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2013 Winners Emerge in Microsoft Imagine Cup Nigeria Challenge
The competitors in the Nigerian Finals for Imagine Cup 2013 have joined student innovators from across the globe to take their innovative and ground-breaking ideas from concept to marketplace with Microsoft resources. Each of the 12 competitors was honoured for their work to address some of Nigeria’s toughest challenges:
Some of the projects showcased were:
– The Compventure, a text-based role playing game solution by Team Golympus from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).
– Easy Retailer, a solution that eases up buying process for clients, by Team Linfix from Redeemers University
“Each team that competed in the regional finals is deserving of the highest recognition for the creativity and imagination applied to some of the world’s biggest challenges. We’re proud to honour these young students who we believe truly exemplify the spirit of the Imagine Cup competition, and we’ll be cheering Team Life Saver on as they compete on the world stage in St Petersburg,” said Yinka Oni, National Technology Officer for Microsoft Anglophone West Africa.
Oni continued, “Imagine Cup is also directly aligned with the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative that was launched earlier this year as it drives access to technology, innovation and world-class skills. We believe deeply that technology can accelerate growth for Africa, and Africa can also accelerate technology for the world, and we are honoured to engage with these young people to help bring their innovative ideas to fruition.”
In his congratulatory message at the event, Partner Manager, Developer Experience Nokia West Africa, Olumide Balogun applauded the winners on their victory. “We are proud of Team Life Saver for developing such an innovative solution which fetched them the ticket to showcase their talents on the world stage and more importantly, pleased at their smart delivery during the project presentation”.
He added, “We appreciate their efforts and hardwork and hope they go on to win the cup at the worldwide finals in Russia”.
Mr. Balogun also commended Microsoft for their persistence at providing the platform for Nigerian youths to showcase their creativity and more importantly ensuring IT penetration in the country.
More than 1.65 million students across the globe have participated in Imagine Cup during the past decade, creating applications and games that address the world’s toughest social problems. The 2013 competition builds on the core elements that have been most popular with students in the past 10 years – social impact and gaming – while expanding the competition’s focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. The 11thImagine Cup Worldwide Finals are taking place in St Petersburg, Russia in July 2013.
As an example of the type of real-world solutions the Imagine Cup judges are looking for, the 2012 winners of the Software Design Competition Team quadSquad from the Ukraine developed a device that uses a pair of gloves equipped with 15 flex sensors and a microcontroller that continuously recognize sign language patterns. These patterns are then transmitted via Bluetooth to a Windows Phone device that uses the Microsoft Speech API and Bing API to translate the signed into audio. With its victory, the team won USD25, 000.
Team Life Saver will join the brightest young minds to compete on the world stage in July. Like Team Gravity from Obafemi Awolowo University that represented Nigeria at the Worldwide Finals in Australia last year, the 2013 competitors will gain real life experience, make new friends, and harness the power of technology to take on the world’s toughest problems.
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