{"id":11780,"date":"2023-07-11T18:02:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=11780"},"modified":"2023-07-11T18:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:02:26","slug":"infinity-tech-secures-victory-in-innovation-challenge-set-to-develop-scheduling-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/infinity-tech-secures-victory-in-innovation-challenge-set-to-develop-scheduling-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinity Tech Secures Victory in Innovation Challenge, Set to Develop Scheduling Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Infinity Tech emerged as the winner of the Office of the Prime Minister&#8217;s Innovation Challenge, surpassing 12 other teams to secure the top spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the winners, Infinity Tech will have the opportunity to develop their concept into a scheduling application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team highlighted that their application aims to promote collaboration among stakeholders and has the potential to be utilized in both the private and public sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second prize in the competition was awarded to Caltech Guyana, while Team Logic claimed the third position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined value of the top three prizes is $1.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Phillips extended his congratulations to the winners and expressed appreciation for the efforts of all participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>From the beginning of this year\u2019s competition, we witnessed \u2026 as each of you showcased creativity, problem-solving skills, and technological skills\u2026 there was no shortage of dedication in these efforts,\u2019 he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Prime-minister-mark-Phillips.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Prime-minister-mark-Phillips.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Prime-minister-mark-Phillips-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Prime-minister-mark-Phillips-105x157.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prime Minister, Mark Phillips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The 2023 Innovation Challenge was sponsored exclusively by SBM Offshore Guyana, the builder, and operator of the floating production storage and offloading units producing oil off the country\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition aims to showcase the technological innovation skills of local tech enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition ran from July 7 to July 9 under the theme \u201cTransitioning through Innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infinity Tech emerged as the winner of the Office of the Prime Minister&#8217;s Innovation Challenge, surpassing 12 other teams to secure the top spot. As the winners, Infinity Tech will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,365,350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-human-development","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11782,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11780\/revisions\/11782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}