Livebic, a new platform for content creators to market and deliver their content, has emerged the overall winner of the MarkHack 1.0 competition.
The founders of Livebic, Shadrach Akao and Ernest Ogbanefe, received the sum of $10,000 as the overall winner of the marketing competition.
Other winners are; Godsstar Azeamuzie, Moyosore Olaleye and Davidson Okpokpobe, winning the sum of $4,000 with their innovation, SprayMe; Spiff Moses, Christine Sarima and Nnamdi Okafor, won the sum of $3,000, with their innovation, Reelbuzz; Ayo Solomon, Nancy Amandi, Nnamdi Abonyi and Ayo Samuel, won the sum of $2,000 with their innovation, Innovadoras and Ademola Joseph, Oluwatobi Fatumo, Ndifereke Sam and Abdulrazakadir, won the sum of $1,000 with their innovation Monify cookies.
The curator of MarkHack 1.0, Victor Afolabi, at the closing ceremony of the marketing competition in Lagos, said the five winners will be attending the EIC Accelerator programme where they will be mentored and have the chance to win up to $50,000 equity investment.
Afolabi said MarkHack 1.0 hackathon is a gathering of innovators, entrepreneurs, policy makers and marketing professionals to create solutions to real-life marketing challenges in an intense period of time by using creativity, technology and mentoring to be able to co-create the future that Nigeria anticipates.
The commissioner, Lagos state ministry of Science and Technology, Mr. Akeem Fahm stated:
“We survived the COVID-19 pandemic, we fought back with technology, but now, we have to improve our economy, and to do that, we are going to rely on technology. The MarkHack 1.0 hackathon is a testament that the state will continue to provide the enabling environment for technology and innovation to thrive.”
President, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN), Mr. Idorenyen Enang however advised the winners of the MarkHack 1.0 Hackathon to understand the intricacy of marketing to be able to excel in the retail world.
Enang, however, thanked all those who made MarkHack 1.0 hackathon a reality, adding that “we are helping this nation, helping great minds, improving the productivity of individuals, businesses and communities and above all, we are making our country a better place.”
