The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has opened the 2022 Hackathon application to address Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).
In a joint statement yesterday issued by the spokespersons, Hadiza Umar, NITDA, and Azuka Ogugua, ICPC, respectively, the promoters said the IFF Project, supported by Ford Foundation Office for West Africa, will be handled by NITDA’s subsidiary, the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI).
They said the Hackathon is aimed at developing indigenous solutions to curb IFFs in MDAs. “IFF will check illegal transfer, movement of funds within Nigeria and across international borders, and ensure effective monitoring of procurement processes.
“This Hackathon will also provide young Nigerians the opportunity to contribute their creativity and entrepreneurial skills by leveraging emerging technologies to combat corruption and other unethical practices impacting negatively on the socio-economic fortunes of the nation,” the statement said.
It added that the Hackathon will enable interested young applicants to initiate defined ideas and prototype solutions to check IFFs by leveraging emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Big data, blockchain, Quantum computing, Internet of Things, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality among others.
This Hackathon will also provide young Nigerians the opportunity to contribute their creativity and entrepreneurial skills by leveraging emerging technologies to combat corruption and other unethical practices impacting negatively on the socio-economic fortunes of the nation.
It said the event scheduled to hold between September 1 and 2, will open with a bootcamp at the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR), while a Demonstration Day will take place at ICPC Auditorium, both in Abuja on the second and final day.
“ONDI is hereby calling for applications from eligible individuals, groups with innovative ideas and prototypes that would leverage emerging technologies to help address the menace of IFFs within the nation’s expanding digital economy.”
Interested applicants are directed to apply via: https://bit.ly/iffhackathon, as the application closes on August 26.
ONDI is a subsidiary of NITDA, created to ensure the promotion, growth, and protection of the digital innovation ecosystem for the growth of Nigeria’s digital economy.
The Office has the responsibility to facilitate the growth of the Nigerian digital economy through the creation of innovation-driven enterprises that will promote job creation and the proliferation of market-creating innovations to create more prosperity for Nigeria. (NAN)
