Sheikh Mohammed launches $1m coding challenge

Following the completion of the One Million Arab Coders initiative, its graduates have been urged to compete in a new $1m programme to develop projects and solutions. The coding challenge has been launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The challenge offers a grand prize of $1m for the most innovative coding project, while five runners-up will receive $50,000 each. Four of the best trainers will also win $25,000 each. Interested graduates can submit their projects through the official website of the One Million Arab Coders initiative. The entries will be evaluated by a jury of experts in coding, technology, and entrepreneurship from the UAE and abroad. The winners will be announced at ceremony held at the Expo 2020 Dubai venue towards the end of the year. Sheikh Mohammed launched the One Million Arab Coders in October 2017 to teach one million young people from the Arab world how to code. As part of the initiative, the selected candidates were taught a variety of coding skills and the process of applying them in website and mobile application development, blockchain, artificial intelligence, data, and cloud computing. Read: Global…
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