{"id":47905,"date":"2023-04-21T09:49:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/bugingo-emerges-winner-of-safe-gambling-hackathon-pledges-to-reduce-prevalence\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T09:29:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:29:04","slug":"bugingo-emerges-winner-of-safe-gambling-hackathon-pledges-to-reduce-prevalence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/bugingo-emerges-winner-of-safe-gambling-hackathon-pledges-to-reduce-prevalence\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugingo emerges winner of &#8216;Safe Gambling Hackathon&#8217;, pledges to reduce prevalence of gambling addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the event, attendees were educated on the negative effects of gambling addiction and how it can be avoided through job creation. Bruno Bugingo emerged as the winner of the hackathon for his outstanding project, &#8216;Gambling Solution Africa.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Bugingo&#8217;s project seeks to leverage technology to reduce the time and money individuals spend on placing bets. His digital solution will also help gaming enthusiasts to play different games without expecting profits. The technology will notify the user on the level of addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Bugingo plans to introduce the technology in other African countries, especially Nigeria, where gaming activities are very popular. Crucial Compliance CEO, Paul Foster emphasized that much effort is being expended on young people to tackle gambling addiction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Betting should be used for entertainment purposes. It is not a way to earn money, to get wages or solve your problems. You still need to have a job. If you gamble responsibly, it won\u2019t affect your life,&#8221; he noted. <\/p>\n<p>In October 2022, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MINICOM) suspended the issuance of new gambling licenses to ensure continued compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Crucial Compliance penetrated the Rwandan market in January 2023 where it presented its project to deal with gambling addiction and later launched gambling hackathons for young entrepreneurs. <\/p>\n<p>Kwizera Rulinda emerged as the winner among three contestants for his web and mobile application that provides psycho-social support to address gambling addiction through counseling as well as outsourcing to unemployed youth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47413 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bugingo_bruno_niwe_wagaragaje_umushinga_we_mbere.jpg\" alt=\"Bugingo emerged the winner of &#039;Safe Gambling Hackathon\u2019.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47414 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_mukuru_wa_crucial_compliance_paul_foster_yari_mu_bagize_akanama_nkemurampaka.jpg\" alt=\"The CEO of Crucial Compliance, Paul Foster says that betting should be considered as a form of entertainment not a source of income. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47415 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/urubyiruko_rwigishijwe_uko_rwakwirinda_kubatwa_n_imikino_y_amahirwe.jpg\" alt=\"The event took place at Ikawa Coffee in Kigali City. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47416 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ariel_wayz_niwe_wasusurukije_urubyiruko_rwitabiriye_iki_gikorwa.jpg\" alt=\"Singer Ariel Wayz entertained participants of the event. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47417 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/0p6a7351.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47418 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/akanama_nkemurampaka_kumva_ibitekerezo_by_abagaragaza_imishinga.jpg\" alt=\"The panel of judges that selected the winner. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47419 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/0p6a7431.jpg\" alt=\"The event took place at Ikawa Coffee in Kigali City. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47420 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/0p6a7506.jpg\" alt=\"Contestants in a group photo with organizers of the event. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47421 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/0p6a7074.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The second edition of the &#8216;Safe Gambling Hackathon,&#8217; hosted by Gibraltar-based gaming consultancy Crucial Compliance, was recently held at Ikawa Coffee in Kigali City, aimed at encouraging young people to use technology to combat gambling addiction. The event featured three entrepreneurs who pitched their innovations promoting safe gambling.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-47905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47905"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47905"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}