Other award recipients included the Colón Free Zone Authority of the National Government of the Republic of Panama (in the “e-government” category); the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries, the Ministry of the Interior, and AGESIC, from Uruguay (in the “e-government” category); and the companies Publik (in the “most innovative use of broadband in business” category) and TEAM Ingeniería de Conocimiento (in the “most innovative use of social media for business” category), both from Colombia.
The winners were recognized for presenting innovative use cases of information and communication technologies (ICT) and broadband connectivity to boost productivity in institutions and companies across Latin America and the Caribbean.
PedidosYa, created by Ariel Burschtin, a graduate in Systems Engineering; Álvaro García, a graduate of the Bachelor’s in Systems program; and Ruben Sosenke, a graduate of the Information Technology Analyst program, is an online service that allows users to quickly find restaurants offering delivery and place orders via the Internet.