Anambra ‘Technovation’ girls, IFEST boys worth billion dollars – Silicon-Valley group

Saturday, April 13, 2019 (PM News)

The Silicon Valley-Nigeria Economic Development (SV-NED) says the five Nigerian girls from Regina Pacies Secondary School, Onitsha, and the four boys from St. John Science and Technical College, Alor, both in Anambra, are worth several billions of dollars.
Chairman of SV-NED, Chief Temitope Ajayi, said after Jumia listed on New York Stock Exchange that the Anambra girls and boys were littered all over Nigeria, adding all they need is an opportunity.

The five girls represented Nigeria and Africa at the World Technovation Challenge in the Silicon Valley in San Francisco, where they won the Gold Medal in the contest.

The girls – including Promise Nnalue, Jessica Osita, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo and Vivian Okoye – defeated representatives of other technological giants including the USA, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China to clinch the gold medal.

They won the Challenge with a mobile application called the FD-Detector, which they developed to help tackle the challenge of fake pharmaceutical products in Nigeria.

Similarly, the boys – Meshac Ugwuisi, Anthony Chika-Umeora, Daniel Nwachukwu and Dominic Machi, clinched Bronze medal at a recent International Festival of Engineering, Science and Technology (IFEST) competition in Tunisia.

The boys developed two devices called the “Adaptable Alternative Power Supply for Sub-Saharan Africa”, which is a single, fully-packaged solar technology.

The other device was a “Noiseless Inverter System”, which was all-locally sourced and produced by the boys.

The device electric inverter had a solar panel that enables it to absorb energy from the sun, warehouse the energy in inverter and subsequently distribute it in households and offices as the case may be.

Ajayi said the girls and the boys needed to be brought back to Silicon Valley to develop their capacity so they could help contribute to the technological advancement of Nigeria.

“I spoke with the Deputy Governor of Anambra State. I told him that those girls can change the economy of Anambra State. They’ve already discovered them.

“Let them bring them back to Silicon Valley. We will bring them in front of Angel Investors. For them to win that award, they are worth billions of dollars.

“That is my advice for Nigeria. The Nigerian and Anambra Governments should monitor the students. Let them bring those girls back, we will repackage them and let us see what God has in stock for them.

“Anambra state is the luckiest state in Nigeria right now if they know their (girls and boys) potential if they know the value of those kids, those are protégées.

“If they buy that thing (inventions) for a couple of billions, everybody will shake because they are potential billionaires. I love my country.
“I saw those Anambra girls and boys littered all over Nigeria. All they need is opportunities and we have it in Silicon Valley,” she said.

The SV-NED chief urged the federal and state governments to give their own equity contributions for those kids, asking, “who talked about them again?”

“But there is something I see about those kids if we utilise their intellectual property positively.

“Let’s commend Anambra Government for investing in education and see what the girls and the boys have brought.

“Can you beat representing Nigeria and Africa in the Technovation Challenge in Silicon Valley. Their software has the potential of tracking the challenge of fake pharmaceutical products in Nigeria, that’s huge, that’s saving lives.

“Can you imagine those are kids. If they are in America, they will be celebrated.
“I’m praying that Nigeria knows their potential and value of their intellectual property. Those kids
“The boys developed a device – Adaptable Alternative Power Supply – for Sub-Saharan Africa, not only Nigeria and then, a noiseless inverter.

“To be honest, climate change is real. The heat Nigeria experienced and the destruction caused by storms are effects of climate change. So clean energy is the future,” Ajayi said.

She said bringing them to Silicon Valley would ensure investment in their intellectual property through the Angel Investors, adding that the big corporations could buy their intellectual property.

Ajayi said Nigeria was very fortunate and commended the initiative of the President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo through various programmes to empower the youth.

Source: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/04/13/anambra-technovation-girls-ifest-boys-worth-billion-dollars-silicon-valley-group/

Negodu Umuaka Chukwu gozie agozi!

BILLIONAIRES!

This is where Edo state is lagging behind. Obaseki is busy sleeping here and there without investing in education.

ANAMBRA GIRLS IN USA!

Igbo Amaka

SE Amaka.

Simply the best!

Igbo Amaka ..
Education we lead, other states should borrow a leaf!
Wheres lalasticlala sef!

Anambra Breaks Record again

By James Eze
Anambra School Girls Win Gold in World Technovation Challenge in US

The five Anambra girls from Regina Pacies Secondary School Onitsha who represented Nigeria and Africa at the World Technovation Challenge in the Silicon Valley in San Francisco, US last night have won the Gold Medal in the contest.

The team, led by Uchenna Onwuamaegbu Ugwu defeated representatives of other technological giants including the USA, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China to clinch the gold medal.

The Anambra girls who have now become Africa's Golden Girls is made up of five brilliant girls including

1 Promise Nnalue
2 Jessica Osita
3 Nwabuaku Ossai
4 Adaeze Onuigbo
5 Vivian Okoye

The world champions who are reported to be attracting a lot of attention in the world's greatest technological hub won the Challenge with a mobile application called the FD-Detector which they developed to help tackle the Challenge of fake pharmaceutical products in Nigeria.

Under the tutelage of Uchenna Onwuamaegbu-Ugwu the CEO of Edufun Technik STEM, the Golden Girls spent five months researching and developing FD-Detector which swept through over 2000 competing applications to get to the finals in San Francisco.

Technovation is a programme that offers girls around the world the opportunity to learn the programming skills they need to emerge as tech-entrepreneurs and leaders.

Every year, girls are invited to identify a problem in their communities, and then challenge them to solve them by developing Andriod applications that would address those problems.

115 countries participated in the qualifiers but only 12 teams from all over the world were selected as finalists for the pitch in Silicon Valley.

The girls will also be attending Field trips, life-changing workshops including a networking session during their one week stay in USA.

The Governor of Anambra State,Chief Willie Obiano had personally sent them off to the US in a brief ceremony at the last Executive Council Meeting where he charged the girls to put Nigeria and Africa on the global technological map with their rare talent.

These girls went, saw and conquered. They're from Pacies Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra state, Nigeria. They represented Africa at the World Technovation challenge in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, U.S, where they won the Gold medal the contest having defeated other technological giants such as USA, Spain, Italy, China, etc.

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Anambra School Boys Win Bronze At World Tech Festival

Four boys from St John’s Science and Technical College, Alor in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State have won the Bronze Medal at the International Festival of Engineering, Science and Technology which took place in Tunisia.

The 9-day festival which took place in Monastir, Tunisia from 21- 29th March this year was organized for students aged between 14-24 years from 40 countries and featured a scientific competition in different areas aimed at developing the innovative skills of young scientists and encouraging them to apply their imagination and creativity in solving problems in their environment.

To clinch the Bronze Medal, Ugwuishi Meshack Ogonna, Chuka-Umeora Onyedika Anthony, Nwachukwu Chukwualuka Daniel and Machi Chukwuagozie Dominic squared up to a stiff challenge from technologically advanced countries like Canada, Italy, South Korea, Turkey, China, Sweden, Ukraine, Malaysia, Brazil, Bosnia Herzgovina, Indonesia, Tunisia South Africa etc.

The Anambra Boys were only bested by Daniil Sharoykin from Belarus who won the Gold Medal with a quality water control equipment and a representative of another country who won silver in the competition. The Bronze Boys of Anambra achieved their remarkable feat with a device they called the Adaptable Alternative Power Supply for Sub-Saharan Africa.

The device is an electric inverter with a solar panel that enables it to absorb energy from the sun, warehouse the energy in inverter and subsequently distribute it in households and offices as the case may be.

The exploits of the Bronze Boys came barely seven months after five school girls from Regina Celi Secondary School Onitsha won the Gold Medal at the world technovation fair in San Francisco, USA.

St John’s Science and Technology College Alor is a public mission school which has benefitted immensely from the intense focus of the Anambra State Government under Governor Willie Obiano on education.

Receiving the boys in his office on Tuesday, the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr Nkem Okeke observed that the state was doing exceedingly well in education at the moment.

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great!

IGBOS are very intelligent

Anambra leads

United State of Anambra- USA, the light of entire black race.



Lalasticlala

Adidas face brown roof dwellers will call them spare parts dealers. I wonder where they now beat Igbos?

Ok I remember, in skull mining and hand butchering technology

Kudos to Anambra State and students.

The investment in education by successive governments has continued to pay off. To think that this was a state whose students in state schools less than 20 yeara ago sat at home for 2 years because of a stike.

P.S no need to be tribalistic about this. Victory for one is victory for all.

jedisco:
Kudos to Anambra State and students.

The investment in education by successive governments has continued to pay off. To think that this was a state whose students in state schools less than 20 yeara ago sat at home for 2 years because of a stike.

P.S no need to be tribalistic about this. Victory for one is victory for all.

Where is lalasticlala?

If you're here to say Nigerians instead of Igbos.



Lee ya weree

Honestly Igbo Amaka.
The reverse would have been the case if a quota system was applied.

Nigeria should rally around the ibos for their innovation.

If yorubas and ibos work together, this country will turn around in less than 5 years!

Yes. Technology is the thing

This is beautiful

Our system is yet to acknowledge that human resource is the richest a Country can have.

Ziggylady:


Igbo Amaka

SE Amaka.

Simply the best!

Best in what ojare!!! Drug dealing in Asia abI. We won't take this #in orubebe's voice

When Nigerian government has refused to provide common light, this young one's can no longer persevere.........

When time reach now, one dullard would say they are lazy.......

Is it too much to ask for, since 1960? Provide an enabling environment for development and innovation to thrive.....

Instead, we are winning awards for the poorest country in the world, with the highest paid legislators and government officials in the world, that cannot pay 30K minimum wage........

SHAME SHAME SHAME.........

Feats like this are not accidental. Obiano will make a good President. I hope Igbo's come into the main stream of politics in Nigeria.

rhetorics,


i love when nigerians pat each others for their failures

a prototype cant be a billion dollars business when the market hasnt tested or use it.

this is a joke

they are not the first to do similar stuff and nothing genius about what they did