Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) have awarded Team Astromania, a team of five young Nigerians, as the winner of the 2020 ActinSpace Innovation Challenge.
Team Astromania receives a cash prize of ₦750,000, laptops, ICT internship programme and an all-expense-paid trip to represent Nigeria in France.
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Team Inclusion has emerged winner of the 2020 Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) Fintech4wd Hackathon.
The hackathon challenged software engineers to develop innovative solutions to help facilitate microenterprises’ access to financial services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The aim is to improve the operations of MSMEs by providing avenues to raise needed working capital for their businesses and avenues for economic growth.
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Ikechukwu Umezurumba and Dominic Nwaogu, are among the 20 winners of the 2020 International Telecommunication Union Innovation Challenge.
A statement from the International Telecommunication Union said they were honoured at the 2020 edition of the ITU Global Innovation Forum held virtually.
Rachael Akano, Margaret Akano and Joy Njekwe have emerged champions of Technovation Girls 2020 for their “Memory Haven” application.
“Memory Haven”, application which help patients with dementia, emerged successful in the 12-week challenge, which beat out more than 1,500 submissions from 62 countries.
Technovation Girls is an international competition that challenges young women to develop an app that can solve a problem in their community. The annual competition is hosted by Technovation, a nonprofit organization that empowers girls to become leaders in tech.
E. F. Network Limited, has developed ‘ephonetaxi’, which is a mobile application to curb theft or resale of mobile phones and other gadgets in Nigeria.
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Team Power Bit Crunchers (hardware category) and Team Zeena Platform (software category) have emerged as the winners of the 3-Day Finals of the Lagos Smart Meter Hackathon, organized by the Lagos State government.
Both teams earned the combined prize money of ₦10 million. The winners and runners-up will also get working space at Eko Innovation Centre, while all ten (10) finalists will get mentorship opportunities, among other consolation prizes.
Mr. Olonma Ibrahim and Peter Okonma represented the hardware team, while Oluwasemi Oreoluwa and Adenitire Ayonikun represented the software team at the event.
Ojih Favour, Idris Elizabeth, Akalugwu Chibuzor & Eghahi Anthony from Team Recycle Rex, students of Government Science and Technical College, Garki Abuja have won the Power Pitch Award in the Global Conrad Challenge Innovation Competition and multiple undergraduate scholarships.
The Conrad Challenge is an annual innovation challenge designed for high school students between the ages of 13 – 18. The challenge is designed for participants to apply their knowledge of science and technology, engineering, and mathematics to solve real-world problems around them. The competition brings together about a thousand five hundred participants worldwide.