Qataloog, online books, and journals aggregator has been named winner of the inaugural Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Emerging Technologies competition.
Qataloog is a higher education learning content distribution engine, spanning 1000 Universities in 54 Countries in Africa that enables catalogs discovery, sharing, strategic acquisition and management of learning content collections for academic, government, corporate, schools and public libraries in Africa.
The startup which was founded on Sep 22, 2018, by Chinem Bestman and Martins Fidelis beat about 20 other tech hubs & startup that pitched their innovative ideas to experts in the telecommunication sector as well as relevant government agencies.
For the win, Qataloog was rewarded with a cash prize of ₦3million while WICRYPT from Enugu state with its Wifi Hotspot Sharing solution won and second runner-up from Kano state, Phaheem Pharmaceuticals Ltd with its footfall energy resource got ₦2 million and ₦1 million respectively.
Qataloog CEO, Martins Fidelis explained that Qataloog automates learning content distribution across Universities and Colleges in Africa.
“What we brought to the table is the cost-effectiveness of learning content purchases directly from publishers and vendors to learning content consumers including students, government organizations and corporate organizations among others.
“An average content costs about $85 but on our platform, the same content can be gotten for less than $35. So students stand to gain cost-effectiveness, convenience, and access,” he said.
For the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of NCC, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta; said the Emerging Technologies Research (ETR) Innovation Competition and Exhibition was organized to bring together competitors from technology hubs, with novel ideas/projects that meet the criteria required to achieve the desired purpose and to showcase their talents and innovations in ICT.
