Design Challenge & Hackathon meeting which took place in Kampala, Uganda saw Team Put it On, developers of TriGivia, a quiz prototype app win funding worth over $100,000 from United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Sponsored by UNFPA’s Innovation Fund, the hackathon responds to a growing commitment to leverage information and communication technologies to empower young people, complementing UNFPA’s ongoing work to promote the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people.There were 80 participants, 7 teams that took part in the three day challenge.
“TriGivia is an application that consists of a number of questions. Whoever gives correct answers will be eligible to win megabytes of information on gender issues to educate youth, orient and guide them on sexual and reproductive issues,” Ali Qrei explains.
What is a hackathon? A hackathon brings together programmers and developers, designers and innovators, experts and problem solvers, as well as end-users to develop web and/or mobile app solutions in real-time, building innovative solutions to an identified challenge.
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