Social Innovation Camp Nigeria – Call for Ideas December 2010

Do you have an idea to solve a problem in Nigeria using web or mobile technology? Enter your idea into Social Innovation Camp Nigeria and stand the chance of winning fantastic cash prizes and support to bring your idea to life.

 

The internet and mobile technology are increasingly being used as tools to transform the world we live in. Across Africa, entrepreneurs are developing tools to solve very pressing social problems like lack of education, combating fake drugs, navigating through crisis, monitoring elections etc. Here are some examples:

 

M-Pesa is a mobile banking system used in Kenya which has brought millions from rural Kenya into the financial system. mPedigree, set up in Ghana, uses your mobile phone to check if drugs are genuine or fake before you buy them. Ushahidi is software running on the internet and on mobile phones for people to share information during a crisis, warning others and the authority of hot-spots. It was developed and used in Kenya during their last election crisis and has since been used in Haiti, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia etc.

 

At Social Innovation Camp Nigeria we'll be creating some of these solutions for problems peculiar to Nigeria. For this we need you to send us ideas or to join us at the weekend in December to develop the top 6 ideas.

 

Founded in 2008 in London, UK, Social Innovation Camp runs as process/event to create innovative applications of the web and mobile technology to solve social problems.

 

At the camp which takes place over a weekend, teams work to develop a working prototype and address issues like how to build critical mass of users to the idea and how to make it sustainable. The weekend then ends with a Show and Tell event where the teams have to present their ideas to a panel of judges and members of the public.

 

Social Innovation Camps have since run in London, Edinburgh, Slovakia, Australia, South Korea, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Czech Republic.

 

This December, Social Innovation Camp will be landing on African soil for the first time, specifically in Lagos, Nigeria.

 

If you want to find out more, have an idea to submit or you would like to participate in the weekend, visit our site www.sicampnigeria.org

Posted via email from Femi Longe's Zone

Social Innovation Camp Nigeria – Call for Ideas December 2010

Do you have an idea to solve a problem in Nigeria using web or mobile technology? Enter your idea into Social Innovation Camp Nigeria and stand the chance of winning fantastic cash prizes and support to bring your idea to life.

 

The internet and mobile technology are increasingly being used as tools to transform the world we live in. Across Africa, entrepreneurs are developing tools to solve very pressing social problems like lack of education, combating fake drugs, navigating through crisis, monitoring elections etc. Here are some examples:

 

M-Pesa is a mobile banking system used in Kenya which has brought millions from rural Kenya into the financial system. mPedigree, set up in Ghana, uses your mobile phone to check if drugs are genuine or fake before you buy them. Ushahidi is software running on the internet and on mobile phones for people to share information during a crisis, warning others and the authority of hot-spots. It was developed and used in Kenya during their last election crisis and has since been used in Haiti, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia etc.

 

At Social Innovation Camp Nigeria we'll be creating some of these solutions for problems peculiar to Nigeria. For this we need you to send us ideas or to join us at the weekend in December to develop the top 6 ideas.

 

Founded in 2008 in London, UK, Social Innovation Camp runs as process/event to create innovative applications of the web and mobile technology to solve social problems.

 

At the camp which takes place over a weekend, teams work to develop a working prototype and address issues like how to build critical mass of users to the idea and how to make it sustainable. The weekend then ends with a Show and Tell event where the teams have to present their ideas to a panel of judges and members of the public.

 

Social Innovation Camps have since run in London, Edinburgh, Slovakia, Australia, South Korea, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Czech Republic.

 

This December, Social Innovation Camp will be landing on African soil for the first time, specifically in Lagos, Nigeria.

 

If you want to find out more, have an idea to submit or you would like to participate in the weekend, visit our site www.sicampnigeria.org

Posted via email from Femi Longe's Zone