Ncell announces 24 finalists of Ncell App Camp
KATHMANDU, Dec 4:
Ncell has announced 24 teams, six each from four categories -- Agriculture, Corporate Solutions, Education and Tourism, as the finalists for Ncell App Camp 2014.
The finalists were selected from a total of 150 teams. The finalists were selected by an independent panel of selectors, including representatives from institutions like International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group, Nepal Tourism Board, Golchha Organization, NIMBUS and f1Soft, among others, after evaluating the app ideas and business plans.
The teams were judged based on their scores on criteria such as importance of problem, their ideas solved, global scalability potential, business model and articulation and presentation, among others, Ncell said in a statement on Wednesday.
Six teams that made it to the finals under Agriculture category are Care Crop, Creative Mind, Creatu Developer I, ICT for Agriculture, Saathi and The Revolution. Similarly, AppsJhola, Cabby, Drupartment, Eagle School Bus, QOD and SentiNep have been selected as finalists under Corporate Solutions.
According to the statement, MeroAnswer, Group of Innovative Developer, Leazies, Riti-Riwaj, Special Forces and Team Xaverian have been selected as finalists under Education category, while HireAGuide, Home Stay Nepal, Nepflights, Team Yellow Nepal, Tourist Talk and Lipi (Script) are the finalists under the Tourism category.
The finalists will participate in the final competition to be held from December 9 to 11. During the final stage of the competition, the teams will learn more about running an innovative business and get additional guidance from local and international mentors on their app ideas, according to the statement.
On the final day, teams will pitch their idea and present a demo of their app to a panel of jury who will then decide the winners of the competition.
The winners of each category will receive Rs 250,000, while the overall winner will receive additional Rs 500,000 and an opportunity to participate in similar overseas app camp in 2015.
Source: Republica
