The International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) has said that the best startups using technology
to help with the various issues confronting refugees will be invited to join partners
from the German Government at CeBIT, March 14-18, 2016, ITRealms reports.
They will then work
together and strengthen their concepts, building better and potentially
entirely new startups as a community. The best ideas coming out of CeBIT will
join us for ITU Telecom World 2016 in November 2016 to network,
showcase and pitch their ideas, participate in workshops, win seed funding, and
benefit from a year of ongoing mentorship, ITRealms
reports.
According to a press release from
the union, migration is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st
century. It comprises both the refugees who are forced to flee their home due
to war or cultural or religious oppression and those who leave of their own
volition because of economic or ecological reasons.
Each day, ITRealms informs, another 40,000 people
around the world leave their home to search for peace and security. Refugees
face a unique set of problems.
They need protection, education,
food, water, shelter and long term solutions that reunite families, integrating
them into new communities or return them safely home. ICTs can help with many
of these issues, and should be a key element in improving their lives.
Cyriacus Nnaji/GEE
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