Category: Science & Technology

Adebayo Alonge’s RxAll Wins 2019 BNP Paribas Group DeepTech Prize

Adebayo Alonge’s startup – RxAll has won the 2019 BNP Paribas Group Deep Tech Prize for co-developing a handheld nanoscanners that uses artificial intelligence to identify fake drugs and assess general drug quality on mobile phones.

The 2019 BNP Paribas Group DeepTech Prize comes with a €100,000 prize.

An emotional Adebayo Alonge while receiving the award, said:

“Thank you so much. It’s been a long journey personally for me, from the 15 years when I was surviving from a fake drug to standing today in front of you here and letting you to be in my dream and the dream of my co-founders to make sure that most of people are safe from fake medicines.”

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Nigerian Students Team Emerge Joint Winners Of Sub-Saharan Regional Finals Of 2019 Huawei ICT Competition

A team of Nigerian students have emerged joint winners of the Sub-Saharan regional finals of the 2019 Huawei ICT Competition alongside Team Tanzania and earned a spot at the global finals in May 2019 in China.

The Nigerian students: Abdulqadir Babagana Musa, Muhammad Mustafa Maihaja, Fahad Danladi, Shuaibu Abbas Usman, Kamaludeen Umar, Abdulqudus Adebayo Temidayo all from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) first emerged winners of the Huawei ICT national competition, which involved a participation of 13,600 students from 30 universities across Nigeria before proceeding to represent Nigeria at the just-concluded Sub-Saharan regional finals held in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Nigerian team of students ranked number one leading with a dominant score of 790.4, followed by Tanzania with 745.6, then Kenya with 737 and Angola with 700.8.

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AMPZ Wins Lagos Edition Of The MEST Africa Pitch Competition [2019]

AMPZ, an online sports community, has won the Lagos edition of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) Africa pitch competition.

The startup provides a platform for talents to curate their sports profile, showcase and connect to the right audience.

This win guarantees AMPZ automatic entry at the MEST’s 2nd pan-Africa Summit in Nairobi, Kenya this June [2019] and a chance to win $50,000 in equity investment.

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Adeola Ogunmola Sowemimo Becomes First Nigerian Female Pilot At Qatar Airways

Adeola Ogunmola Sowemimo becomes the first Nigerian female pilot at Qatar Airways and the first Nigerian female pilot on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft.

According to reports, she is also the first Nigerian female pilot to fly the Boeing 767 Aircraft across the Atlantic.

Adeola Ogunmola Sowemimo is now in the same league with Kenya’s Captain Irene Koki, Ethiopia’s Captain Amsale Gulau and a few other African women who fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Five Africans Win Inaugural JJI Champions of Science – Africa Storytelling Challenge

Johnson & Johnson Innovation has announced five winners of the first Champions of Science – Africa Storytelling Challenge.

The Champions of Science – Africa Storytelling Challenge is aimed at highlighting the journeys of scientists and innovators working in Africa, and celebrate the impact of their work on families, communities and the world.

The Challenge received more than 100 entries from scientists and innovators in 22 African nations, including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda, among others.

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Joseph Adewole Wins micro:bit Global Challenge 2018 [Africa]

Joseph Adewole of Nigeria has emerged winner of micro:bit Global Challenge 2018 for the African region.

Joseph Adewole designed a system that detects the temperature of students in a class and lets their teacher know. He designed the device so that students can be treated quickly if they are ill and therefore don’t miss too much school.

Joseph Adewole made his contribution on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 – Good Health and Well-being.

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Winners Of 2019 Go Global Africa Programme [Nigeria]

Winners have emerged at the 2019 Go Global Africa Programme hosted by the British Deputy High Commission in Lagos, Nigeria.

The winning Nigerian entrepreneurs are:

  • RemindMe, an app by Innovation corner that would use USSD and text to remind new mothers of vaccination dates;
  • Piggybank, an automates savings and investment solution;
  • Social Lender; a money lending solution that uses social media platforms;
  • Thriveagric, a program that lowers the entry barrier for people willing to invest in agriculture by connecting farmers to crowdsourced finance;
  • Helium Health; a hospital management software;
  • Helpmum; an app that provides healthcare information to combat maternal and infant mortality;
  • eTrash2Cash; an online platform that will help low income & marginalised women earn & save cash benefits for gathering trash for recycling.

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