FIRST WINNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION’S INTERNATIONAL ROUND IN INDIA This year 4 winners of AppStar competition...
FIRST WINNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
COMPETITION’S INTERNATIONAL ROUND IN INDIA
This year 4 winners of AppStar competition awarded cash prizes at handover ceremony held today at Vodacom offices.
Two of them will also won an all-expenses-paid trip to India to take part in the International Round of the competition .
Winners awarded are Roman Mbwasi, the first winner in established Application developer category who awarded 2m/- and paid trip to India. Another winner in this category is Athuman Mahiza who awarded 1m/-.
In starting developer category winners are George Machibya who awarded 1m/- and paid trip to India.
Another winner in this category is Ilakoze Jumanne who awarded 1m/-.
Vodacom’s
External Relations Manager, Abigail Ambweni thanks all participants in
the competition and said that
innovations such as these will benefit not just the developers but
users of the applications as well. “As leaders in information and
communication technology, Vodacom is committed to develop the industry
using platforms such as this competition to bring out
talent and create access to solutions provided by these technologies to
many.”
Winners praised Vodacom for launching this platform that aims at growing talent and recommended not limiting
the competition to only mobile applications but expand it to include innovation for all computer uses.
Roman Mbwasi said he believe that his app on Traffic updates has all the criteria to win the international round
too and George Machibya also said he is ready to compete in international level by his app on markets information’s. 1st prize winners in international competition will attend the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
Since the launch of the competition in 2012, the platform has attracted an increasing number of innovators.
This year, innovators from Tanzania, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Ghana and India participated in the competition.
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| Mshindi wa kwanza wa shindano la AppStar tabaka la wabunifu waliobobea Roman Mbwasi akielezea jambo wakati wa shughuli ya kukabidhi zawadi kwa washindi hao iliyofanyika makao makuu ya Vodacom Tanzania mwishoni mwa wiki hii. Katikati ni Meneja Uhusiano wa Nje wa Vodacom Abigail Ambweni, akimsikiliza kwa makini pamoja na mshindi wa kwanza katika tabaka la wabunifu chipukizi, George Machibya (kulia) Shindano hilo linaendeshwa na kampuni hiyo. |
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| Meneja Uhusiano wa Nje wa Vodacom Tanzania Abigail Ambweni (kushoto) akishuhudia wakati mshindi wa kwanza wa shindano la AppStar tabaka la wabunifu waliobobea Roman Mbwasi (wa pili kushoto) akionyesha zawadi ya pesa taslimu 2m/- aliyojishindia kupitia shindano la AppStar. Wakishuhudia tukio hilo pia ni mshindi wa kwanza katika tabaka la wabunifu chipukizi, George Machibya (wa pili kulia) na Athumani Mahiza, mshindi wa pili katika tabaka la wabunifu waliobobea. Shindano hilo linaendeshwa na kampuni hiyo. |
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| Meneja Uhusiano wa Nje wa Vodacom Tanzania Abigail Ambweni (kushoto) akimkabidhi zawadi ya pesa taslimu 2m/- mshindi wa kwanza wa shindano la AppStar tabaka la wabunifu waliobobea ambao programu zao tayari zinatumiwa na watu zaidi ya 50,000 Roman Mbwasi. |
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| Washindi wa shindano la AppStar wakionyesha zawadi zao za pesa taslimu walizokabidhiwa na Meneja Uhusiano wa Nje wa Vodacom Tanzania Abigail Ambweni (katikati). Hafla hiyo ilifanyika makao makuu ya kampuni hiyo mwishoni mwa wiki. |
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| Meneja Uhusiano wa Nje wa Vodacom Tanzania Abigail Ambweni akiwaeleza jambo washindi wa kwanza wa shindano la AppStar wakati wa shughuli ya makabidhiano ya zawadi iliyofanyika makao makuu ya kampuni hiyo mwishoni mwa wiki. Katikati ni Roman Mbwasi mshindi wa kwanza wa shindano hilo katika tabaka la wabunifu waliobobea na George Machibya mshindi wa kwanza katika tabaka la wabunifu chipukizi wakisikiliza kwa makini. |
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