Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) Hackathon for Nigerian Developers (2 million + in cash prize)

The universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) carried out a study and identified 207 geographical clusters with an estimated 36.8 million people all over Nigerian who have little or no access to telecommunication services including telephony, internet and other ICT services. The study outcome (Clusters of ICT Gap) provides an opportunity for innovative Nigerian to create sustainable solutions that would drive equitable ICT access for all

WORTH

• 1^st prize – N1 million naira + acceptance into incubation program
• 2^nd prize – N750,000 naira + acceptance into incubation program
• 3^rd prize – N500,000 naira + acceptance into incubation program

OTHER THINGS TO KNOW

What you and your team need to crack

• Any solution or technology that could extend telecom services and connectivity into previous unreached areas in Nigeria.
• Visualization and natural language interface software for the access gap data and other large data sets. Spatial data infrastructure
• Decision support and network-optimization software that helps telecom carriers and other companies to plan their expansion
• Prototype of a web-based data marketplace that allows for natural language search and easy visualization of data (sponsored by iDEA. SPecial prize)
• Business models that can bring commercial viability to existing USPF pilot projects and other rural connectivity projects

Deadline: September 20, 2015

To apply and for more information visit here