The Siemens Stiftung organized an international competition to find simple but intelligent technological solutions with the capacity to sustainably improve the lives of people in developing countries. The international jury will announce the top three winners at the Award Ceremony in Nairobi.
From now until October 21st, anyone can take part in the online voting and choose their personal favourite for the special community prize. As a next step, an online platform will be developed to bring together inventors and users of the technical solutions and put them into contact with potential investors and multipliers. The Siemens Stiftung and its cooperation partners will take an active role in this venture.
India Entry – SMSGYAN is one of the 23 finalists that have made it from a total of 800 entries from 90 countries! Attached is a note on the India finalist and a grapgh that indicates that India is among top 3 in terms of participation.
SMSGYAN – Information & Communication (India)
Internet-based information offline via SMS. Mobile phone owners without Internet access send their enquiry via SMS to a central number. The system checks the WorldWideWeb for appropriate information and returns relevant results in a reduced format via SMS. One enquiry costs 1 euro-cent; the monthly flat rate is 0.30 Euros.
For further information, please check Click here http://www.empowering-people-award.siemens-stiftung.org/en/shortlist
From now until October 21st, anyone can take part in the online voting and choose their personal favourite for the special community prize. As a next step, an online platform will be developed to bring together inventors and users of the technical solutions and put them into contact with potential investors and multipliers. The Siemens Stiftung and its cooperation partners will take an active role in this venture.
India Entry – SMSGYAN is one of the 23 finalists that have made it from a total of 800 entries from 90 countries! Attached is a note on the India finalist and a grapgh that indicates that India is among top 3 in terms of participation.
SMSGYAN – Information & Communication (India)
Internet-based information offline via SMS. Mobile phone owners without Internet access send their enquiry via SMS to a central number. The system checks the WorldWideWeb for appropriate information and returns relevant results in a reduced format via SMS. One enquiry costs 1 euro-cent; the monthly flat rate is 0.30 Euros.
For further information, please check Click here http://www.empowering-people-award.siemens-stiftung.org/en/shortlist
