A Nigerian innovator and software developer, Mr Oscar Ekponimo, a computer science graduate of the University of Calabar, was today announced as one of the winners of the highly coveted Rolex award for enterprise. In a Facebook post, Oscar said " Fought back the tears and emotions, as I was named a Rolex Young Laureate and winner of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise 2016 with 4 other amazing people at Dolby Theatre Los Angeles.
Never give up on your dreams and visions, they were already realities when you imagined them!
Giving glory and praise to God Almighty!"



You would recall that the 2010 edition of the Rolex award was also won by a Nigerian, Mr Nnaemeka Ekegwuonu, for inventing
a mobile radio network intended to boost the living standards of millions of Nigerian rural farmers.
Mr Ekponimo, a native of Akwa Ibom State, won the award for inventing a solution developed to address food poverty and alleviate hunger in Nigeria through a cloud-based application that monitors supermarket products approaching the end of their shelf life and generates notifications to enabled iscounted items for consumers and charities.

According to Rolex "To mark the 40th anniversary of the programme this year, Rolex decided to present Awards to five Laureates and five Young Laureates. Each winner will receive a Rolex chronometer and funding for their project (Laureates receive 100,000 Swiss francs, and Young Laureates, between 18–30 years old, 50,000 Swiss francs). They will benefit from a worldwide publicity campaign"

With good news like this coming out of Nigeria, it is certain that with focus, hardwork and dedication, we will get there. Please share and celebrate our own. If we don't, who will?
Source http://www.timigate.com/2016/11/six-years-later-another-nigerian.html#more

Good news!!