Apps 4 Africa

About the Challenge

Apps 4 Africa is a contest to highlight the talent of local developers in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania and to leverage the power of digital technology to make a better world. The challenge is to build the best digital tools to address community challenges in areas ranging from healthcare to education and government transparency to election monitoring.

Apps 4 Africa challenges local technologists to develop tools on a variety of platforms that build on the needs of citizens or on open data sets relevant to the East Africa region.

The contest runs July 1st- August 31st. Winners will receive a small bit of fame and fortune — cash, gadgets, chances to improve your technical skills and the opportunity to hob nob with our judges panel of tech luminaries and civil society leaders at an awards ceremony in September.

Contest Goals

• Provide a platform to showcase regional technology talent while urging the creation and release of code for the benefit of all;
• Support the creation of applications that benefit the citizens, civil society organizations or governments of East Africa;
• Highlight the power of citizen crowdsourcing platforms and open data to generate good ideas that improve the world.

Learn more about the Apps 4 Africa challenge.