The telecommunication giant will sign a contract with the winners before the end of the year 2013 for their applications to be featured on the MTN Apps store in January 2014, MTN Ghana Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Serame Taukobong said.
“The real partnership between MTN and the Apps developers begins,” he added.
Setriakor Kobla Nyomi’s Oware 3D game won the apps challenge while Wahib Farhat and Festus Nwobodo emerged first and second Runner Ups respectively with their apps – Ananse Fables and Ghost. In all, five winners were selected.
According to Taukobong, research findings have shown that the evolution of mobile applications was emerging as a new revolution in the telecommunications industry.
Taukobong backed this fact quoting a report by Flurry Analytics in April 2013 which indicated that mobile applications as customer-centric technology is three times faster than social media in terms of connecting service providers to other end users.
He expressed satisfaction on the conclusion of the apps challenge stating that the objectives had, to a large extent, been met, having been able to successfully harness local talent in applications development and built a strong affinity with the developer community.
The MTN app store challenge which had a total number of 55 Applications received apps which included games, entertainment, cooking, health, education, sports and social media.
“We are impressed with the kind of applications we received during the period. A total of 55 Apps were received from individual and group developers. The Apps received covered various subject matter including games, entertainment, cooking, health, education, sports and social media Apps,” he said.
The challenge which was launched in Accra in August 2013 was introduced to encourage innovation and local App developers to develop applications that are locally relevant to their subscribers.
source: www.ventures-africa.com
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