Job preparation, recruitment app gets US$5000 boost
Winners in the United Nations Development Programme’s inaugural Technology Innovation Competition 2016, show off their prizes. From left: Hazel Wright-O’Connor, Eugenie Addisson, Danielle Tait and third-place Konrad Hylton. Tait won US$5000 to develop her innovation branded The Interview JM, which is a suite of self-help psychometric tests and training tools for job seekers and recruiting companies. Second-place winners Hazel Wright O’Connor and Eugenie Addisson were awarded US$3000 for their innovation, Microspex — a device that monitors indoor air quality, while Konrad Hylton won the third-place prize of US$2000 for a localised, customised app branded Get There. The Technology Innovation Competition was created as a practical way to showcase local and innovative solutions to advancing the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. (Photo: contributed)