NITDA, NCS, others join Plateau govt for Hackjos

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is backing the second edition of HackJos, the software/ hackathon competition holding in Jos, Plateau State November 1-4, 2016.  HackJos which already enjoys the support of the state government has an A-List of new frontier technology companies and innovation hubs including Hotels.ng, Smartweb, and Konga.com, Enspire Incubator, Abuja; […]

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is backing the second edition of HackJos, the software/ hackathon competition holding in Jos, Plateau State November 1-4, 2016. 
HackJos which already enjoys the support of the state government has an A-List of new frontier technology companies and innovation hubs including Hotels.ng, Smartweb, and Konga.com, Enspire Incubator, Abuja; Idea Hub, Lagos. Gigalayer, Lagos; Andela (which recently received a venture capital funding from Facebook) and the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS).
Others are Precise Financial Solutions (PFS), Lagos; BAU Research and Development, Metronet Communication Concept Ltd and Unity FM, Jos; Qitech Technologies, ProJaro, Instinct Wave, and Smartweb, Jos billed to make presentations at the four -day software development marathon featuring a one-day conference with the theme: “How ready is Nigeria for the internet of things (IoT)”. 
“Technology with innovation drives today’s economy and we believe young people are the drivers of this process,” the Deputy Governor, Prof Sonni Gwanle Tyoden, said.