Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) Hackathon Programme 2015 (http://www.uspfhackathon.org/)

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The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), carried out a study and identified 207 geographical clusters with an estimated 36.8 million people all over Nigeria who have little or no access to
telecommunication services including telephony, Internet and other ICT services. The study outcome (Clusters of ICT Gap) provides an opportunity for innovative Nigerians to create sustainable solutions that would drive equitable ICT access for all.

The Hackathon
USPF is calling brilliant Software Developers, Data Scientists, UX Designers, ICT experts, Engineers, Strategists, Public Policy Experts and Students to get involved and solve this underlying ICT change within 48 hours by building fully working prototypes of their solutions following specific technical guidelines.

What your Team need to Crack

• Any solution or technology that could extend telecoms services and connectivity into previously unreached areas in Nigeria.
• Business models that can bring commercial viability to existing USPF projects, and other rural connectivity projects.
• Your prototypes should be relevant to various economic sectors, especially, education, health, agriculture., entertainment and infrastructure.
• Visualisation & Natural Language Interface software for the access gap data and other large data sets. Spatial data infrastructure.
• Decision support and network-optimisation software that help Telecom carriers, and other companies to plan their expansion.
• Prototype of a web-based data market place that allows for natural language search and easy visualization of data (sponsored by iDEA.SpecialPrize).

Prizes
Winners with outstanding solutions stand a chance to win amazing prizes.

• 1st Prize - N1 Million naira + acceptance into Incubation Program
• 2nd Prize - N750,000 naira + acceptance into Incubation Program
• 3rd Prize - N500,000 naira + acceptance into incubation program

The prizes, disbursed by iDEA's Incubation Programme on behalf of USPF, will enable startups continue developing their prototypes towards a full launch.

The USPF Hackathon will hold as follows:

• Date: Friday, 18th September, 20th Sunday, September, 2015.
• Venue: iDEA Nigeria - 296, Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria.
• Time: 400pm

How to Participate

• Interested applicant should Register and Download guidelines for participation.
• You do not need to submit an idea to participate in the Hackathon, however you are free to do so if inclined.
• After registration, you will receive an e-mail confirming your participation.

Click here to apply online

For enquiries, email: [email protected]

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