After India, the social network Facebook has just opened, on behalf of the year 2016, its competition “Internet.org Innovative Challenge” in French “Innovation Challenge” for Africa. With a key envelope of 150,000 US Dollars, this competition for developers will award the two best applications, websites or services in the field of education and economic empowerment.
“We can’t wait to see how African developers deliver real value to their communities. By connecting people and empowering them to access services and information, we can help them do great things and help them improve their lives, “said Ime Archibong, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Facebook. He stressed that through the Internet.org Innovative Challenge program, Facebook wants to support “those working on solutions that aim to improve education and the economic health of communities in Africa”.
Aside from the $ 150,000 USD, each winner will also receive a package of tools and services worth over $ 60,000, as well as an estimated additional prize of $ 50,000.
Registration is open until May 1, 2016 on the Innovation Challenge. The winners will be announced by in August / September 2016.
Apply here
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