In a bid to promote innovation across the Middle
East and Africa, Facebook is providing startups with the tools they need to build,
grow, monetize, and measure. For this reasons, it introduce a bot party aimed at preparing
developers for the Bots for Messenger Challenge, a
contest to recognize and reward developers who are able to create the
most innovative new bots on Messenger in (i) the Middle East and North
Africa; and (ii) Sub-Saharan Africa across one of these three
categories gaming and entertainment, productivity and Utility and for social Good.
From each region (i) Middle East and North Africa; and (ii)
Sub-Saharan Africa, 30 finalist teams (10 from each category) will win a
Gear VR and mobile phone, one hour of Facebook mentorship, and up to
$40,000 USD in tools and services from FbStart, a Facebook program
designed to help early stage mobile startups build and grow their bots. All student teams or individual student entrants who make it to
the finals will win an additional $2,000 USD.
Facebook also plans to give runner up teams from each region (i) Middle East and North
Africa; and (ii) Sub-Saharan Africa; 3 runner up teams (1 from each
category) $10,000 USD and 3 months of Facebook mentorship (1
hour per month). While the winning teams will for each region (i) Middle East and North
Africa; and (ii) Sub-Saharan Africa win $20,000 USD and 3 months of Facebook mentorship (1
hour per month).
In Nigeria, the bot party has been held in Lagos and Kaduna. This weekend Code Pyramid will be hosting the Developer Circles from Facebook to coordinate the Kano bot party. Some of the partners include entrepreneurs ecosystem Startup Kano and Blue Sapphire E-Solutions. The details of the event is as follows:
Date: 8th April, 2017
Venue: No 231 ABH Street Sharada Opp Hisbah Board, Kano
Time: 10am Prompt
Interested participants should register here.
Post a Comment