Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Innovators, programmers, and application developers are at the forefront of a movement that combines big data, open data, and the internet of things to create new marketable products and services for the agricultural sector. Events, like hackathons, pitching and networking gatherings, are important for these young innovators to improve and exchange ideas, get technological advice, connect to investors and marketers.
In this article from CTA's ICT Update (Issue 84, March 2017) reports on the Durban AgriHack Talent Challenge, which took place from 28 November to 2 December 2015 in South Africa.
Useful for activity: Engagement
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Welcome to the GODAN Summit 2016 Blog Series. Each week, we will post a blog written by a participant of our Summit held in New York City on September 15-16. This week's blog on "GODAN, Open Data and the Nigerian State" is written by Okeke Celestine, the lead partner of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Advocacy and Support Initiative (MSME-ASI).Open
04/11/2016
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Keywords:
SMEs
The 2nd International Workshop on November 10-11 2015 saw 75 representatives from governments, the private sector, research institutions and non- governmental organizations from Europe and Africa. The event was structured in a few plenary sessions with introductory presentations in the...Read more
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GODAN area:
Business creation
Keywords:
Private sector data | Public/private | SMEs