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Sometime at the end of September, #appstargh was trending in Ghana on Twitter. Many got curious. We wouldn't have gotten to this point if Ghanaians hadn't applied their creativity. Recent times have shown that Ghanaians are comedians and will make fun of many things. In fact, you could say Ghanaians are jokers - in positive and negative ways. There was one huge beneficiary either you looked at this particular issue - AppStar GH. Turned out it's about Vodafone's App Star mobile app competition. Now, this competition is not a joke. It has some great incentives tied to it in unearthing more great Ghanaian built mobile applications. But before we delve further, you'll want to read these tweets
An app to detect False Prophets Appostle #AppStarGH
— SKU Boye (@skuboye) September 26, 2014An app that shows Ghana's physical geography- Ghana mAPP ... #AppStarGH@VodafoneGhana
— Raise My Flag (@KojoAgyei_A) September 25, 2014An app that can actually coach the Ghana Black Stars call it APPiah #AppStarGH
— BiGxGh.Com (@bigxghdotcom) September 25, 2014Design an app to help pastors detect those who owe tithe, call it Appe-tithe #AppStarGhpic.twitter.com/vkW6u8sNIB
— Efo Dela (@Amegaxi) September 24, 2014App to calculate how much change you get from the trotro mate, Call it Approximate #AppStarGh
— Efo Dela (@Amegaxi) September 23, 2014An app that turns your phone/device into a scanner and tells you if you're clean enough after taking your bath: sAPPor #appstargh
— Welbie (@Welbie_) September 23, 2014An app that will let you know what to say when you meet a girl for the first time. Approach. #AppStarGH
— Jack Ma (@iBapaki) September 23, 2014There's not much to say after these tweets. Is there? Ghanaians are ingenuous with words. I really admire Vodafone's social media work over the course of this year. I was featured in one of their campaigns earlier this year - #AskAto where I answered many questions about myself and social media. I blogged about it here. These campaigns are run by the folks at Echo Haus, who are doing an awesome job on social media. Social media gurus be that.
We have to show we are ingenuous with our skills as well. Some of the apps mentioned above should be pretty easy to build. There's 10,000 GHC waiting for you at the end of the competition. Go on. Build it app. Learn more about the Vodafone AppStar competition at http://www.vodafoneappstar.com/. The deadline is November 21, 2014. This next Friday. You've built an app. Submit it.
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