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Africa Rural Connect – Results
The results are out for the Africa Rural Connect competition and the winners are..... Zittnet! Many thanks to all who voted, and encouraged others to vote.
Deserving Winners
- 1st Prize!! Zittnet - Agricultural Network Centres (283 endorsements) Wins $3,000
- 2nd Prize!! - Solar Energy Revolution in West Africa (278 endorsements)Wins $2,000
- 3rd Prize!! - Soymilk production expansion in Ghana (138 endorsements)Wins $1,000
Back to the results. It was a close call. Last week “we” (ie our friends at Zittnet plus their supporters) were struggling for second place, and the leaders were way out ahead. Then, amazingly, we managed to start closing the gap. By the final day, with just over five hours to go we were nearing 250 votes and were only 5 votes behind the leaders - but they seemed to be getting another new vote for everyone we managed to get. It was hard to know where any more votes might come from - but people kept spreading the word and the vital votes kept coming in, and we just made it:
