USPF Hackathon for Developers in Nigeria (2 million+ in Cash Prize) http://uspfhackathon.org/

The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) – (http://uspfhackathon.org/)
-carried out a study and identified 207 geographical clusters with an
estimated 36.8 million people all over Nigeria who have little or no
access to telecommunication services including telephony, Internet and
other ICT services.

The study outcome (Clusters of ICT Gap) provides an
opportunity for innovative Nigerians to create sustainable solutions
that would drive equitable ICT access for all.

USPF is calling out to brilliant software developers, data scientists,
UX designers, ICT experts, engineers, strategists, public policy experts
and students to get involved and solve this underlying ICT problem
within 48 hours by building fully working prototypes of their solutions
following specific technical guidelines.

Selected winners with outstanding solutions stand a chance to win amazing prizes.

Date: Friday, September 18th – Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Venue: iDEA Nigeria – 296 Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba. Lagos, Nigeria

Time: 4pm

What you and your team need to crack

• Any solution or technology that could extend telecoms services and connectivity into previously unreached areas in Nigeria.
• Visualisation & Natural Language Interface software for the
  access gap data and other large data sets. Spatial data infrastructure.
• Decision support and network-optimisation software that help Telecom carriers, and other companies to plan their expansion
• Prototype of a web-­‐based data marketplace that allows for natural
  language search and easy visualization of data (sponsored by iDEA.
  Special Prize)
• Business models that can bring commercial viability to existing USPF pilot projects, and other rural connectivity projects.

Your prototypes should be relevant to various economic sectors,
especially, education, health, agriculture, entertainment and
infrastructure.

Prizes

1. 1st prize – N1 million naira + acceptance into incubation program
2. 2nd prize – N750, 000 naira + acceptance into incubation program
3. 3rd prize – N500, 000 naira + acceptance into incubation program

The prizes, disbursed by iDEA’s incubation programme on behalf of USPF,
will enable startups continue developing their prototypes towards a
full launch.

How to Join

• Visit uspfhackathon.org
  to register and download guidelines for participation. You do not need
  to submit an idea to participate in the Hackathon however you are free
  to do so if so inclined.
• After registration, you will receive an email confirming your participation.

For further enquiries, email  info@uspfhackathon.org

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