With the two African countries including Uganda and Egypt failing to scale the hurdle to final round in the software category design competition in the ongoing Imagine cup software competition, a global competition that challenges students to use technology to solve the world’s toughest problems, six countries including Greece, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Taiwan and Ukraine are currently jostling to final round.

As more Nigerians, especially the Nigerian students have been urged to vote for the Nigerian team en masse in the People’s Choice Awards in the ongoing Imagine cup software competition, a global competition that challenges students to use technology to solve the world’s toughest problems, out of 106 projects in different categories currently showcasing in Sydney, Australia, 65% of all projects address health related issues, latest statistics from Microsoft have revealed.

While flying the Nigerian flag in the ongoing Microsoft Imagine Cup software competition holding in Sydney, Australia, Nigerian Team on Saturday failed to scale the hurdle to round two in the software design category

Barely few days to end the voting process for the people’s choice award in the ongoing Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 worldwide finals holding in Sydney, Australia, Egypt is leading other African countries in people’s choice award followed by Uganda which is ranked 18th position.

Although the cashless society initiative of the apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria appears to be gaining the attention of the IT industry, stakeholders have said that unless many challenges including infrastructure, right policies, more POS terminals deployed, among others were surmounted, the policy said to be tickling Nigerians may be derailed.