Winner 2016
Champion
Sumaiya Rahman Priyanka &
Mouree Samad Mou
1st Runner UP
Rimjhim Rawshon
2nd Runner UP
Nirbachita Roy Monisha &
Mayeesha Mariam.
Digital Innovation Challenge for women 2016 is a competition, organized by Women In Digital (WIDBD) partnership with United International University and associated with selected companies. Our goal with this challenge is to encourage women for the ideas development, development of apps, websites and online services that provide real value to the communities.
The competition is aimed to all women who are interested in digital innovation. We are challenging talented and creative women to act like startups or specialized and come up with revolutionary ideas or product for the digital challenges. So think like an entrepreneur! Are you up for the challenge?
Find out more and apply at:
Digital Innovation Challenge for women supports vision of a connected world by recognizing those who are working to make the Digital world more relevant to the women in Bangladesh. Our goal with this challenge is to encourage women to generate ideas, development of apps, websites and online services that provide real value for the members of these important communities.
We will start receiving application from 28th January, 2016 and Closing of application receiving date 13th February, 2016
Please be sure to review Digital Innovation Challenge for women rules carefully before entering. Download the PDF or request a copy by emailing at challenge@widbd.com. A signed copy of the rules must accompany your entry.
Your entry should include:
Participants full name, mailing address and phone number. If you’re submitting as a group, also mention the name, email and phone number of a contact person (Men also can be a group member but group leader has to be a woman and women ratio would be more than men in the group).
Group members can be maximum Five (05) person.
A project/idea brief (summary) must include: individual/team background, goals, target audience and size, and plans for rollout and language support. You may also include screenshots or other images of your project in your summary, if applicable. The summary should be no longer than 2,000 words and can be submitted either in the body of your email, or as a link or attachment.
App installation and usage files (attached or as a separate URL), along with instructions for installation and usage, if necessary.
Optional: You may also choose to submit a video about your project. Your video should be no longer than 5 minutes and must be included as a link (no attachments).
Sumaiya Rahman Priyanka &
Mouree Samad Mou
Rimjhim Rawshon
Nirbachita Roy Monisha &
Mayeesha Mariam.
Competition duration will be for one (01) month. Contestants must be available in this time period and our judges/mentors will sit with contestant to guide them. According to the guidance contestant/s must complete the ideas/projects till the deadline.
Individuals (women) and groups around the country (Bangladesh) are eligible to participate as long as their ideas, applications, websites or services are designed to meet the contest criteria.
Your entry and all accompanying materials need to be in English.
If it’s finished then excellent but it can be simply a prototype too.
No, contestants can enter only single project.
Please review the complete challenge rules, which contain additional information not covered by this FAQ. If you still have questions, you can reach us at challenge@widbd.com
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Digital Innovation Challenge for women supports vision of a connected world by recognizing those who are working to make the Digital world more relevant to women in Bangladesh. The sole purpose of the “Digital Innovation Challenge for Women 2016” is to create an interest in technology among the women in Bangladesh. We have arranged this type of competition for the first time in Bangladesh to encourage women to come into the tech world and motivate them for the future. A total of 248 women participated from all over Bangladesh, representing 49 different projects. The event lasted one and half months – it started on January 28th, 2016 and finished on March 8th, 2016, on International Women’s Day. During the initial phase, 32 teams among the 49 teams had been pre-selected. The first presentation for these teams was held on 20th February. The teams were assigned with different local mentors for proper supervision in order to develop their ideas into a working prototype with a full proof business plan. The ideas included solving issues in fields like medical, security, traffic education, etc. Later, 21 teams have been shortlisted for the second phase and their presentation was held on February 27th. Finally, 13 of the teams continued into the finals and all of them had their presentation done on 5th March. On the final day of the event, March 8th, the top three teams were awarded. But every participant facilitated from the event. Through this initiative, the organizers are hopeful to create a new bunch of female leaders and entrepreneurs with skills that are necessary for the girls to pitch their own business ideas in the future: create teams and also develop any solution from scratch which covers everything from planning to execution of the solution in terms of technological development, business development and marketing and sales. The organizers also hope to increase the morale and confidence among the participants to tackle any problems in the society through technological means. Obaidul Quader, MP and Minister for Road Transport and Bridges, was present at the occasion as the chief guest. Among the special guests were BASIS President Shamim Ahsan, Selima Ahmad, President of the Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI), Dr. Yasmin Huq of the Department of Physics at Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sukamal Sinha Chowdhury, SME Faculty Consultant of Bangladesh Bank and BIBM, Fahim Mashroor, CEO of BDjobs, Prof Dr M Rezwan Khan, vice chancellor of UIU , Abul Khair Patowary, chief adviser of Women in Digital and Achia Khaleda Nila, Founder, Women In Digital. The event was very successful for Women in Digital. Now we are planning for the second session of this event.
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