The #USPFHackathon, a 3 day event held at iDEA NG’s offices, from the 18th to the 20th of September, featured over 80 participants from all across Nigeria.
The event, aimed at creating innovative technology that will improve access for unserved and under-served regions in Nigeria was a creative hub of ideas which birthed over 20 applicable solutions.
At the end of the event, three teams emerged winners;
Team Social Wifi in third place for a wifi based phone network. Team Social Wifi walked home with NGN 500,000 cash prize and a place in iDEA NG’s incubator program.
In second place was Team Farm Fresh walking away with NGN750,000 and a place in iDEA’s incubation program for a USSD based e-commerce application for agriculture.
The champions of the #USPFHackathon were Team Data Mart, who were chosen for their marketplace to buy and sell data with analytics.
Team Data Mart received the grand prize of NGN 1,000,000 and a place in iDEA NG’s incubation program.
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