KARACHI: Nokia announced the winners of its MakeMyApp competition 2011 during the P@SHA ICT Awards event held recently. The competition winners in each category received prize money of Rs400,000 in cash while the special winner bagged prize money of Rs100,000 along with a Nokia E7 for a truly innovative app. The four categories for which applications submitted were Entertainment/Fun & Games, Business Productivity, Easier Living and Think Green.
Winners in each category are Faisal Iqbal of Orison for Highway Racer app, Bashir Ahmed for Mobile Energy Saver app, Mohd. Bilal Junaid for SMS Spam Interceptor app and Azfar Sabih of Lakson Business Solutions for Save Planet app while Umair Cheema was recognized as a special winner for his app Chanda Mamoon.
The winners were finalized by a panel of judges comprising of Jehan Ara, President P@SHA, Farhan Chawla, Technology Blogger & Enthusiast, Zia Imran, Managing Director of Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) and Rabia Garib, Editor-in-Chief, CIO Pakistan.
Commenting on the MakeMyApp competition 2011 in Pakistan, Haseeb Ihtisham, Head of Marketing, Nokia Pakistan said, “On behalf of Nokia Pakistan team, I would like to express my heartiest felicitations to the winners of Nokia MakeMyApp Competition 2011. We are overwhelmed by the energetic response that we received from Pakistani developers for this competition. With their highly usable and practical apps, Pakistani Developers are making waves not only in Pakistan but all over the world. Thanks to their persistent efforts, every other day sees a new bundle of Pakistani apps added to the Nokia Store rendering it the most popular mobile app store in Pakistan today and there’s still so much more room for growth.”
Talking about the competition, Jehan Ara, President P@SHA said, “It is an honor for us to have players like Nokia in the industry who are playing a critical role in furthering not only their business but are also fuelling the growth of innovation in the country.”
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