The regional winners of the hackathon organised in the framework of the 2013 ICT4Ag Conference were announced at the Awards and Closing Ceremony of the event, on 7th November in Kigali, Rwanda. This concludes the first phase of the Agrihack Championship. Meet the winners in this article. 1st Prize: Ensibuuko, from Uganda (won 5,000 Euros
CTA organised the first edition of the Agrihack Championship in the framework of the ICT4Ag 2013 Conference, in collaboration with partners including MINAGRI and MYICT (Rwanda), mLab East, kLab and the support of AGRA and Microsoft Africa. The three regional winners were Ensibuuko, AgriVAS and Agrinfo. The Agrihack Championship is a several weeks’ regional coding
“Conferences this size are nearly always Powerpoint-led,” said CTA’s Giacomo Rambaldi during the closing ceremony on Thursday evening. “But right from the outset, we decided that this one would be different – that interaction would be at the core of the conference.” And that’s exactly how it’s turned out. There were no big set piece
Team name Agrinfo Firstname, family name and contact details of team members Rose Peter Funja, Grace Sylvester Makanyaga, Supporting hub Buni hub Name of the product developed Gis for plots Description of the product developed for Agrihack The Agrinfo developed a web based and mobile gis platform system for mapping farms and lands.
Team name AgriVAS Firstname, family name and contact details of team members Nebiyou Wolde Yirga Dr. Abeselom, or Supporting hub IceAddis Name of the product developed AgriVAS Description of the product developed for Agrihack AgriVAS is an information resource center for farmers. It delivers information to the farmers via radio, sms and Internet. Farmers
Team name Fertilizer Logic Name of the company/start up Fertilizer Logic, www.fertilizerlogic.com Firstname, family name and contact details of team members Hilary Muramira, Prince Dukundane Gashongore, Robert Basomingera, Origene Igiraneza, Supporting hub kLab Name of the product developed Fertilizer Logic Description of the product developed for Agrihack Plants need vitamins just
Team name HighHay Name of the company/start up HighHay, www.highhay.com Firstname, Family name and contact details of team members Joelisata Rabeharisolo, Miradontsoa Andrianarison, Areas of specialization Telecommunications and Computer Engineering Supporting hub Habaka Madagascar Innovation Hub Name of the product developed Farmora Description of the product developed for Agrihack Farmora
Team name The Agripreneur Name of the company/start up The Agripreneur, www.theagripreneur.org Firstname,family name and contact details of team members Donald Byamugisha, Denis Ezokare, Supporting hub Hive Colab Name of the product developed The Agripreneur Digital Platform Description of the product developed for Agrihack Digital Platform to connect and harmonize
Team name Horizon Telemetry Name of the company/start up Horizon Telemetry, www.horizontelemetry.kbo.co.ke Firstname, family name and contact details of team members Ernest Ekajja, Cyrus Baraza, Country Kenya Supporting hub Ihub Name of the product developed Horizon Automatic Weather Station Description of the product developed for Agrihack We have developed an automatic weather station
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