Due Date: October 14, 2019

Applications for the MTN Academic Research Study Advancement and Development Obstacle 2019 are now open. The MTN ARDIC is an end-to-end support group where picked trainees would equate their concepts into options through a smooth access to appropriate tools, information, platform and hands-on mentoring.

At the end of the obstacle, MTN would offer the leading 6 well-motivated Masters/PhD scientists who wish to equate their research study concepts into high-impact developments with making it possible for platforms, APIs, information, training, mentorship and speculative sandbox for 6 months following their choice to additional establish the concepts towards commercialization.

Prizes

The benefits for the 6 winners:

  • MTN Assistance: MTN will offer N1,000,000 to the winners along with making it possible for platforms, APIs, information, training, mentorship to additional establish the concepts towards commercialization.
  • 6 Months Velocity: The Financial investment Preparedness program is a versatile, tech and information focused accelerator developed to support start-ups with worldwide competence and insights.

Eligibility

Candidates need to

  • Needs to be a signed up existing postgraduate (Masters or Doctorate) trainee of a recognized Nigerian university or research study institute
  • Needs to have gotten verification from professors and started research study in among the focus locations listed below
  • Needs to have an interest in using the findings from his/her research study to resolve useful socio-economic difficulties in Nigeria
  • Needs to offer proof of rightful ownership of the research study topic/idea sent for factor to consider
  • Needs to accept sign a Memorandum of Comprehending (MOU) to be drawn in between appropriate celebrations (MTN and other Implementing Partners) at appropriate phases of the obstacle
  • Needs to have begun and been studying the picked research study location for a minimum of 8 months. Trainees who have actually finished their research study however are yet to finish from their universities are likewise qualified to use

Qualifying Research Study Locations

  • Economic & Commercial Focus

    • Econometric modeling and Advanced Situation Analysis for Telco market utilizing macro-economic information
    • Media Optimization and Attribution Modeling of media marketing invest
    • Market footprint optimization for retail
    • Geo-marketing and Neighborhood churn modeling
    • Digital Media Optimization and real-time preparation design
    • Usage of GIS/Satellite Data for market sizing, characterization and SME clustering/valuation
  • Development for High Social Effect

    • Ingenious Biometrics for multi-sectoral consumer recognition
    • Rural Telephone protection innovation and methods
    • High scalable effect research study in Block Chain for Telco and FinTech
    • Usage of GIS and consumer migration information for Health/Epidemiological and Smart City preparation
    • AgriTech with focus on usage of innovation for farming yield optimization, storage and conservation
    • MedTech with focus on malaria avoidance tech-solutions, effective drug circulation, maternal-infant & kid death decrease
    • Consumer Problems modeling utilizing brand-new media information and NLP

Application

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For additional information, check out MTN ARDIC

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