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The leading global ICT infrastructure provider Huawei has inaugurated three new competitions namely ICT Incubator, App Developer and Tech Woman to nurture the local startups and ICT talents of Bangladesh.
The inauguration ceremony of these three programs was held at Lakeshore Hotel on Wednesday, said Huawei in a statement.
All these three programs are designed for the new startup and idea on developing mobile apps. Among those, the ICT incubator contest is focused on startups and divided into two criteria – Idea Stage and Early Stage. This ICT Incubator competition is powered by Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited alongside iDEA and Startup Bangladesh Limited as strategic partners.
The champion of both idea stage and early stage of the ICT Incubation competition will get up to Tk 500,000 prize money, CEO will get a chance to meet successful startups abroad and up to USD1,25,000 Huawei Cloud credit.
First and Second runner up will consecutively get up to Tk 300,000 and up to Tk 100,000 prize money. Both the runner ups’ CEO will also get the chance to meet successful startups abroad with USD80, 000 Cloud Credit.
Other two competitions are being organised by Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited. Huawei App Developer and Huawei Tech Woman competitions are for university students.
Maximum two members can form a team. Participants from 3rd or 4th year of any University with a CGPA above 3.0 will be eligible to apply. Huawei Tech Woman program is solely dedicated for women participation whereas in Huawei App Developer, the combination can be anyway.
The champion of App Developer & Huawei Tech Woman competition will get up to BDT 300,000 prize money, an opportunity to meet global successful app developers and Huawei Cloud resource of up to USD5,000.
First and Second runner up will consecutively get up to Tk 200,000 and up to Tk 100,000 prize money and up to USD 3,000 and USD 2,000 Huawei Cloud resource.
Speaking at the event, ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said, “We need to build a startup community to build a digital society, knowledge-based economy and an innovative Bangladesh. To expedite this process, Huawei has developed an excellent partnership model through these competitions. In this special initiative taken by Huawei and meant for mobile app developers and women involved in the ICT sector, people from different backgrounds including university teachers, various established startups, mentors and Huawei itself as the world’s leading ICT infrastructure provider are involved, and I am representing the Government of Bangladesh.”
Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) CEO Pan Junfeng said, “The ICT Incubator will foster a healthy and sustainable startup ecosystem for everyone by assisting both early-stage startups and idea-stage startups.
