Recently updated on June 16th, 2020 at 09:29 pm
Kambinachi Kanu, a ten year old primary school pupil has emerged global winner in the 9-12 year-old category of Ericsson’s Girls Who Innovate Competition under the theme; “the Future of Education”.
Ericsson through its ninth annual participation in the ‘Girls in ICT Day’ across the Middle East and Africa hosted the second edition of the annual contest, which has seen Kambinachi Kanu emerging winner.
The Girls Who Innovate Competition according to Ericsson, aims to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations, especially Goals four and five – Quality Education and Gender Equality respectively.
Ericsson received many entries from young innovators aged 9 to 18, who competed to win job shadow days, an Ericsson blog feature and a 1,000 EUR star prize. Their entries showcased different ideas on how technology could shape the future of education globally. From the Middle East and Africa, two other entries from the United Arab Emirates (13-15 category) and Ghana (16-18 category) made it to the finals and emerged regional winners but Kambinachi Kanu made it all the way and became the global winner in her category.
Kambinachi’s winning idea is the donation of fairly used tablets to children in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Nigeria, thus ensuring the continuation of their education in a safe environment. Classroom learning will then be limited to days when security is assured and continuous communication with tutors will take place via an e-learning platform.
Girish Johar, Head, Human Resources within Ericsson Middle East and Africa said:
“Ericsson remains committed to advancing and promoting technology innovations in the Middle East and Africa.
On a global scale, we’re also working towards ensuring that girls interested in pursuing a career in ICT are empowered to overcome discrimination, stereotypes and other gender norms the society might throw at them.
This is because we believe that the more diverse and inclusive we are, the more innovative and visionary we will be as a company, and building the next generation of ICT leaders is just one step in that direction.”
