The hackathon organized by Filipino-owned IT and BPM service provider Pointwest, in partnership with AWS, saw students from 11 universities develop prototypes using GenAI that can have real-life applications.
An application that promotes proper waste segregation and disposal called “scr/app” emerged victorious at the week-long hackathon competition organized by youth-led organization “The Purposeful Mochii” and hosted by Accenture Philippines at the Philippine Innovation Hub in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.
According to a 2020 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report, the Philippines had the greatest number of food-insecure people in Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2019.
This year, the competition will be open for submission of entries that cover software and Internet-based innovations and will cater to all startups in the ideation to minimum viable product stage.
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The workshops, slated to happen between May 21 and June 4, 2021, will give participants the chance to be coached and mentored by industry experts on 5G technology and innovation.
Philippine-based WonderTech team was selected for the top honor for its Agree Farm App, besting more than 1,000 developers and data scientists from around the world.
The “Break the Fake Hackathon” is three-city event that challenges programmers and developers to create systems that will help institutions battle disinformation.
