Applications developers in Nigeria stand the chance to win €15,000 cash prize in a competition that is jointly organised by ERICSSON and Sony Ericsson for application developers in West Africa.
Country Manager, Ericsson Nigeria, Gary Dewing said in a statement that Ericsson application entries would be automatically registered for the global competition.
According to him, the partnership would run a regional competition for application developers on the Android platform, adding that the competition titled ‘Apps for Africa’ is to run under the aegis of the 2012 Ericsson Application Awards (EAA 2012) - an ongoing yearly competition for application developers worldwide organised by Ericsson Research.
The statement disclosed that, ‘Applications for Africa’ is designed to promote the development of innovative ideas and mobile applications from a variety of environments and situations peculiar to the region, which are expected to enable new opportunities for people to collaborate, innovate, learn, care and participate in more efficient ways that positively impact our environment.
According to Dewing, this competition is an amazing opportunity for local talent to showcase their capabilities in the global community of innovators and developers noting that “It reflects our ambition to use technology to change lives for the better.”
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