUND (HDIF) LAUNCHES INNOVATION WEEK IN TANZANIA
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Dewji Blog11 Apr
Innovation Prize for Africa 2014 Finalists Announced
From the World’s First Injectable Skeleton Regeneration Protein to a Domestic Waste Biogas System, Ten Africans Are Innovating the Future of the Continent
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) (http://www.africaninnovation.org) announced the finalists of the prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2014 (http://www.innovationprizeforafrica.org). Ten African innovators have created practical solutions to some of the continent’s most intractable problems, from a domestic waste biogas...
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Dewji Blog13 Apr
AIF announces the 10 nominees for its annual Innovation Prize for Africa Awards
A record 925 applications from 41 countries representing the continent received for IPA 2015 from Africa’s most talented innovators
What do an environmentally-friendly minicab, a water distillation system and a fire alert detector have in common? They all represent outstanding innovation talent across Africa, applied for the celebrated Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) (http://www.innovationprizeforafrica.org) award this year, and are now being considered for the grand share prize of...
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Michuzi06 Feb
Clouds Media brings vuMobile to Africa
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VIDEO: Togo lab brings 3D printing to Africa
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Vijimambo27 Oct
Africa Internet TV
Africa Internet TV
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