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The University of the West Indies
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
CARIBBEAN INNOVATORS CHALLENGE: MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
US$19,000.00 IN PRIZE AWARDS TO WINNER!!!!!!!
The Caribbean ICT Research Programme of The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, is inviting proposals for “The Caribbean Innovators Challenge: Mobile Applications for Development.” This competition initiative, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is designed to contribute to the e-economy and e-education pillars of the Connectivity and Equity in the Americas (CEA) programme.
The extensive mobile penetration among the Caribbean poor, the tremendous versatility of mobile applications and the relatively low-cost as well as rapid deployment of mobile applications and services all make a compelling case for mobile innovation. Yet there is little in the region by way of related innovation centres, case studies and documentation of supporting methodologies.
The Caribbean Innovators Challenge: Mobile Applications for Development offers an ideal incubator model for capacity-building to Caribbean Tertiary Level Institutions (TLIs) and their young academics involved in software development. It is designed to stimulate development-focused mobile innovation within Caribbean TLIs and provide a framework to contemplate, demonstrate, document and assess such innovation according to relevance, impact and sustainability-based metrics.
Click here for more details on Competition Elegibility, Structure and Awards
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