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Nigerian Schoolgirls From Anambra Win $50,000 Tech Competition In The U.S [PHOTOS]
A team of brilliant Nigerians have won gold at Technovation competition 2018 held in Silicon Valley, California.
The Nigerian #TeamSaveASoul comprised of five students of Regina Pacis College, Onitsha, Anambra State.
Iridescent, a nonprofit empowering underrepresented young people globally to become innovators and leaders, announced that two teams of girls – one from India and Nigeria – won top honors at its 2018 Technovation World Pitch Summit, the world’s largest tech entrepreneurship program for girls ages 10-18.
The two teams were named winners in the senior and junior divisions, respectively, during the “Global Innovation Celebration” held in the San Jose Theatre Aug. 9.
The celebration was the final event in the week-long World Pitch Summit Aug. 6-10. Finalists and visiting teams traveled from around the world for networking, field trips to tech companies, and career-building workshops.
Winning Teams:
Senior Division Team: Cantavits App name: Eedo Delhi, India
Senior division winners, Team Cantavits, hope to track and dispose of electronic waste in an eco-friendly manner through its app, Eedo. The app provides an end-to-end connection between e-waste producers and authorized recyclers.
Junior Division Team: Save-A-Soul App name: FD-Detector Onitsha, AN, Nigeria
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Junior division winners, Team Save-A-Soul, hopes to help consumers identify and avoid the intake of fake drugs in Nigeria using its app, FD-Detector (Fake Drug Detector). According to Team Save-A-Soul, Nigeria has one of the largest markets for fake drugs. The girls plan to partner with the agency responsible for drug regulation in Nigeria, the National Agency for Food & Drug Administration and Control.
The Anambra girls who have now become Africa’s Golden Girls is made up of five brilliant girls which are ;
1 Promise Nnalue
2 Jessica Osita
3 Nwabuaku Ossai
4 Adaeze Onuigbo
5 Vivian Okoye
The Technovation Challenge tasks girls ages 10-18, working in teams of 1-5, with creating a mobile app addressing a problem in their own community. The 2018 World Pitch Summit is the final event following more than seven months of hard work, innovation, and problem solving by more than 19,000 girls in 115 countries supported by over 5,000 mentors.
Finalists were pitching for seed funding and scholarships. More than $50,000 USD was awarded across the teams
Anonymous
August 13, 2018 at 12:12 pm
Congratulations worthy daughters…. very proud of you.
Anonymous
August 13, 2018 at 11:31 am
That is biafra for you
Anonymous
August 13, 2018 at 11:30 am
God bls my state
Anonymous
August 13, 2018 at 10:24 am
Oriental times point of correction it is not zoogirian animal kingdom but it’s Biafrans the risen sun all hail Biafran girls
Anonymous
August 13, 2018 at 8:34 am
Congratulations to u Gals
Anonymous
August 13, 2018 at 7:27 am
Biafran girls
Anonymous
August 13, 2018 at 2:13 am
That’s what we are looking for.
We are always like that.
Biafrans Brain.
All hail Biafra.
No going back.
Anonymous
August 12, 2018 at 9:46 pm
You people are mad is anambra zoo nigeria or biafra mad peoples every where
Anonymous
August 12, 2018 at 9:40 pm
Biafra got talent
Anonymous
August 12, 2018 at 6:35 pm
#IGBO’SNODEYCARRYLAST.
Anonymous
August 12, 2018 at 11:55 am
they have been call Nigerians but if they have failed it will not be Nigerian shameless dictatorship terrorist government
Anonymous
August 12, 2018 at 11:12 am
They are not children of the other room or suicide bombers but Biafrans that are out to make things happen only if the world help to restore their nation of Biafra from the animal kingdom called Nigeria. We will not stop until we give these Kids hope by restoring our nation , Biafra. All hail Biafrad
Anonymous
August 12, 2018 at 10:55 am
When their mates in northern Nigeria are getting married to old fools and lining up for suicide bombing…. Those in the West are doing alabaro and giving birth to fatherless children in isaleko. .. Biafra most rise again
Truth Is Bitter
August 12, 2018 at 11:14 am
Great Biafran Young Girls could you imagine what Biafra is all about
Anonymous
August 12, 2018 at 10:02 am
All hail Biafra
Anonymous
August 12, 2018 at 9:55 am
These are biafrans not Nigerian. If they were Nigerians , they will all be married by now. Useless evil forest called Nigeria.
Anonymous
August 12, 2018 at 9:53 am
They are BIAFRANS
Anonymous
August 12, 2018 at 9:52 am
Mad people she not a Nigeria she is a Biafra girl