Saudi Arabia to trial winning hackathon apps during haj 2018
Photo: The winning Turjuman team at the Hajj Hackathon in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on August 3, 2018. Photo supplied by Rawan Al Harbi
The three winning apps at the recent Hajj Hackathon in Riyadh will be trialed at this year’s haj season, the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones (SAFCSP) told Salaam Gateway.
The three-day competition from August first to third was organized by the SAFCSP to find tech solutions to make the haj experience easier and more efficient.
“The apps will be tested in haj this year. We will support the winning teams in everything, from commercialising to marketing and promoting the apps. The main purpose is to serve haj and the pilgrims,” Ahlam Al Thunayyan, Head of Communications at SAFCSP told Salaam Gateway.
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