During this week's ICT for Agriculture conference, a 'hackathon', or 'agrihack' contest was held in parallel, challenging young tech entrepreneurs to design ICT solutions for the agriculture sector. The hackathon consisted of a digital platform to connect and harmonize key youth stakeholders in East Africa along the agricultural value chain using mobile web functionalities, to allow users and site visitors to access the content from their smart phones.
Nine teams participated in the hackathon from six countries: Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar and Kenya. A team of students in the College of Science and Technology represented Rwanda in the competition with their Fertilizer Logic project.
Minister Kalibata commended the finalists and called upon all young people to create more solutions for the farming sector. "There is need to change knowledge and information into productive resources to improve lives," Kalibata said, adding that people might find solutions that will make a difference for farmers.
To read more, Rwanda: Minister Kalibata Call for Challenging ICT for Development
Adapted from allAfrica.com
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