Yes, another challenge. If you are developer and need some kind of incentive to get you learning the Google App Engine this may be it. It’s a developer challenge Google is sponsoring for apps built on its cloud platform using Google APIs like the Google+, YouTube and Maps APIs. The main requirement is that you build “locally relevant web applications that solve real world problems” in the following categories:
- Enterprise/Small Business Solutions , Education, Not for Profit
- Social / Personal Productivity/Games / Fun
According to the announcement on Google’s Africa blog, the first around of submissions will be open October 22. The competition is global but subdivided into regions: Sub Saharan Africa, Latin America, South East Asia, Middle East & North Africa, India, Rest of the World. According to the announcement on Google’s Africa blog, the best app in each region will receive a $20,000 prize. Some extra incentive has also been put forward for all-female teens and all-students teams that make it into the second round of the competition; $2,000 and $1,000 respectively. The announcement says they are doing this to encourage diversity amoung developers.
Read the full announcement here.
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