The grand finale of digital hackathon happened here on Wednesday at Telenor Pakistan's Campus 345 and was attended by Google, UNDP Pakistan Innovation Acc-Lab's team and Telenor Pakistan's management.
Telenor Pakistan's Digital Accelerator Programme, Telenor Velocity, launched a hackathon, earlier this year, in collaboration with Google Developers, and UNDP Pakistan. The aim of this 'Digital Hackfair' was to find the best developers and get them to build impactful solutions using Google's open-source Flutter toolkit.
The 'Digital Hackfair' received applications from over 570 app developers from across Pakistan including Islamabad, Jacobabad, Karachi, Peshawar, Haripur and Lahore among others. After a rigorous shortlisting process, around 50 apps were submitted contributing towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including FinTech, Connectivity, Agriculture, Gender, Education, Health, and Environment & Safety. 14 apps were shortlisted to pitch at the Grand Finale that happened at Telenor Pakistan's Campus and top three apps won a total of Rs 600,000 in prize money.
"This Digital Hackfair aiming at digitizing solutions for sustainable development goals is proof of our commitment towards the ambition of Digital Pakistan" said Irfan Wahab Khan, CEO Telenor Pakistan and Head of Emerging Asia Cluster Telenor Group. -PR
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