The Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (TIEC), an affiliate of Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), announces the winning teams of the first hackathon for women in Egypt “She Hackathon”, organised in collaboration with Intel, and Digital Egypt Innovation Hubs (Creativa).
The first prize was awarded to a team of three young women from Aswan governorate, for a mobile application developed to aid in combatting harassment and violence against women, through features of voice distress calls and messages, sharing location, classification of places according to the degree of safety, in addition to providing psychological support.
The second prize was awarded to “Trisomy” from Ismailia governorate, for a free mobile application to achieve effective communication between parents of children with Down syndrome and help them connect with doctors, nurses, and psychologists in their vicinity.
The third prize was awarded to “Fem Scan” from Mansoura governorate, for presenting an idea and a prototype of an application and a system that helps reduce misdiagnosis and the time it takes to perform X-rays, especially in women’s breast cancer screening cases.
Cash prizes amounted to EGP30k for the first winner, EGP15k for the second winner, and EGP10k for the third winner. The selection criteria included the evaluation of the problem, the idea of the project, the technical model, the feasibility study of the project, the final presentation of the idea, and the readiness of the team.
Held over 3 consecutive days, across Creativa digital innovation hubs in 7 governorates, namely, Mansoura, Qena, Sohag, Minya, Ismailia, Menoufia, Aswan, more than 800 participants attended and benefited from the hybrid hackathon.
