APPS4AFRICA 2011: CLIMATE CHALLENGE
BRAINSTORMING SESSION , DAR ES SALAAM, 12th NOVEMBER, 2011
In partnership with the Pamoja Initiatives.
The 2011 Apps4Africa: Climate Challenge Brainstorming Session is taking place at the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology in Dar es Salaam on the 12th of November, 2011.
The 2011 Apps4Africa: Climate Challenge builds on the success of the 2010 Apps4Africa: Civic Challenge in which civil society challenged program developers to find innovative technological solutions to everyday problems on issues ranging from transparency and governance to health and education.
The 2011 competition begins in Western and Central Africa in October, with Eastern and Southern Africa to follow shortly thereafter. Winners will receive prizes, including cash awards totaling $25,000 USD, gadgets and travel. Private partners, including TED and Indigo Trust, may contribute technical assistance, prizes, and follow-on support for the new partnerships created by this platform.
The Apps4Africa Challenge began in late 2009 when several individuals, organizations, and private companies joined together to propose a competition that would reward local innovators for their ideas and projects.
The 2010 challenge winners received prize money, media attention, and a special congratulatory message from the US Secretary of State, Hilary Rodham Clinton.
With coordination with software developer Appfrica International, Apps4Africa will bring civil society, academia and private sector organizations together with African technology innovators to develop applications that address local climate change adaptation challenges. In doing so, we seek to raise African public awareness of climate change adaptation in Africa on these issues; support the development of civil society and private-sector networks; and highlight African solutions to local climate change challenges.
The Climate Challenge centers around several strategic themes that coincide with policy decisions that will be debated and decided upon by world leaders at the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17) conference in Durban, South Africa. The benefit of this is that it increases the chance that competition participants will find very willing decision makers eager to try, recommend, and otherwise support the applications and projects developed for the competition.
The Apps4Africa brainstorming sessions are workshops where software developers, students, policy makers, decision makers and others come together to discuss challenges, propose solutions and submit their apps to the Apps4Africa Climate Challenge.
CONTEST DATES & INFO
Eastern Africa (Begins October 20th - December 20th)
Categories for Entry - Agriculture (Distribution), Early Warning and/or Disaster Preparedness, Resource Management, Forestry/Deforestation, Transportation/Traffic/Emissions, Food Security, Livestock, Health & Sanitation
Application Types - Mobile (Feature phone), Mobile (Smart Phone), Web, Desktop
Countries hosting Eastern Africa Regional Brainstorming Sessions - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia.
Contact: Darlyne Komukama (Shakai Media) - darlkom@gmail.com
Johnpaul Barretto (Pamoja Initiatives) - johnpaul.barretto@gmail.com
Register for the Dar es Salaam event here. http://apps4africadaressalaam.eventbrite.com/ The event is free but space is limited.
For more information, visit the Apps4Africa website at www.apps4africa.org
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