In November 2013, Gerald Otim of Ensibuuko and Peris Bosire of FarmDrive were two of the 20 participants competing in the first ever regional agri-hackathon. Fast forward nine months to July 2014, and these two are back at CTA’s 2014 international conference, Fin4Ag, but this time they are as part of Plug & Play Day and as speakers in the
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
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
(Blog post on the Ethiopian local event organized by IceAddis, written by Fortune Granville ) The Agri-hack competition, on the 30th of September, 2013, saw the introduction of four vibrant teams who made it to the final pitching stage of the Agri-hack competition, where they were opportune to present their working ideas to the panel of
The ICT for Agriculture (ICT4Ag) International Conference and its parallel hackathon (dubbed “Agri-hack championship”) will take place from 4th – 8th November 2013 in Kigali Rwanda. The conference seeks to examine how ICTs are truly empowering producers and consumers along the entire value chain. Earlier this year, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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