Ogbonnaya Bassey Wins ITU Telecom World 2015 Young Innovators Competition

Ogbonnaya Bassey has won the young innovators competition in the ITU Telecom World 2015 Young Innovators competition sponsored by Intel.
The Young Innovators Competition is an integral part of ITU Telecom World events and seeks gifted young entrepreneurs with ideas for innovative social enterprises, in response to a series of development challenges. The event brings together policy makers, regulators, industry leaders, SMEs and entrepreneurs to explore accelerating ICT innovations for social and economic development.
The winning entries, which were selected from 124 applications across 34 countries, will see Bassey attend the Telecom World 2015 event, a global ICT innovation platform for government, corporates and SMEs to be held between Monday, October 12 and Thursday, October 15 in Budapest, Hungary.
Bassey’s entry SolarKobo is an innovation that will provide solar power systems with zero-upfront financing in Nigeria as a cheaper, more reliable and cleaner electricity source than the private gasoline generators which are widely used to supplement the insufficient public electricity supply. The innovation will also allow small businesses and families to benefit from solar systems for relatively low monthly fees and will use single board devices for remote monitoring and customer payment systems.
With excitement, Ogbonnaya Bassey stated that:

Bobai Ephraim Kato Builds AI Robot

A Nigerian Software Engineering student, Bobai Ephraim Kato, has built a functional Artificial Intelligence robot as his final year project at the International College of Business and Technology (ICBT), Sri Lanka.

Bobai Ephraim Kato, a 24-year old personally built the robot and developed the algorithm that enabled it solved the famous Rubik cube puzzle in a manner of minutes.  But it was not an easy journey to success because he had to deal with an unimpressed supervisor and a lot of failures in the course of the project.

According to him:

“My first 5 tests were a failure. The robot always shot a scanning error, and this was a week to my final submission. All I could do was pray. I didn’t know what to do again. I was confused and restless. I kept grinding and it finally started working. At that stage, the robot wasn’t intelligent enough and I had to train it to solve many puzzles to get more skills to save in the database.

It was very hard for me because I can’t even solve the Rubik cube myself. The robot is smarter than me in that aspect.

My focus now is on Forensic computing, Cyber Security and Digital Investigation. This is the path I will love to follow for my career and education. I’m happy to return back to Nigeria as a Cyber Security and Digital forensic Tech. If anything, that’s what Nigeria needs more. We need people who are savvy and sincere in Digital Investigation, Cyber Security and Forensic computing. The world today is bent on technology, the corruption in the world today is bent on it too.

I don’t get how a country will say they can’t locate the terrorist living in the country, and I don’t get how a country will say they don’t know the sponsors on this terrorist group. They make calls, they send emails, they use the internet for many reasons, they upload videos etc. Just one amongst this list is enough to get whoever is responsible. We only need savvy and honest people to do this.”

Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 Wins Multiple Awards At AMAA 2015

Actor and director Kunle Afolayan’s movie October 1 has clinched a hat-trick of awards at the 11th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) at Port Elizabeth in South Africa.

October 1 clinched 3 awards:
  • Best costume design
  • Best Nigerian film
  • Best actor in a leading role: Sadiq Daba

It will be recalled the same October 1 dominated the 2015 edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, which held in Lagos earlier in the year.

October 1 clinched the following awards:

  • Best Actress in a Drama: Kehinde Bankole
  • Best Art Director (Movie/ TV): Pat Nebo
  • Best Costume Designer (Movie/ TV): Deola Sagoe & Obijie Oru
  • Best Drama Writer (Movie/ TV): Tunde Babalola
  • Best Lighting Designer: Lanre Omofaiye
  • Best Make Up Artist: Sacred Lola Maja
  • Best Movie Director: Kunle Afolayan
  • Best Movie of 2014: Kunle Afolayan
  • Best Sound Editing: Kulanen Ikyo

Oak Pension Win 2015 Ikeja Golf Club Corporate Challenge Cup

The Oak Pension Team has emerged winners of the 2015 Corporate Challenge Cup concluded at Ikeja Golf Club in Lagos.

The Oak Pension Team comprising of Christopher Obije, Yomi Egbe, Alaba Adetunji and Abdulmajeed Aberuagba set the tone for their nine points lead from the first round of the 36-hole play on Friday September 18, 2015.

According to the Captain of the club, “it is a highly sought after event and I am not surprised with the way most players took on the course from the first day”.

The Oak Pension Team garnered 99 stableford points on day-one at the expense of other 16 teams assembled for honours at Ikeja Golf Club before sealing their victory with an unassailable 98 points on the second day.

Victor Enosegbe, Competition Secretary of the Club, said:

“I think more and more teams are seeing the value of showcasing their team at this event and more especially, the benefit of partnering with a golf club like ours.”

With nine shots adrift of the champions are Prime Metro Properties; a team represented by Rasheed Adebisi, Austin Aigbotsua, Bidemi Ojo and Biodun Oyewoga. They totaled 188 stableford points to pick the runner up prize at the event. ICMA Services, featuring, Jimoh Odundare, Muyideen Olaitan, Rasaki Muritala and Kehinde Afolayan carded 185 points over 36 holes to place third at the event.

The best three teams apart from receiving gifts at the 2015 Corporate Challenge Cup have the unique honour of branding three different strategic holes for the next twelve months as a way to perpetuate the teams’ brilliant show at the 2015 Corporate Challenge Cup.

Other competitors at the yearly 36-hole competition included Alpha Pharmacy, Adeco Project Engineers, Berger Paints 7Up Bottling Companies, Jungle Film Works, Grand Treasures, Consolidate Hallmark Insurance PLC, Sterling Bank Plc, Digital Media Limited, Ubosi Eleh and Co and Prime Prime Metro UK.

Uzo Aduba Wins Her Second Emmy Awards [2015]

34 year-old Nigerian-born Hollywood actress, Uzo Aduba has won her second Emmy Awards [2015].

At the 2015 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Uzo Aduba won the Best Supporting Actress in a drama series for her role in Orange is the New Black.

While receiving her award, she thanked her family, show’s cast and crew for the honour.