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  • Join the Tezos Afrikathon for free for the chance to win GHS 18,000 Grant

    Join the Tezos Afrikathon for free for the chance to win GHS 18,000 Grant

    Tezos Afrikathon is a two-week event where participants will have the opportunity to ignite their creativity and build awesome products and solutions on the Tezos Blockchain.

    It will be virtual and begin from 29th November and end on the 13th of December, 2021. It is absolutely free to participate in this Hackathon and a plethora of resources will also be provided to equip all participants.

    Registration process & shortlisting

    Registration period spans from 19th to 26th of November, 2021. During this period all interested teams and individuals will have to fill the form in order to participate in the hackathon.
    Applications open: 19th November, 20121 at 12am GMT
    Applications close: 26th November, 2021 at 11:59pm GMT

    After registrations close, the various leads of the chapters will go through the applications submitted and the participating teams will be announced on the 27th of November, 2021. Kindly note that there is no selection, all the teams who apply are automatically qualified to participate in the Hackathon.

    Hackathon kicks off on Chapter level

    The hackathon will kick off officially on the 29th of November, 2021. The hackathon will last for a two-week period spanning from the 29th of November and it will end on the 13th of December.

    During the two-week period, there will be a mid-review presentation on the 6th of December and the hackathon will end with a final presentation plus a demo on the 13th of December. A jury will select the winners during the final presentation.

    The jury will consist of the Chapter leads and other experts. The decision of the jury would be final and abiding.

    RULES of the Hackathon

    1. A team should have a minimum of 2 members and maximum of 4 members.
    2. Projects will be built from the scratch only and during the given two-week period hence no pre-built project will be accepted.
    3. Chapter leads will serve as mentors and provide resources as a form of guide or assistance.
    4. Maintain a positive and respectful attitude towards fellow participants and mentors throughout the event.
    5. Any decision made by the judges will be final.

    End User Applications can be built around:

    1. Collectibles
    2. Communication applications
    3. Creator tokenization
    4. Crowdfunding
    5. Decentralized Finance
    6. Gaming & Metaverse
    7. NFTS
    8. Payment solutions
    9. Smart contract templates
    10. Others (health, agriculture, education, etc.)

    Prizes

    1. First Prize: $200 worth of XTZ
    2. Second Prize: $100 worth of XTZ
    3. Third Prize: $50 worth of XTZ

    Grand Prize

    All participating teams are eligible for a grant of $3000 once they are able to present very good projects whether they are part of the top three winners or not. The participating teams will need to resubmit better applications of the same project or can choose to submit a totally new project between Jan 10th and Jan 23rd, 2022 to qualify for the grant. The Grand prize winners will be announced on the 31st of January, 2022.

    Click this link to join the Tezos Ghana Team compete in this Hackathon: https://bit.ly/32jVshI

    Read more about the Hackathon here: https://tezosafrica.com/hackathon/tezos-afrikathon-2021

    Follow us on Twitter for more updates: @tezos_ghana

  • MTN Ayoba Hackaton 2021 Crowns ‘Academy App’ As The Ultimate Winner

    MTN Ayoba Hackaton 2021 Crowns ‘Academy App’ As The Ultimate Winner

    After months of enormous grooming and all night preparation by the shortlisted qualifiers of the just ended Ayoba Hackaton 2021, “Academy App” developed by Prince Owusu has been crowned the ultimate winner.

    The search for the brilliant app idea was a tough journey from the 271 applicants to the final stage winding down to the best of the best. The Academy App developer; Prince Owusu shared mixed feelings about his victory with mfidie.com.

    According to Prince, tireless works behind the pc was really worth this opportunity. He said moving forward, he is looking at improving on his application and working with MTN Ghana to help transform the Ghana education system with a smarter way of learning.

    The zeal to solve the everyday hustle of people’s ability to access educational facilities triggered Prince to come up with such a brilliant idea. The Academy App deserves an awesome remark just like the competing apps in this project.

    The top 5 apps who qualified for the grande finale include Request; A petty cash solutions app for organisations, Stride; A reliable delivery service app, Amalyia; A food rating and recommendation based on the users’ location, Academy; A smart learning platform for students and UNLOQR; A game rewarding app.

    3 out of the top 5 finalists; Academy, Amaylia and Stride apps won the 1st position (GHS 20,000.00), 2nd position (GHS 10,000.00) and 3rd position (GHS 8,000.00) respectively. All apps who participated would however be given the opportunity to leverage on the MTN database by being hosted on the Ayoba Super App.

    All participants expressed their gratitude towards the growth trajectory and building future with MTN Ghana towards promoting tech in Ghana.

    The future of tech seems promising if we have such events supporting young people in the space.

    See photos from the event below:

  • Ghana’s Top eCommerce Companies Vie for “Best Online Retailer” Award

    Ghana’s Top eCommerce Companies Vie for “Best Online Retailer” Award

    Sixteen eCommerce Websites are vying for the bragging rights as Ghana’s Best Online Retailer of the Year at the upcoming maiden Ghana eCommerce Awards scheduled for Accra on 30th November under the theme, “Celebrating Excellence and Innovation in Ghana’s Online Business Industry”. This prestigious awards is organized by OML Africa, leaders in high profile corporate events since 2010.

    A roll call of this important category is arguably a list of the best e-commerce platforms in Ghana made up of Zoobashop, Jumia, Tonaton, Electromart, Huxley Black (myazugu.com), Bernard and Associates (mallghana.com), Kikuu and Melcomonline.

    Others are Superprice.com, Africa eCommerce Group (mumandchild.com), Africakart.com, pizarea.com, ahwenepa.com, Rosefabricsgh.com, Ann’s Web and Graphics and Inventelectronics.com.

    Nominations were submitted either directly from a company, from an involved individual, or from a third party. In the event that a third party nominates a company or individual, the organizers contact the nominated company or individual and ask the nominee to review the nomination for accuracy and, if necessary, provide any missing documentation.

    According to a spokesman of the organizers, “The Best Online Retailer of the Year, arguably the most enviable category at this year’s Ghana eCommerce Awards, is open to new and established online retailers who demonstrate best practice in merchandising, service, functionality and customer experience. Judging will be based not on overall size but on efficiency, ingenuity, dedication to customer experience and proven business success.”

    He added, “Some other criteria guiding judges for this top category are quality of products sold, payment options, return policies, usability/ site navigation, downloading speed, security, customer reviews, contact support, etc. To be crowned the king of all eCommerce Websites of the Year in Ghana, the winner should also satisfy a public vote by SMS. This constitutes 40% of the total verdict with the hand-picked panel of judges having 60%”.

    The Ghana eCommerce Awards will also have nearly 30 award winners on the night set aside to identify, celebrate and reward outstanding individuals and organizations who have blazed the trail and shown excellence and innovation in Ghana’s online business industry. Online merchants, online retailers, fintechs, digital payments, courier services and other stakeholders of this burgeoning online industry are expected to throng the plush Alisa Hotel in a night of healthy competition, fun, food and great entertainment.

    Some other competitive award categories up for grabs include Best New Online Retailer, Best Site Optimization and Design, Best Mobile eCommerce Experience, Best E-Government Experience, Best Innovation in eCommerce (Payments), Best Online Taxi, Best Mobile Banking App, and Best eCommerce Payment Company/Fintech.

    Others are Best Online Real Estate of the Year, Best Online Food Delivery Platform of the Year, Best Bitcoin Company of the Year, Best Online Hotel Booking Site of the Year, Best Mobile eCommerce Experience, Best Multi-Channel Retailer, Best Delivery/Courier (eCommerce), etc.

    One of the key highlights of this year’s Ghana eCommerce Awards night is who will be inducted into Ghana’s eCommerce Hall of Fame based on their pioneering role in the development of the industry.

    For more information, to book a ticket or VIP Table and all other inquiries, visit www.ghanaecommerceawards.com or call 0206367515 or email: [email protected]

  • Participate in the #CreativeStylus Competition to win an Infinix Note 5 Stylus

    Participate in the #CreativeStylus Competition to win an Infinix Note 5 Stylus

    Infinix announced the Infinix Note 5 Stylus sometime in July and it was subsequently available on the Ghanaian Market.

    In order to give young artists the chance to harness the power of the Infinix Note 5 Stylus, particularly the X Pen, there is a competition for all sketch artists to show their skills with their native pens and pencils.

    Winner of the competition walks away with a Note5 stylus.

    How to Participate

    Enter the #CreativeStylus competition by sketching with a pen or pencil, post and use the hashtag #CreativeStylus and tag Infinix mobile (@InfinixGhana).

    Posts can go on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

    Short listed works will qualify for the next level.

    Entry ends on 10th October 2018.

    Some Entries So Far

    Mfidie.com brings to you some of the entries so far in the competition.

    https://twitter.com/EdemYaw_Gh/status/1048242750192332800

  • Jumia Voice Competition: Nana Quofi wins GHS 10,000 and Dubai Trip

    Jumia Voice Competition: Nana Quofi wins GHS 10,000 and Dubai Trip

    Jumia Ghana has declared Nana Quofi as the winner of the 2017 Jumia Voice competition. As promised by Jumia, Nana Quofi will take home a GH¢ 10,000 voucher and enjoy a fully paid trip to Dubai.

    Africa’s largest E-commerce platform – Jumia hosted the biggest online voice competition called ‘The Jumia Voice Competition’. It began Friday, October 27th and ended November 30th, 2017.

    All that participants needed to do was to record a video of themselves singing to their rendition of the Jumia Song using the Jumia jingle, downloadable from jumia.com.gh/jumia-voice/

    Participants then posted their recording with hashtag #Jumiavoice on Facebook + Instagram + Twitter and tag Jumia Ghana. Posts were further shared with as many friends and associates to Share and Like. The person with the most Likes and Shares across all social media channels is selected and rewarded.

    The Voice Competition recorded over 60 online participation with over 50,000 social media Shares and Likes. These were strictly collated from organic and traceable Likes and Shares.

    Mfidie.com posted some videos from the competition. You can watch them here: Jumia Voice Competition Entries

    There were participants who had fakes and paid Likes and Shares. These fake and paid Likes and Shares were detected and removed before counting began.

    After careful assessment on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts, three finalists were selected. They were PatAunty Fosuah, Nana Quofi and Augustine Holm Jnr. Nana Quofi had a total of 4,013 organic Likes and Shares across all his social media channels; emerging the winner of the competition.

    PatAunty Fosuah had a total of 2,945 organic Likes and shares whiles Augustine Holm Jnr. had a total of 1,105 organic Likes and Shares across their social media channels.

    According to Jumia, the competition was designed for all individuals with talents to challenge themselves in a very competitive environment; to build confidence and get exposure. ‘It seeks to empower Africa’s talents to reach the greatest height’.

    By popular demand, the competition was opened to all category of talents to equally match up to the online battle and showcased their God-given talents.

    Jumia has successfully made someone’s dreams come true; just as Black Friday promised to deliver the biggest discount ever. ‘Thank you to all participants for their time and efforts’- they added. Better luck next year to all who wish to participate again.

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  • Jumia Voice Competition ends today, see videos from the Competition

    Jumia Voice Competition ends today, see videos from the Competition

    The long awaiting period of participation for The Jumia Voice completion is slated to end today. The Jumia voice completion begun on Friday, October 27th and was extended to November 30th, 2017 by popular demand to open the competition to all category of talents that can equally match up to the online battle and showcased their God-given talents.

    Competition So far

    According to Jumia Ghana, participation has been impressive so far and they would be ready to announce the winner as soon has assessments of all content is finalized.

    The winner of this amazing competition still stands the chance of getting GHS 10,000 voucher, a trip to Dubai and an opportunity to perform on stage with artiste of choice.

    How to join and win

    It can’t be too late for anyone who would still like to participate. Jumia says be it rap, singing or spoken word, record your own rendition of a Jumia song using the Jumia jingle downloadable from here. Post your recording with hashtag #Jumiavoice on Facebook + Instagram + Twitter and tag Jumia Ghana.

    Share post with as many friends and associates and invite them to like it and share it. The person with the most likes and reshares will be selected and rewarded. Jumia is bent on making someone’s dreams come true just as Black Friday promises to delivered the biggest discount.

    Jumia Ghana has designed this competition for all individuals with talents who would like to challenge themselves in a very competitive environment. It seeks to empower Africa’s talents to reach the greatest height.

    Don’t miss this existing opportunity to build confidence and get exposure through The Jumia Voice competition. For more information, visit Jumia’s  Facebook + Instagram + Twitter pages.

    Check out some entries in the Jumia Voice Competition

    https://twitter.com/darhlynne/status/931539834644193281

    https://twitter.com/lylibry/status/929038355114930177

  • Jumia Voice Competition Extended to November 30th 2017

    Jumia Voice Competition Extended to November 30th 2017

    Jumia Ghana has extended the ongoing Jumia Voice Competition slated for October 27th to November 22nd to November 30th, 2017. This is to allow full participation from all category of genres.

    By popular demand, Jumia Ghana is granting the request of the many voices to open the competition to all category of talents that can equally match up to this online battle and showcased their God-given talents.

    The winner of this amazing competition still stands the chance of getting GHS 10,000 voucher, a trip to Dubai and an opportunity to perform on stage with artiste of choice.

    How to Participate in the Jumia Voice Competition 2017

    1. Download the Jumia Jingle Instrumentals. Download Here:  Jumia 30 Seconds Instrumental
    2. Be it rap, singing or spoken word, video record your own rendition of the Jumia song using the Jumia jingle.
    3. Post the recording with hashtag #Jumiavoice on Facebook + Instagram + Twitter and tag Jumia Ghana.
    4. Share the post with as many friends and associates and invite them to like it and share it. The person with the most likes will be selected and rewarded.
    5. All links for the competition will be activated on Friday, October 27th after launch on jumia.com.gh. People can then follow the links to be part of the competition. There are lots of vouchers to be won for just sharing and liking the social media pages.

    Jumia is bent on making someone’s dreams come true just as Black Friday promises to deliver the biggest discount ever, starting November 24th.  Don’t miss this existing opportunity to build confidence and get exposure through The Jumia Voice competition.