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Two final year students of the Ghana Telecom University College emerged top winners of the 2014 Digital Change-makers competition.
The two winners- Alice Mamaga Akosua Amoako & Solomon Avemegah; together they developed an App that supports children suffering from Autism.
The Autism App which is available on google play store provides communication skills for Autistic children and also teaches caregivers how to support Autistic children.
For their prize they both received a cheque for GHS60, 000 each as seed capital to invest into their Apps. They will also receive expert guidance and support to enable them further develop their projects. They also join the prestigious club of 13 other change-makers from who are making an impact across the length and breadth of Ghana.
The Digital Change-makers competition is powered by telecommunication company, Tigo in partnership with international NGO, Reach for Change.
Sheila Osei-Boakye, an educationist on the other hand has digitised her training manual which she uses to do a trainer of trainer’s programmes for teachers in basic schools.
She runs a school that has for years, been training teachers in towns and communities.
Tigo and Reach for Change in November 2014 rebranded their social entrepreneurship programme, ‘Tigo Change-makers’ into ‘Digital Change-makers’ to attract people that were using technology to improve the lives of children in Ghana.
Source: Ghana | Joy Business