Info For Yous Win $150,000 Inwards Facebook Internet.Org Excogitation Challenge Inwards Africa For Individuals As Well As Organizations Worldwide
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Innovation Challenge Award
Course(s) Offered: Internet-based solutions (app, website, online service)
Course Level: Contest, Challenge
Provider: Internet.org
Country to Study in: Online
Challenge Description
The Internet.org Innovation Challenge inward Africa supports Internet.org’s vision of a connected world. To this end, the finish of the Challenge is to recognize individuals too organizations that are working on internet-based solutions to promote teaching too economical empowerment inward countries throughout Africa.
The Challenge volition encourage the evolution of apps, websites too online services that supply existent value for people.
The Challenge is focused on African communities, too 2 pillars (Education/Learning too Economic Empowerment) because 5 of the 10 fastest growing economies inward the basis are African countries. The challenge hopes to insure that communities inward these chop-chop growing economies are well-equipped alongside cyberspace technologies for learning too economical empowerment.
Eligibility
Individuals too organizations only about the basis are eligible to participate too then long every bit their applications, websites or services are designed to run across the needs of the inward a higher house mentioned categories. (Note: Residents of countries where the USA has merchandise restrictions volition non hold upward eligible. See the “Rules” department on the official website for consummate details.)
Selection Criteria:
Entries volition hold upward judged based on innovation, impact, scalability too launch-readiness.
Eligible groups
Citizens too residents of ALL countries worldwide (EXCEPT residents of countries where the U.S. of A. has merchandise restrictions)
Areas of focus
The Challenge volition encourage the evolution of apps, websites too online services that supply existent value for people nether the next pillars:
One Innovation Challenge Award prize inward the amount of $150,000 USD volition hold upward presented to the app, website or service that the judges make upward one's heed best meets the needs of each of the 2 categories: Learning/Education too Economic Empowerment (2 awards total).
Each of the Innovation Challenge Award winners volition also hold upward eligible to have to a greater extent than than $60,000 USD inward tools too services from FbStart, a Facebook programme designed to assistance early on phase mobile startups construct too grow their apps.
In addition, 2 Impact Award prizes inward the amount of $50,000 USD volition hold upward presented to 2 apps, websites or services designed for each of the 2 pillars (4 awards total).
Please note:
If you lot guide keep to a greater extent than than i app, website or service that serves the needs of the designated populations, you lot may travel inward to a greater extent than than once. However, a maximum of i prize volition hold upward awarded to each private or organization.
Method of Application
You may railroad train your app, website or service on whatsoever platform, too then long every bit it industrial plant on a mobile device. Keep inward heed that the platform you lot pick out volition behaviour upon your application’s potential reach, which is a consideration inward the judging process. In social club to maximize your potential reach, regard widely accessible platforms similar mobile spider web too Android. If you lot are looking for a hosting platform, Parse offers gratuitous application tools too express hosting.
Please review the Internet.org Innovation Challenge rules carefully earlier entering.
You may Download the PDF. Request a re-create past times emailing challengerules@Internet.org.
You must shipping a signed re-create of the rules to africa_enterchallenge@internet.org inward add-on to the online application shape on the official website (link to it is below).
DEADLINES:
Internet.org volition laid about accepting entries on Dec 1, 2015. All entries must hold upward received past times May 1, 2016.
PLEASE NOTE:
Winners volition hold upward announced inward September 2016.
As already noted above, 5 of the 10 fastest growing economies inward the basis are African countries. Internet.org believes that teaching too economical empowerment volition enable equitable economical increment too evolution inward these communities.
Your app, website, or service tin hold upward inward whatsoever language; Internet.org encourages you lot to supply local too multilingual support. However, your application too all supporting materials must hold upward inward English.
Your app, website or service must hold upward inward a working state. Internet.org cannot convey prototypes. If your submission is non nonetheless publicly available, hold upward certain to include the timeline for world launch every bit business office of your entry.
Application Deadline: 1 May 2016
Open to International Applicants:Yes
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Related: Contests too Competitions for International Students
Course(s) Offered: Internet-based solutions (app, website, online service)
Course Level: Contest, Challenge
Provider: Internet.org
Country to Study in: Online
Challenge Description
The Internet.org Innovation Challenge inward Africa supports Internet.org’s vision of a connected world. To this end, the finish of the Challenge is to recognize individuals too organizations that are working on internet-based solutions to promote teaching too economical empowerment inward countries throughout Africa.
The Challenge volition encourage the evolution of apps, websites too online services that supply existent value for people.
The Challenge is focused on African communities, too 2 pillars (Education/Learning too Economic Empowerment) because 5 of the 10 fastest growing economies inward the basis are African countries. The challenge hopes to insure that communities inward these chop-chop growing economies are well-equipped alongside cyberspace technologies for learning too economical empowerment.
Eligibility
Individuals too organizations only about the basis are eligible to participate too then long every bit their applications, websites or services are designed to run across the needs of the inward a higher house mentioned categories. (Note: Residents of countries where the USA has merchandise restrictions volition non hold upward eligible. See the “Rules” department on the official website for consummate details.)
Selection Criteria:
Entries volition hold upward judged based on innovation, impact, scalability too launch-readiness.
- Innovation: How original, groundbreaking or creative is the app, website or service?
- Impact: Will the app, website or service impact numerous lives inward meaningful ways?
- Scalability: Does the app, website or service scale technically? What per centum of the designated population volition it reach? Is the content localized? Is multilingual back upward available?
- Launch-readiness: How presently volition the app, website or service hold upward publicly available, beyond prototypes too express trials, if it isn’t already? If it’s already publicly available, how stable too consistent is its performance?
Eligible groups
Citizens too residents of ALL countries worldwide (EXCEPT residents of countries where the U.S. of A. has merchandise restrictions)
Areas of focus
The Challenge volition encourage the evolution of apps, websites too online services that supply existent value for people nether the next pillars:
- Learning/Education: Apps, websites or online services that brand purpose of technology scientific discipline to inspire too deliver learning
- Economic Empowerment: Apps, websites or online services that assistance to advance the economical forcefulness too mightiness of communities
One Innovation Challenge Award prize inward the amount of $150,000 USD volition hold upward presented to the app, website or service that the judges make upward one's heed best meets the needs of each of the 2 categories: Learning/Education too Economic Empowerment (2 awards total).
Each of the Innovation Challenge Award winners volition also hold upward eligible to have to a greater extent than than $60,000 USD inward tools too services from FbStart, a Facebook programme designed to assistance early on phase mobile startups construct too grow their apps.
In addition, 2 Impact Award prizes inward the amount of $50,000 USD volition hold upward presented to 2 apps, websites or services designed for each of the 2 pillars (4 awards total).
Please note:
If you lot guide keep to a greater extent than than i app, website or service that serves the needs of the designated populations, you lot may travel inward to a greater extent than than once. However, a maximum of i prize volition hold upward awarded to each private or organization.
Method of Application
You may railroad train your app, website or service on whatsoever platform, too then long every bit it industrial plant on a mobile device. Keep inward heed that the platform you lot pick out volition behaviour upon your application’s potential reach, which is a consideration inward the judging process. In social club to maximize your potential reach, regard widely accessible platforms similar mobile spider web too Android. If you lot are looking for a hosting platform, Parse offers gratuitous application tools too express hosting.
Please review the Internet.org Innovation Challenge rules carefully earlier entering.
You may Download the PDF. Request a re-create past times emailing challengerules@Internet.org.
You must shipping a signed re-create of the rules to africa_enterchallenge@internet.org inward add-on to the online application shape on the official website (link to it is below).
DEADLINES:
Internet.org volition laid about accepting entries on Dec 1, 2015. All entries must hold upward received past times May 1, 2016.
PLEASE NOTE:
Winners volition hold upward announced inward September 2016.
As already noted above, 5 of the 10 fastest growing economies inward the basis are African countries. Internet.org believes that teaching too economical empowerment volition enable equitable economical increment too evolution inward these communities.
Your app, website, or service tin hold upward inward whatsoever language; Internet.org encourages you lot to supply local too multilingual support. However, your application too all supporting materials must hold upward inward English.
Your app, website or service must hold upward inward a working state. Internet.org cannot convey prototypes. If your submission is non nonetheless publicly available, hold upward certain to include the timeline for world launch every bit business office of your entry.
Application Deadline: 1 May 2016
Open to International Applicants:Yes
More Scholarship Information too Application
Related: Contests too Competitions for International Students
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