Nigerian Girls Win 2015 Technovation Challenge

 

Change is in the air in Nigeria they say as some 4 brilliant girls have made the country proud in the 2015 Technovation challenge that was recently concluded in San Francisco, USA. Team Nigeria emerged winner in the highly-rated stiff contest. The four girls namely Praise David-Oku, Sonam Kumar, Nmesoma Ogbonna, and Grace Akpoiroro as they developed a mobile app to tackle waste disposal challenge in Nigeria. They pitched their app called, ‘Discardious’.

 

64 countries participated in the competition with 380 apps submitted, 10 teams from all over the world were given the opportunity to explain their project in form of a pitch and tell their app story in a creative way. The girls also attended life-changing workshops including a networking session.

Mrs. Martha Alade, Founder of WITIN and Coordinator of the program in Nigeria reiterated that this years’ team was exceptional and has done Nigeria proud.   Their solution solves a major problem in Nigeria. This is the first time a Nigerian team would come first globally in Technovation World Pitch.

Sonam, one of the team members said: “It was wonderful, tough and very competitive. It was challenging for us, as we met and listened to people from different parts of the world tell their stories and share their powerful ideas. Above all, we learnt a lot of things about coding, networking and public speaking.