APPS4AFRICA 2012 COMING SOON TO GHANA

Appfrica International launches 3^rd Annual Competition to Invest in African Technologists

Theme: ????????? Business Challenge

Apps4Africa will be returning to Ghana for the third consecutive year, with the new theme ?Business Challenge.? As part of its engagement with African partners in promoting economic opportunity and development in Africa, the U.S. Department of State will sponsor Apps4Africa 2012: Business Challenge, an Africa-wide competition to encourage the development of mobile, web, and desktop applications (?apps?) that help address the challenge of youth unemployment in Africa.

Join us on December 1^st at 10:00 am at the Kofi Annan Center of Excellence (KACE-AITI), for the brainstorming event to discuss and develop potential submissions.

Remember Ghana?s 2011 winner, Farmerline.org?? The team will be on hand to share their experience – and if they are not too modest maybe they?ll share how they went on to win the World Summit Youth Award.

Who should attend?

• Ambitious technologists, young developers, entrepreneurs, businesses, startups and NGOs that support technology projects.??We are looking for the next tech CEO in Ghana? – Marieme Jamme
• Don’t miss it! Sign Up Now at:http://app4africa2012ghana-estw.eventbrite.com/
• Enter the competition here :www.apps4africa.org
• Submission Deadline:? ????????????????????? December 30, 2012

Source:U.S. Embassy Ghana