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Hello Tractor Wins 2019 Bosch Africa Smart Mobility Competition

Hello Tractor, an AgriTech startup, has won the sum of $15,000 at the 2019 Bosch Africa Smart Mobility competition in Johannesburg. The startup, alongside Kenya’s Buu Pass, emerged winner in a final competition that hosted 11 finalists from seven countries. The competition was launched in August this year and it assessed applications from 222 teams across 27 African countries.

The other startups that pitched at the event were Bonang.ai, Bwala, Dronamics, Hovo, Mobility, Moja Ride, Motolix, Naviafleet and ParkCrowdy.

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Gidi Giants Win Inaugural Temple Jam Basketball Championship

Gidi Giants of Lagos have defeated Gombe Bulls 58 to 51 to emerge champions of the inaugural Temple Jam Basketball Championship.

The championship ended on the 24th of November 2019 at the indoor sports hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.

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Sodiq Taiwo And Rofiat Abdulazeez Win 2019 Prime Atlantic National Open Squash Senior And Under-16 Championship

Sodiq Taiwo and Rofiat Abdulazeez have won the men and women’s categories of the Prime Atlantic National Open Squash Senior and Under-16 Championship, which ended at the Squash Section, Ikoyi Club 1938.

Sodiq Taiwo defeated Kehinde Samuel in three straight sets of 11-6, 11-9 and 11-5 to emerge men’s champion, while in the women’s final, top-seeded player, Busayo Olatunji was beaten by Rofiat Abdulazeez 3-0 (11-6, 11-6 and 11-5).

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Factors Driving The Positive Progress And Excellence Of Nigeria And Nigerians Globally In 2019

Factors Driving The Positive Progress And Excellence Of Nigeria And Nigerians Globally In 2019

Where does the good or positive news happen for Nigeria and Nigerians?

At PositiveNaija, we have sought out to deduce the geographic locations (within Nigeria or abroad), which the positive/success news/updates recorded are being achieved. In other words, our aim is to be able to tell objectively, how conducive/enduring the environments are to what Nigeria/Nigerians are achieving. To do this, we determined the locations on the basis of where exactly the achievement, progress, success, etc. was done or achieved as well as will be done or achieved and not based on where an award/recognition was or is presented.

It is important to mention that most achievements by Nigeria/Nigerians achieved abroad should not be relegated as being ‘superior’ or achieved out of a ‘privileged comfortable environment’ as most of these achievements are usually first in recognition of what has been done/attained within Nigeria and as such requiring an international/global export.

As an improvement, from the year 2019, we have increased efforts towards matching the published news to their actual or respective months to give more accurate reflection on our reports/statistics accordingly to actual happenings. This removes the added pressure of having to report instantaneously at the end of every month even as we have now modified the release of our newsletters to bi-annual rather than monthly.

What factors are responsible for the positive progress and excellence of Nigeria and Nigerians globally?

We have also gone a step higher to reveal, appreciate and understand the factors that are driving or are responsible for these positives recorded by Nigeria and Nigerians globally particularly within Nigeria.

At the most basic level, we have attributed ‘courage and drive for distinction’ as the most fundamental element or driver or factor of all positive progress achieved.

*Last updated on the 5^th of January, 2020

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Nigerians, Work And Dignity! By Ogunkayode Oluwaseyi Simeon

Nigerians, Work And Dignity! By Ogunkayode Oluwaseyi Simeon

One day e go better! E go better!

Yeah, I’m proud to be in Nigeria and proud to be a Nigerian. I’m Ogunkayode Oluwaseyi Simeon by nomenclature, and I am a 500 level student (finalist) of the University of Ilorin, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering student, and I’m here to tell you about the vision, nature, the relevance and impact of my work to humanity. Nigeria is the giant of Africa, and I wan yarn you wetin this my work eh, as e go take benefit human being so. I no just dey do work say make e just dey. How will it benefit human beings?

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Team Topez Farms Win Hult Prize UNIPORT On Campus Challenge 2020

Team Topez Farms have emerged overall winner of the Hult Prize University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) On Campus Challenge 2020 held on the 12th of November 2019 at the Offshore Technology Institute, University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria.

Team Topez Farms include the following persons: Tochi Opara-Eze, Preye Solomon, Theophilus Uviekugbere and Gibson Odoka.

Topez Farms, an agritech startup, links smallholder farmers directly to the urban markets (both individual and industrial consumers). Largely, millions of smallholder farmers in rural communities in Africa have just the village open market square to sell their products. The consequence of this long-established approach is that without the needed middlemen, sales of farm produce are reduced, hence, wastage which gives rise to hunger and poverty. Also, observing the unfaithfulness of the middlemen to the urban consumers by sometimes adulterating food products and yet sell them at exorbitant prices, all accumulated in inspiring and driving Team Topez Farms to build an agritech startup that focuses on market linkages.

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Oluwatobi Ojo Wins 2019 NNPC National Science Quiz Competition

Oluwatobi Ojo has won the 2019 Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Science Quiz Competition for secondary schools across Nigeria.

Oluwatobi Ojo emerged as the winner at the grand finale of the competition held at the NNPC Towers in Abuja on November 21, 2019.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, a pupil of APT Scholars Universal College, Ota, Oluwatobi Ojo, won the first prize for Ogun state with 80 points, while Mbazu Justice from CSMT Staff Secondary School, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, took the second position with 70+points.

Nwachukwu Ugochukwu of Dority International School Aba, Abia State, took the third position with 70 points.

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