Microsoft 9jApps competition

Microsoft 9jApps competition

Company : Microsoft Nigeria       Category : Computer & Internet
Date : Fri, Mar 15, 2013 to Fri, Jun 14, 2013

Stand a chance to win a 2013 KIA Rio automobile or N750,000.00 as Microsoft launches the 9jApps contest in Nigeria in partnership with Nokia, Dell and CCHub. The challenge will focus on the Windows Phone platform, utilizing Visual Studio 2012 and the Windows Phone SDK, in addition to the Windows Azure SDK.

The 9jApps contest will run for three months (from March till June 2013). This contest is intended to empower the next generation of Nigerian developers by helping them drive innovation and grow the local software economy.

This push for economic development through African innovation is one of the key drivers of the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, launched continent-wide on February 2013. Microsoft is working with African students, entrepreneurs, and independent developers to help them create the next generation of world-class African apps on the Windows platform, to bring relevant content and new business opportunities to people across the continent.

This contest is about giving developers the skills and tools they need to help them publish their apps to the Microsoft store so they can monetize their innovation and share it with the world. The Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative is rooted in the belief that African innovation can and will shape the future, so it is our hope that contests like this one can help fuel that cycle.

Prizes by categories of the contest include:

Windows 8 Apps category:

• Grand Prize: 2012/2013 KIA Rio automobile
• Second Prize: NGN750,000 cash
• Third Prize: A Windows Phone 8 device (X5)

Windows phone category:

• Grand Prize: NGN750,000
• Second Prize: NGN500,000
• Third Prize: A Windows Phone 8 device (X5)

The competition kicked off on March 28, 2013. To qualify,

• all apps must be in the respective stores (Windows 8 or Windows Phone) by 14 June 2013 at 23:59:59 GMT.
• apps published and available in store before the contest period are not eligible to participate.
• apps developed for the Windows Phone platform must be compatible with low-end Windows devices.

What are you waiting for? Let the coding party begin.

Prize(s) To Be Won Include: Cash Prize, Car, Mobile Phones, etc

Entry Limit: Once

Promo Ends on: Friday, June 14, 2013