Ericsson unveiled the winners of the Ericsson 2014 Applications award held at the Ericsson studio in Kista Sweden.
The company category was won by Team SOP from Nigeria, who created an app that analyses the availability of electricity in a given area, the jury outlined their reasons for choosing SOP, saying in a joint statement: “Team SOP presented a strong case of using technology in a way that anyone could understand, value and would invest in. They cleverly combined consumer, society and business benefits around lifting transparency of power delivery in a well designed package.”
Toks Ogun of Team SOP says: “This award means we can continue to expand and develop our app, which monitors electricity supplies. We can see a market in parts of North America, in South America and in India and we will continue to develop our idea.”
Taking home the honors inthe student category, Team workmode from South Africa creatd an app that helps workers collaborate by allowing them to see the real time work context and tasks of colleagues.
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