About The Safaricom Appwiz .......

ABOUT SAFARICOM APPWIZ
Following the massive success witnessed
in the Safaricom AppStar Challenge, we
have launched the Safaricom Incubation
challenge. Safaricom Incubation challenge
is designed to help Safaricom identify and
develop successful early stage mobile
technology companies. In this challenge,
we seek to nurture talent within the
developer community on all aspects of
application development and business
opportunities associated with Applications.
The participants will undergo training and
mentorship throughout the incubation
period.
The objective of this challenge is to help
the youth successfully deploy their mobile
applications into the market and in the
process also generate income as a result.
It is open to mainly university students and
post university students with knowledge in
IT, mobile application development and
business management skills. It is also
targeted at small and upcoming
businesses that have interest in mobile
application development.
This challenge is focusing on the following
categories:
Agriculture
Health Financial Inclusion
Education Entertainment
Games and Media
Utilities
Transport and Infrastructure
Public Safety and Security
The Incubation program will involve a
three month incubation phase that is
expected to be full time. Dates for the
incubation challenge will be as follows;
Launch: 09/05/2013
Submission Closure: 28/06/2013
Hack-a-thon: 27th � 28th July
2013
Incubation Start Date: 12/08/2013
Incubation Ends: 25/10/2013
Final Event- Award Ceremony:
01/11/2013
The grand prize winner will walk away with
Ksh 1,500,000 with the runner up taking
Ksh 1,000,000. Category winners will take
Ksh 200,000 each.
Note: If you need any clarification, Please
contact the AppWiz team via
innovation@safaricom.co.ke

Appstar is back big and better..... Safaricom appwiz..

Kenyan operator Safaricom has launched the Safaricom Development Challenge, a competition aimed at equipping entry-level developers with entrepreneurial and technology skills. The competition will feature a three-month incubation period during which participants will be required to develop apps in any of the following six categories: Agriculture, Health, Financial Inclusion, Education, Entertainment and Utilities. Applications developed during the incubation stage will be uploaded onto the Safaricom App store for commercialization. The operator will award a total cash prize of KES 3.7 million for the competition. The winner will be awarded KES 1.5 million and a further KES 1 million will go to the first runners up. Each of the six category winners will get KES 200,000. The Safaricom Development Challenge Competition is a sequel to the Safaricom Appstar Challenge held in September last year and is part of an on-going commitment by the operator to help develop and nurture a profitable local apps industry for Kenyan developers. Aspiring participants have until 28 June to submit their entries, and those who are successful will be admitted into the programme in July. Winners will be awarded on 01 November.

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