The Apps4Africa: Climate Challenge ran from August 2011 to March 31st 2012 and is now closed. Stay tuned for our next competition!

ENTERING THE CHALLENGE

To enter a challenge, click here but we highly recommend reading all of the following, first. You can find the rules for entry here.

The Climate Challenge centers around several strategic themes that coincide with policy decisions that will be debated and decided upon by world leaders at the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17) conference in Durban, South Africa. This creates an opportunity for decision makers who will be eager to discover, recommend, and otherwise support the applications and projects developed by competition participant. The goal is to ensure that African innovators have the opportunity to contribute their ideas to the discussion that their own and other leaders will partake in at COP17.

Perhaps more importantly than that, the Apps4Africa contest is being organized to reward the African innovators (young and old) who see their daily challenges as an opportunity to create.

CONTEST DATES

West/Central Africa (Begins Oct 1, 2011 - Ends Nov 30, 2011)
Eastern Africa (Begins Oct 20, 2011 - Ends Dec 20, 2011)
Southern Africa (Begins Feb 1, 2012 - Ends Mar 30, 2012)

CATEGORIES FOR ENTRY

Entry Categories
Agriculture (Distribution)
Early Warning and/or Disaster Preparedness
Resource Management
Forestry/Deforestation
Transportation/Traffic/Emissions
Food Security
Livestock
Health and Sanitation

Application Types
Mobile
Mobile (smart phones)
Web
Desktop

Data
Open Data Source
Crowdsourcing/Public Participation
News Aggregation
Proprietary
Other