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Hack Jozi 2015 winner<\/p><\/div>\n
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Desmond Mongwe of MoWallet was awarded R1 million in The #Hack.Jozi Challenge for his coupon app which\u00a0provides coupons to township residents to be redeemed at spaza shops.<\/p>\n
MoWallet is a digital marketing solution based on USSD mobile technology that allows clients to place their branding on top of the underlying solution.<\/p>\n
Neil Peters from Lazy Lizzard came second, and was awarded R350,000 for an educational app that aligns to the South African school curriculum.<\/p>\n
Third place, and another R350,000 prize, went to Percy Lawrence from MoveThisStuff, a logistics engine that provides automated, real-time quotes for moving home or office furniture.<\/p>\n
The #Hack.Jozi Challenge is a competition for entrepreneurs who develop digital solutions to everyday problems.<\/p>\n
The City of Johannesburg has committed prizes valued at R5 million worth of support, including cash, to the\u00a0challenge.<\/p>\n
IBM’s Bluemix, a cloud-based platform, has also been awarded to all the top 10 teams for the next year.<\/p>\n
The challenge began with over 140 applications, and was narrowed down to ten final teams after the play-offs and the ‘hackathon’.<\/p>\n
Over 40 teams participated in a one-month accelerator and business training presented by Seed Academy.<\/p>\n
The training provided intensive entrepreneurship training and technical hackathons.<\/p>\n
The #Hack.Jozi Challenge is an initiative between the City of Johannesburg and the Joburg Centre for Software Engineers (JCSE) at Wits University.<\/p>\n
The aim of the initiative is to accelerate visionary entrepreneurs in the ICT sector.<\/p>\n