Motswana IT Guru Scoops Orange Africa Prize

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Twenty Five-year-old Botswana ICT professional, Thuto Paul Gaotingwe, has made the nation proud after he beat 450 others from 17 African countries in IT innovation competition sponsored by Orange to be crowned the winner. The competition is known as the Orange Africa Social Venture Prize.

The winners were announced in Cape town Thursday.

Gaotingwe’s innovation through an IT project  for farming called Modisar also won him  P300,000 financial grant, mentorship and training  from Orange to roll out and implement its farm management application. The application will also be patented in the country of deployment which is Botswana and Orange will offer professional and expert coaching to the team. The start-up was competing against more than 450 applicants from 17 African countries.

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