Radsystems Limited has become the first company to develop a Rapid Application Development (RAD) software in sub-Saharan Africa.
Radsystems Software Limited announced the official release of its software- Radsystems studio on November 22, 2021.
Radsystems Studio will be used by programmers to develop application faster and seamlessly.
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14-year-old Famidah Yussuf has emerged as the overall winner of the Union Bank Of Nigeria The Next Robotics Legend 2.0 for designing a robotic solution to tackle the shortage of medical personnel and reduce direct contact between medical personnel and patients, especially in cases of transmissible diseases.
Two runners-up, Munachiso Okeoma and Oluwatimilehin Oke, designed a multifunctional smart health robot for conducting medical scans as well as performing surgical operations; and an agricultural robotic solution for weed identification and removal, monitoring soil conditions, and controlling the spread of diseases, respectively.
The winners of the 2021 Nigeria Climate Innovation Center (NCIC) Embryo Incubation Programme (EIP), sponsored by the All On Hub have emerged.
The winners and members of the 2021 cohort, who were announced on September 27, 2021, after a Demo Day pitch event held in Ajah, Lagos, were: Dalsman Tech, Darlton Consult, Bebeque Limited, D’Suon Limited, Artec-hubs, DiamundGates Ltd, Trekk Scooters, SiriusX Energy, Susten Solutions, Aglobe Development Center, Drift Power, ArleeGreen Renewables, Vdverts, Think Electric Africa, WakaGen, Zimaj Craft Enterprise, Iyfarm, Vectar Energy, Lanray Technical Solutions, and YOWIF.
Twenty clean energy start-ups, from over 400 original applications successfully completed a 6-month incubation programme run by the NCIC.
Team Premier has emerged overall winner of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Energy Hackathon organised by Data Science Nigeria (DSN) and sponsored by NNPC/CNL JV (CNL).
The programme was created for participants to develop Artificial Intelligence solutions for Carbon Reduction in the energy sector.
Three teams emerged as winners of a total cash prize of ₦3 million.
The winner of the grand prize of ₦1.5 million, is Team Premier; the first runner-up (second position), is Team Chemotronix, winning ₦1 million and the second runner-up (third position) is Team Titans, winning ₦500,000.
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“Mapping Makoko” has emerged winner of the 2021 Sigma Awards (Single Project) – a competition to celebrate the best data journalism in the world.
The organisers received a total of 545 projects from 68 countries this year. 140 made it to the shortlist. 13 won and 7 got citations.
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Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh has been honoured with the Forbes Best Of Africa Leading Tech Icon Award 2021.
Mr. Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh was conferred the coveted award on August 6, 2021 for his over three decades of leadership and pioneering entrepreneurship in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) space in Africa, as well as his many enduring philanthropic and humanitarian legacies.
Yusuf Bilesanmi has been voted as the inaugural winner of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation “One To Watch” award.
Yusuf was one of the twelve (12) innovators who pitched their innovations to a live audience who voted his – ShiVent – as one that showed promise and potential for impact. He also received a £5,000 prize.
ShiVent is a low-cost, non-electric and non-invasive ventilator for patients with respiratory difficulties, available at a fraction of the cost of mechanical ventilators. Its simple design enables it to be operated by unspecialised healthcare workers.
ShiVent is designed for under-resourced clinics with unreliable electricity supply and limited access to specialist knowledge.