Sports Ministry Launches App
Sports Ministry Launches App Development Challenge
to Encourage Youth Creativity
In response to the on-going Covid-19 Pandemic, the Ministry of
Youth and Sports Development, in partnership with the public and
private sector actors, has invited young Nigerians to participate
in the 60 Day App Development Challenge aimed at engaging them to
compete with one another in the art of mobile application
design.
The Ministry, who announced this via a statement, said app
developers interested in the project should be inspired by the
desire to get their fellow Nigerians connecting seamlessly and
safely with each other, and conducting their businesses even as the
pandemic is still an ongoing concern. App submissions must solve a
problem within the following fields: Edu-Tech, Agri-Tech, Sport,
Health, Fin-Tech and Telecommunications.
“Through this competition, we hope to see a slew of highly
innovative and easy-to-use apps, which can be used to improve a
range of processes and increase the ease of accessibility to
services available to the citizenry,” the statement said.
The best set of applications will attract multi-million naira
prizes and training to further develop the applications. Modalities
and rules for participation can be found at noya.ng or
www.youthandsport.gov.ng.
The challenge kicked off on Wednesday 8th July, 2020. The
project is supported by the Bank of Industry (BOI), Industrial
Trust Fund (ITF), Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), IBM,
Microsoft, Afrilabs, 21st Century and NINE.
Signed
.Media Office to the Minister of Youth and Sports
Development.