AppCircus arrives to the capital and largest city of Kenya, Nairobi. *iHub_Nairobi’s Innovation Hub for the technology community will host the travelling showcase of the most creative and innovative apps on the 10th of September.
10 developers can pitch in front of an international jury, formed by industry experts.The winner of the AppCircus will get an opportunity to be nominated for theMobile Premier Awards 2012, which are held during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The deadline to participate is the 22th of August!
*iHub_Nairobi’s Innovation Hub for the technology community is an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area. This space is a tech community facility with a focus on young entrepreneurs, web and mobile phone programmers, designers and researchers. It is part open community workspace (co-working), part vector for investors and VCs and part incubator.
Here are the rules for participation:
- Submissions and presentations to the AppCircus are FREE and open to any developer, Startup or company.
- Applicants must send one representative person to present the app live on stage.
- Apps are submitted through the appcircus.com platform.
- Registration and membership on appcircus are FREE!
- appcircus.com members need to add the app to their profile before applying to an AppCircus.
- Each App can only present in one AppCircus, except if it receives a Runnerup Waiver.
- One app in each AppCircus will be nominated for the pool of apps from which the 20 finalists for the Mobile Premier Awards 2012 will be selected.
- The app with most votes after the nomination winner, will receive a “Runnerup Waiver”, which allows it to apply again to be selected at another AppCircus.
11.30am: Thanks and jury selection for Runnerup plus the winner.
11.40am: Networking and Winner announcement.
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