| "HACK COVID-19" Global Virtual Hackathon - 10/04/2020 |
| Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | CIS countries | Azerbaijan |
| Global Virtual Hackathon competition was held to combine technological solutions to combat the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on April 10-12, 2020 by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the United Nations Development Programme and the SUP.VC Acceleration Center. By decision of the jury, the team “Crisis Heroes” from Poland took the first place. The team has developed a virtual platform that brings people and organizations together to help each other during a pandemic. The second place was taken by the Azerbaijani team “Javid-19”, which presented the idea of supporting small and medium-sized businesses through vouchers. The third place went to the Brazilian team “Zebrafish”, which offered equipment for rapid testing for Coronavirus antigens using Zebrafish. The first place winner will receive $ 5,000, the second place winner – $ 3,000 and the third place winner – $ 2,000. Prizes will be transferred to the winners’ bank accounts. |
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Source Link Keywords: Technological solutions to combat COVID-19 |