Absa announces 2022 hackathon winners
Monday, November 28, 2022 | 290 Views |
Absa MD Keabetswe Pheko-Moshagane
This year the hackathon saw the participation of young Batswana innovators create sustainable digital businesses that will address the challenges facing the agricultural sector, AgriTech.
Participating teams presented their solution to a panel of expert judges from the banking, business, agriculture, and technology industries. Subsequently, the judges announced the top three teams who made it to the final.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...