Hackathon Organized By Kwara Govt To Support Techies Holds In Ilorin Jan 28 , 29
The Ilorin Innovation Hub, which is owned by Kwara State Government, will hold an e-Government Hackathon targeted at further identifying and helping young techies in the state this month.
Managing Director of Ilorin Innovation Hub, Mr Temi Kolawole said in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com on Wednesday that the programme will hold at the Kwara state Banquet Hall , Ilorin between January 28 and 29, 2023 .
The statement noted that participants adjudged to be exceptional at the programme will win various prizes worth N10m.
‘The event is geared towards solving common problems within government using technology. The Kwara State Government is giving all its young people an opportunity to become part of the development process and proffer solutions that the government can adopt.
The goal of the event is to come up with at least five working solutions that can be deployed immediately and put to use by various arms of government within and outside Kwara State.
Partners for the event include UK-Nigeria Tech Hub, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), IHS Towers, MTN, Interswitch, the Centre for Digital Economy (KWASU) and Kwara Build. More partners and sponsors are expected and will be announced soon.
As this is the first event of its kind by a state government in Nigeria, we want to kick start youth participation in government and encourage them that the digital skills they are acquiring can be used to make the lives of Kwarans better. His Excellency, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is committed to empowering the young people with digital skills that can create a sustainable future and open opportunities for them globally.
The two-day event will be declared open by the Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi while keynote speeches will be delivered by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Vice President of IHS Towers, Kazeem Oladepo, and Justina Ohia, who is the Country Manager of the UK-Nigeria Tech Hub. The hackathon will start after the opening session, and it will run for two days.
The participants will later do their demos and winners will be selected for the Gala and Awards ceremony shortly after. Over ten million Naira worth of prizes are to be won’ the statement added- Team@orientactualmags.com
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