{"id":29821,"date":"2017-02-27T15:48:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T11:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ict.io\/on-your-marks-ready-to-your-bots\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T17:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:30:25","slug":"on-your-marks-ready-to-your-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict.io\/en\/on-your-marks-ready-to-your-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"On your marks&#8230; ready? To your bots!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The invitation is out, fellow developers, you have an appointment for the &#8220;Bot Party&#8221;. Organized by Facebook, in collaboration with Orange Madagascar and hosted by Azimuts Tech Events, the event will be held on March 4, 2017 from 2pm to 5pm the Panorama Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To register, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/bots-for-messenger-developer-challenge-madagascar-tickets-32195107433\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The program in detail<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome and opening speeches<\/li>\n<li>Presentation 1. Introduction to Bots for Messenger Challenge<\/li>\n<li>Presentation 2. Build your Messenger Bot Pause<\/li>\n<li>Presentation 3 + Hands On Learning<\/li>\n<li>Messenger Bot Jam: you will learn how to create a basic bot and we will answer your questions about Messenger Platform.<\/li>\n<li>Mini Bot Hackathon (bring your laptop)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To put all the chances on your side, a coach will help you prepare a Bots to the Messenger Challenge. Each team must be composed of at least 3 people. Together, they will have the chance to compete in three categories, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gaming and Entertainment<\/li>\n<li>Productivity and Utility<\/li>\n<li>Social Good<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24892\" src=\"https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/botsformessenger.jpg\" alt=\"bots challenge\" width=\"829\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/botsformessenger.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/botsformessenger-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/botsformessenger-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/botsformessenger-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/botsformessenger-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/botsformessenger-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/botsformessenger-610x610.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>May the best man win!<\/h2>\n<p>A Jury, composed of local developers will select the best bots, and these will represent #Madagascar in the &#8220;Facebook Bots for Messenger Challenge&#8221;, according to the rules and after a technical evaluation of the bots. Shortlisted teams will get to work on developing their app by 28 April 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Some representatives will have the chance to challenge other participating groups from several African countries. We will award prizes to the first 5 teams selected by the local jury. The prize is over 20,000 US dollars for the winners!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24891\" src=\"https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-for-messenger-challenge-2017.png\" alt=\"bots challenge\" width=\"811\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-for-messenger-challenge-2017.png 965w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-for-messenger-challenge-2017-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-for-messenger-challenge-2017-768x397.png 768w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-for-messenger-challenge-2017-600x310.png 600w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-for-messenger-challenge-2017-610x315.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t wait for the big day, practice!<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to build a basic Chatbot, you should follow the steps below so you can move forward quickly on the day.<br \/>\n&#8211; Create a Facebook conversational agent &#8211; click here<br \/>\n&#8211; Create a Facebook page &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/createDownload\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/createDownload<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Ngrok &#8211; https: \/\/ <a href=\"http:\/\/ngrok.com\/\">Ngrok.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Make sure you can run the cURL commands from your laptop CLI &#8211; Download cURL from https:\/\/curl.haxx.se\/dlwiz\/?type=bin<\/p>\n<p>For more visibility on the day, don&#8217;t hesitate to share the event with the hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/messengerchallenge\">#messengerchallenge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What is the bot challenge?<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s all we hear now, &#8220;the bot is the future of apps and the web&#8221;. Since then, Facebook has been caught up in this frenzy by launching the bot challenge. For those who don&#8217;t know, this is a contest set up by Facebook for young developers on the African continent. To sum up the challenge in a few words, our developers have to program an innovative bot (short for robot) for the network&#8217;s Messenger service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24890\" src=\"https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-challenge.jpg\" alt=\"bots challenge\" width=\"821\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-challenge.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-challenge-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-challenge-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-challenge-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-challenge-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bots-challenge-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How does the competition work?<\/h2>\n<p>During the registration period, which runs from February 15 to April 28, 2017, developers from the Middle East, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa must program, according to the group&#8217;s standards, a bot capable of serving in the field of games and entertainment, productivity or even social. Programmers can join this challenge, alone or in teams of up to 3 people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24894 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fb.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fb-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fb-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fb-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fb-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ict.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fb-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>A step towards the future<\/h2>\n<p>Bots have been around for almost a year now and are of particular interest to marketers, who see them as a golden opportunity to make their customers&#8217; lives easier and to facilitate the act of buying.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The invitation is out, fellow developers, you have an appointment for the &#8220;Bot Party&#8221;. Organized by Facebook, in collaboration with Orange Madagascar and hosted by Azimuts Tech Events, the event will be held on March 4, 2017 from 2pm to 5pm the Panorama Hotel. &nbsp; To register, click here. 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