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The Africa App Quest, which is being sponsored by Visa and South African cheap car rentals denver Tourism, is built on the growing use of apps for travel and to capitalise on the continent s growing popularity as a global tourist destination/FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 15 Kenyan developers will have the chance to win nearly Sh840,000 in the Africa App Quest, an initiative that challenges talented developers to build a home-grown travel app, specially designed for the tourism sector in Africa.
The Africa App Quest, which is being sponsored by Visa and South African Tourism, is built on the growing use of apps for travel and to capitalise on the continent s growing popularity as a global tourist destination.
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Head of Cross-Border Marketing for Visa Sub-Saharan Africa Jodie Schorn said: Visa is excited to be involved cheap car rentals denver with the Africa App Quest as it has the potential to reach out to a wider, global audience and strengthen inbound travel.
We encourage all developers, whether up and coming or already established in the industry, to get involved in the Africa App Quest. This is a great way for developers to make a name for themselves in the global travel and tech community, he added.
South African Tourism s Global E-Marketing Manager, William Price noted: This is an opportunity for developers to step into the broader development arena and use their expertise to contribute to the fast growing tourism industry and build a uniquely African app that enhances every tourist s travel experience.
Kenya is widely known as one of Africa s innovative hubs of application development. In line with growing demands of the modern traveller, we have embraced e-tourism and recently launched our own mobile app at the just ended ITB 2013 in Berlin, he emphasised.
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