Digi Challenge For Change supports three socialentrepreneurs with RM150,000

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Digi Challenge for Change 7 finalists together with the panel of judges at the grand finale of the programme

Yesterday, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (“Digi”) is proud to announce the winner of the 7th edition of Digi Challenge for Change (DigiCFC7) programme - EDDY, who developed a mobile app gamifying learning of sign-language for those with speech and hearing impairment.

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Team EDDY won the Grand Prize for their mobile app that gamifies the learning of sign-language for those with speech and hearing impairment. Together with team Eddy are Praveen Rajan, Digi's Chief Digital Officer and Datuk Mark Rozario, CEO of Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (right)

Team EDDY walked away with RM70,000 in cash to further develop their solution, while the other two teams, Good People Today and Food Ninja Innovation, each won RM30,000 in cash. All three teams will also have the opportunity to earn an additional seed grant of up to RM50,000 each from Agensi Innovasi Malaysia, on top of the cash prize over the next six months.

According to Praveen Rajan, Digi’s Chief Digital Officer, “The idea of gamifying learning of sign language with localised content helps make learning fun while addressing a need in the community. Their ability to enable meaningful engagements with a scalable solution underscores our vision to leverage on digital connectivity for good.”

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Team Food Ninja Innovation pitched for their app that can help to reduce food waste

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Team Good People Today pitched for their  crowd funding mobile app that cater to children in need of medical assistance

Under the theme “Digital Connectivity for Good”, DigiCFC is one of the flagship programmes for Digi Empower Societies, a commitment to enable the internet for all communities to inspire a better Malaysia. DigiCFC7 is supported by Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM), FB Start, Google Malaysia, MaGIC, MDEC, Microsoft Malaysia and UNICEF.

Launched in June 2016, DigiCFC7 received more than 250 ideas from the public, out of which three (3) winning ideas became the basis of 38 mobile solutions registered in the app development phase.

For more information, visit Digi’s Challenge for Change website via www.digicfc.my.