Vote for one of our co-founders, Dr Charles Akhimien (MUST READ)

The Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative announces the launch of the public voting for the 2014 Technology Idea (Tech-I) Competition. Tech-I is an annual science and technology entrepreneurship competition, which this year accepted over 500 entries from 86 countries in the four areas of agriculture, energy, health, and information and communications technology (ICT). Internationally esteemed experts have selected the top 68 GIST Tech-I semi-finalists from 35 countries and now it is the global public’s turn to vote for the next big science and technology idea or startup!
Public voting will determine which 30 semi-finalist teams from Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa advance to the Finals at the 2014 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Marrakech, Morocco. During this prestigious event, these up-and-coming scientists and entrepreneurs will receive intensive skills training, mentorship, and networking access to global leaders in their fields. All finalists will receive up to 3 months mentoring following the finals. In addition, they are also competing for awards totalling $70,000 in funding.

Members of the public are encouraged to view the video submissions and using a 5 star system to vote for their favourite entries. Their vote can help transform the lives of promising young science and technology entrepreneurs from around the world whose ideas and inventions can revolutionize life for everyone. Public voting opened from September 1st and would continue until October 1st, 2014.

Please vote one of our own Dr Charles Akhimien (cofounder of MOBicure and winner of the UNEP 2013 World Environment Day Blogging Competition) to represent Nigeria in the finals.  He's one of the 68 semi-finalists from 35 countries vying for only 30 finalist slots.

To vote, all you need to do is:

• Simply click on this link: www.tinyurl.com/mobicure
• After which you can vote by logging in with Facebook OR creating a "voting account" with your email address.

PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO GIVE HIM A 5 STAR VOTE IN ORDER TO INCREASE OUR CHANCES OF WINNING!

You can vote many times as you are allowed to vote ONCE daily till the 1st of October.

Let’s get our guy to Morocco!