BuzzTrick.com Wins MTN Apps Challenge Version 2.0

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Nana Ekow Taylor, Elvis Agah Henkoppong receive their award as overal winners
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unnamedDeveloped by Ghanian’s Nana Ekow Taylor, Elvis Agah and Henk Oppong, BuzzTrick App has won the 2015 MTN Apps Challenge Version 2.0 beating 100 other apps which were selected and 20 shortlisted to compete for the finals under the Education, Lifestyle and Games and Entertainment categories.

BuzzTrickApp is a lifestyle and social content aggregator giving users up-to-date events, news and places or just happenings around Ghana for both locals and the diaspora.  The app also has a mix of some international news sources for its readers.

BuzzTrickApp took home GHC20,000 as overal winners plus GHC 15,000 for the Lifestyle category. The MTN Apps Challenge Version 2.0 were launched in October last year under the theme “Promoting Innovative Local App Development.”

Nana Ekow Taylor, Elvis Agah Henkoppong receive their award as overal winners
Nana Ekow Taylor, Elvis Agah Henkoppong receive their award as overal winners

Other winners include;

-Games and Entertainment category-Isaac Onwukwe and Wilfred Attipoe with Tales of Hassan.

-Education category-Lovell Larbie with Wodaakye

-Lifestyle category-Nana Ekow Taylor, Elvis Agah, Henk Oppong with Buzztrick

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