11/03/2016
APPS DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT
In its efforts to promote ICT development, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has instituted an annual Apps development competition for students of tertiary institutions initially from the following states.
Kano
Jigawa
Bauchi
Gombe
Bornu
Yobe
Adamawa
Taraba
Katsina
Prospective participants will be required to submit entries on of original developed Apps that address any of the following:
*Facilitating budget and projects monitoring by citizens
*Classroom attendance in primary and secondary schools
*Automation of tracking of hate speech in the social media
Interested students can download the Application form from citad.org . When Completed forms should be submitted to [email protected] on or before 30th March, 2016
Only students who have completed and submitted their application forms within the deadline will be eligible to compete.
Prizes are as follow:
First place: one year one-full scholarship to the tune of N150,000
Second place: half year scholarship to the tune of N100,000
Third place: payment of Registration fees to the tune of N50,000
Four consolation prizes of N25,000 each
In addition the first 8 winners will have their Apps promoted with a view to commercialising them
Application Procedure
Prospective applicant should visit www.citad.org and download the application. The completed form should be co-signed by the Head of Department where the student is registered. Completed application form should be submitted not later than 29th February, 2016. The completed form should be uploaded at the website not later than 30th March, 2016. Winners of the competition will be unveiled in June at a venue to be announced later.
Prospective participants are advised to download the Rule for the Completion from the website.
- Engr. Yazid Lawal Ahmed
Katsina State ICT Director
Nigerian Association of Computer Science Students (NACOSS)
