Olajide Folarin, Sadiq Aderinto and Stanley Dukor have emerged joint winners of the Data Science Nigeria 2018 Inter-Campus Machine Learning Competition.
The three students (Olajide Folarin – Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; Sadiq Aderinto and Stanley Dukor – University of Lagos, Akoka) emerged winners following an intensive five-day boot camp.
The competition was sponsored by Bluechip Technologies and organised by Data Science Nigeria.
Dr. Mahmoud Bukar Maina has won the 2018 Champions of Science Storytelling Challenge (Young African Scientists in Europe, YASE Edition) launched and organised by Johnson & Johnson Innovation.
Dr. Mahmoud Bukar Maina, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Biochemistry) at the University of Sussex, Sussex Neuroscience studying neurodegeneration, won the 2018 Champions of Science Storytelling Challenge (YASE Edition) submitting notes on his research, community work and resulting positive impact in Nigeria.
LifeBank and Coldhubs among other African-based startups and projects have been selected to join the 2018 MIT Solver class after scoring wins at MIT Solve Global Challenge finals.
In all, 33 Solver teams were selected at an event held in New York on the 23rd of September. Each of the members of the Solver class will benefit from $10,000 in funding as well as mentorship and support from the Solve community.
The class will over the next year collaborate with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Solve initiative on their solutions.
Continue reading LifeBank & ColdHubs Join 2018 MIT Solver Class
De-Rabacon Plastics wins the maiden Shell Outstanding Achievement Prize in the 2018 Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators Awards.
De-Rabacon Plastics emerged winner in a competition that also saw another Nigerian firm, Alternate Energy Limited, emerge as the second runner-up in the Energy Solutions category to win a $10,000 prize money.
The two Nigerian companies are among the Top Ten Innovators from among 21 entries in a contest, which attracted over 11,000 voters from 102 countries.
Robert John Thas has emerged the first Sub-Saharan African (SSA) certified a Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning.
Machine Learning (ML) is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that teaches machines to learn and operate by themselves without explicit instructions.
According to Google, becoming a Developer Expert means:
“[U]ndergoing a stringent evaluation process, as well as being nominated by a Google employee or partner, authorised by the Google Developers team, and all based on the special contribution they make to their field.”
Five Nigerian students have won two bronze medals at the 2018 First Global Robotics Olympiad (GRO) in Mexico in the Outstanding Support and International Journey categories.
The 2018 First Global Robotics Olympiad (GRO) competition challenged the participating students to solve problems related to energy with the use of robotics.
Nigerian Team Save-A-Soul have won the 2018 Technovation World Pitch Junior Division.
The Nigerian girls won the Junior Division Finalists (App focus) category during the “Global Innovation Celebration” held in the San Jose Theatre, August 9, 2018.
The girls, from Regina Abachi secondary school, Onitsa, codenamed Team Save-A-Soul comprising of Promise Nnalue, Jessica Osita, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo and Vivian Okoye, developed a mobile application called ‘FD-Detector’ to tackle the problem of fake pharmaceutical products in Nigeria with Mrs Uchenna Onwuamaegbu-Ugwu, as their mentor.
Continue reading Team Save-A-Soul Wins 2018 Technovation World Pitch Junior Division