AS part of efforts targeted at nurturing homegrown software solutions providers, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in association with Microban Standard Communication Ltd, has announced the first National Software Challenge.
The competition which is in its maiden edition is tagged NITDA e-SOLVE Project and is the aimed at providing a platform for budding young innovative minds the opportunity to horn their talent in enhancing service delivery with indigenous software solutions.
According to the Director General of NITDA, Peter Jack, the competition is opened to participants from across the nations, which will see to the emergence of zonal representatives from the six geo-political zones. Zonal winners will subsequently converge in Abuja from where wining entries will be reviewed by a team of Judges who would review the various submissions and then select the best adjudged entry from within the country.
Jack added that interested participants and software developer either in mobile software solutions, web application or a fully fledged enterprise software application in health or education are to visit the completion website www.nitdaesolve.gov.ng for details of the participation modalities for which entries are expected to close on September 27.
The top three winning finalist would receive financial rewards that would enable them consolidate on their software development initiative, with support from NITDA and will also have the opportunity to showcase the winning solution at bigger platform such as GITEX and eNigeria.
NITDA is charged with the responsibility to develop Information technology in Nigeria through regulatory standards, guidelines and policies. Additionally, NITDA is the clearing house for all IT projects and infrastructure development in the country. It is the prime Agency for e-government implementation, Internet governance and general IT development in Nigeria.
The agency was established to create a framework for the planning, research, development, standardization, application, coordination, monitoring, evaluation and regulation of IT activities in Nigeria.