Idea Exchange: CarnegieMellon, DABRA, PivotEast, ResearchGrants, TED, Apps

From Bankelele Fri May 17 2013, 19:05:00

New, ongoing, and concluded opportunities

Africa App Quest is a search for Africa's top travel app in which developers will compete for a top prize $10,000 by building home-grown travel apps, specially designed for the tourism sector in Africa. It is sponsored by Visa and South African Tourism, the application rules are here, and the deadline (D/L) is 16 August.

Airbus: Vote for the Team Aero Bamboo Engineering (Team A.B.E.) from the University of Nairobi, in the Fly Your Ideas contest where their project which engineers bamboo for aircraft cabin materials in competing against four other ideas shortlisted from 618 entries from 82 countries. Votes are open till June 3.

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