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At least
three Nigeria-based organisations have emerged among some 25 finalists in the
2014 African Content Awards, with the Malaria Destroyer Game (MDG)
topping the entertainment and lifestyle category as the overall winner, ITRealms authoritatively reports.
Confirming
this to ITRealms, Mr. Latif Ladid on
behalf of the chairman of the board of directors of the World Summit Award in
eContent and Creativity, said the African Content Award recognizes innovation
and creative products from the African Continent.
He also
revealed that eight winners emerged at the conclusion of judging session and
were invited to the 2nd Ministerial forum on Science, Technology and Innovation
in Africa, organized by the African Development Bank in Morocco, Rabat which
commenced yesterday October 14, 2014.
MDG whose
product identity for the award was 4004 also have two other Nigerian entities
tagging along in the finalist table as runners up, namely the Omomi in them-Environment and Health category
and PlirisMobile in the m-Inclusion
and Empowerment category.
ITRealms recalls that the award stems from the Ministerial forum on Science, Technology
and Innovation in Africa, which aims at engaging African Ministers in charge of
Higher Education, Science and Technology as well as industry in a dialogue with
the private sector, academia, diaspora, civil society and scientific
communities globally on how to promote inclusive and green growth through
scientific and technological innovation in Africa.
This forum
follows the first ministerial conference on Science, Technology and Innovation,
hosted by the Government of Kenya in 2012.
Further, the
forum is designed to raise the political awareness of Science and Technology in
Africa, it aimed to promote youth employment, human capital development and
inclusive growth. It gathered over 40 Ministers of Higher Education, Science
and Technology and successfully put STI at the center of policy dialogue in Africa.
+Remmy Nweke (ITRealms) ITREALMS ... delivering news for ICT4D
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