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Growth Economy Venture Challenge Has a Winner
pkrass | 15 September, 2010 21:18
Today at the Nokia Developer Summit, the winner of Nokia’s Growth Economy Venture Challenge was named. The Challenge, announced in January, will invest $1 million (USD) in the developer with the biggest and best idea to transform the way consumers use Nokia devices, and to improve the lives of people in the developing world. Ideas were submitted by developers in more than 30 countries.
The winner is Virtual City Ltd. of Kenya, which won for its Mobile Distributor Solution app. The software supports small and micro enterprises in emerging markets. John Waibochi of Virtual City will receive $1 million (USD) in venture capital and a commitment from Nokia to help turn his idea into a business reality.
The other 9 finalists in the Growth Economy Venture Challenge are, in alphabetical order:
- Bionic Power - The Portable Power Solution (Canada)
- eVOTZ (United States)
- FloCash Payment Network (United Kingdom)
- IDIFIED (United States)
- m-Employment platform using SMS (Pakistan)
- mmatcher - your mobile, your marketplace (Slovenia)
- Mobile JobHunt (China)
- Remote Diagnostics Kit (India)
- Transclick for Globalization of m-commerce (United States)
Learn more about the Growth Economy Venture Challenge.
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what my rank
ataha3 | 20/09/2010, 15:16
i'd like to know what is my rank on contest
my mbile app is easy
Congrat's John Waibochi
blackyard | 17/09/2010, 15:16
This is good news for African developers...congrats to the Virtual City team!!!