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RFI launched the third edition of the "RFI Challenge App Africa" contest, which aims this year to promote the integration of new technologies in the field of sustainable development in French-speaking Africa.
An edition on innovations in energy Renewable and Agriculture
Open to all Africans and young businesses on the continent, this edition recognizes digital innovations to improve access to renewable energy and the development of sustainable agriculture.
Associated with the RFI issue "C'est pas du vent", presented by Anne-Cécile Bras, this year's competition aims to support the development of innovative digital services (websites, applications, SMS services, etc.) at the service of sustainable development in Africa
Applications are open until 31 July 2018 * on the dedicated website: appafrique.rfi.fr [19659005] The three finalists will be invited to present their project next November in Cotonou, Benin before a jury of professionals chaired by Anne-Cécile Bras. The winner will receive funding for the development of his project
Through this competition, RFI wishes to encourage and support innovation by stimulating and supporting young African companies and developers. Microsoft, Societe Generale, MTN and Africa Global Recycling, as well as African incubators of innovative companies are associated with the operation.
* Full Regulation Online
About the RFI Challenge App Africa:
Launched in 2016 the RFI Challenge App Africa is a competition, associated each year with an RFI program and delivered in a French-speaking African country, aiming to develop the citizen Internet by encouraging projects to services of general interest. Dedicated to the health and education of girls, the first two editions in Dakar in 2016 rewarded Cheick Oumar Bagayoko (Mali), a young doctor and computer scientist from Mali for his application of medical tele-expertise "Bogou" and in Abidjan in 2017 Raissa Banhoro (Ivory Coast), for her functional literacy application "Lucie"
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