An App that can map crime hotspots, one that can help to make commuting easier and one that can assist doctors and patients were the big winners of the Digital Jam 3.0 competition which culminated in Jamaica on Sunday March 2, at a conference in Kingston, Jamaica. The top prize went to one of the teams from Jamaica for CrimeBot, an app which creates a social community of watchers to map crime hotspots. An App developed by a Barbadian team took the top prize in the Expert Developers category. MediRevu will help doctors and patients suffering from non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and obesity to keep track of appointments, treatments and patients' health conditions. In the category of Stunning Beginners, another team from Jamaica won with Route 876, an App that will help people get around on the public transportation system in Jamaica by providing route details, timetables and maps. Jamaican developers also won the Game Changers category with the App Pan Chicken Dash, while the App Wizzners, developed by a team from Dominica, was voted the best App not to win a prize. Wizzners teaches young children how to count. More than 160 Apps, submitted by 50 teams from Jamaica, Barbados, Dominica, Haiti, Antigua, Trinidad & Tobago and St. Kitts, made it to the finals of the competition. The participation of the Barbados developers and those from the OECS was facilitated by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). During the conference, which was dubbed Get up, Start-up, the finalists had a chance to network with key experts from the Silicon Valley, and learn from leading tech companies how to find online work opportunities or get funding for e-business ideas. All finalists will be offered follow-up trainings to turn their App into viable and monetizable products and services. Digital Jam 3.0 is an initiative of the Government of Jamaica, the World Bank Group, the Government of Canada and key partners including CDB, the Development Bank of Jamaica, the OECS Secretariat, Microsoft, LIME, Google, the Jamaica Gleaner, JAMPRO, InfoDev and other corporate entities. CAPTION: Ms. Lisa Harding, Investment Officer, Private Sector Development Unit, CDB with the successful Barbados team. (L-R) Messrs Samora Reid, Shannon Clarke and Lybron Sobers. Winners' Circle Top Prize CrimeBot (JAMAICA) - An app which creates a social community of watchers to map crime hotspots. Push notifications alert users to nearby and recent crimes. Offers annonymous reporting and verification. Stunning Beginners (enterprising novices using online app design programmes) 1st Route 876 (JAMAICA) - Help people get from A-B on public transport in Jamaica — route details/ timetables/ maps 2nd Best Daily Fx (JAMAICA) - 500,000 households in Jamaica receive remittances. App will give user the different rates for US$, CAN$, £ and € for different banks so they can choose which bank will give them the best rate. 3rd Hours Of Operations (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO) - Mobile app which provides opening and closing times for businesses across the Caribbean. Alerts users if there is a service disruption. Game Changers (Gaming App) 1st Pan Chicken Dash (JAMAICA) - A chicken chase game, where users direct the chicken to collect all the eggs on various levels. 2nd Banana Bill (JAMAICA) - A retro "snake"-like game. Users direct Banana Bill to collect the falling bananas, with differing levels of difficulty. 3rd Existential (JAMAICA) - A single player game where users have to first discover the objective of each individual level and then complete the challenge to go ahead. Pioneers Of The Caribbean (Advance App Developers) 1st MediRevu (BARBADOS) - Helps doctors manage their patients who are suffering from non-communicable diseases like diabetes and obesity. Offers a journal functionality which will show when they are taking their medication and any side effects. 2nd Kerb (JAMAICA) - An online market place for parking rental in Jamaica to connect drivers to those looking to rent out their spaces. 3rd Gas Top Up (JAMAICA) - An app to pinpoint petrol stations and services such as air pumps and carwashes. Provides details as to prices and distance to travel. Special Mention Prize (Best non-winning contestants) Wizzners (DOMINICA) - An early learning app for young children to teach them how to count. Designed to target the developing markets and for use in nursery and primary schools Winners' Circle Top Prize CrimeBot (JAMAICA) - An app which creates a social community of watchers to map crime hotspots. Push notifications alert users to nearby and recent crimes. Offers annonymous reporting and verification. Stunning Beginners (enterprising novices using online app design programmes) 1st Route 876 (JAMAICA) - Help people get from A-B on public transport in Jamaica — route details/ timetables/ maps 2nd Best Daily Fx (JAMAICA) - 500,000 households in Jamaica receive remittances. App will give user the different rates for US$, CAN$, £ and € for different banks so they can choose which bank will give them the best rate. 3rd Hours Of Operations (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO) - Mobile app which provides opening and closing times for businesses across the Caribbean. Alerts users if there is a service disruption. Game Changers (Gaming App) 1st Pan Chicken Dash (JAMAICA) - A chicken chase game, where users direct the chicken to collect all the eggs on various levels. 2nd Banana Bill (JAMAICA) - A retro "snake"-like game. Users direct Banana Bill to collect the falling bananas, with differing levels of difficulty. 3rd Existential (JAMAICA) - A single player game where users have to first discover the objective of each individual level and then complete the challenge to go ahead. Pioneers Of The Caribbean (Advance App Developers) 1st MediRevu (BARBADOS) - Helps doctors manage their patients who are suffering from non-communicable diseases like diabetes and obesity. Offers a journal functionality which will show when they are taking their medication and any side effects. 2nd Kerb (JAMAICA) - An online market place for parking rental in Jamaica to connect drivers to those looking to rent out their spaces. 3rd Gas Top Up (JAMAICA) - An app to pinpoint petrol stations and services such as air pumps and carwashes. Provides details as to prices and distance to travel. Special Mention Prize (Best non-winning contestants) Wizzners (DOMINICA) - An early learning app for young children to teach them how to count. Designed to target the developing markets and for use in nursery and primary schools