ICT innovators showcase comes to Harare

The Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services in collaboration with POTRAZ is hosting the Harare edition of the Zimbabwe ICT Innovators showcaseon Wednesday the 28th of September 2016. The platform allows young application developers in Zimbabwe to showcase their innovative talent. The event gives ICT innovators a chance to present their concepts to a panel of judges who will then select the best innovations and this second Zimbabwe ICT Innovators showcase has already proven to be hugely attractive with over 80 innovators having been registered for the Harare edition of the showcase. The Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services Supa Mandiwanzira said he is happy with the preparations thus far and expects that the event will provide a great platform to identify applications that can be useful to Zimbabwe, the region and global markets. “We are very excited aboutthe much anticipated Harare ICT innovators showcase and judging from the number of registrations, we expect this event to be a success. “We hope that the applications that will be exhibited will help provide ICT driven business solutions to the everyday challenges we meet while providing an opportunity to innovators and application developers to monetize and bring their ideas to life. The ICT ministry recently announced that the government would be supporting ICT innovators developers through a US$25 million fund. This year the government has set aside US$5 million towards innovation which will be part of a revolving fund meant to support ICT innovators.

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