Teenage Girls representing Nigeria and Africa at The Global Technovation Challenge in Silicon Valley Won Gold Award (First)
Girls from Regina Pacis Model Secondary School Onitsha who represented Africa and Nigeria at The World Technovation Challenge Competition in Silicon Valley, United States have made Nigeria proud, by coming First with the Gold Award among many other countries represented.
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| Girls from Regina Pacis representing Africa and Nigeria at The Global Technovation Challenge in Silicon Valley Won Gold Award (First) |
Technovation is a program that invites girls to identify a problem in their communities and then challenge them to solve them by developing apps.
According to Team Save-A-Soul, Nigeria has one of the largest markets for fake drugs. The teenage girls from Anambra State plan to partner with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), using the app, to tackle this challenge.
The team, on Thursday night, came first at the finals after facing judges from around the world.
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| Girls from Regina Pacis representing Africa and Nigeria at The Global Technovation Challenge in Silicon Valley Won Gold Award (First) |
The team Save-A-Soul from Nigeria developed a mobile application called ‘FD Detector’ to tackle the problem of fake pharmaceutical products in the country.
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| Girls from Regina Pacis representing Africa and Nigeria at The Global Technovation Challenge in Silicon Valley Won Gold Award (First) |
This is the first time a Junior Nigerian team will emerge among the finalists to visit Silicon Valley and the Nigerian teenage girls will be pitching their app to investors in Silicon Valley, California.
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| Girls from Regina Pacis representing Africa and Nigeria at The Global Technovation Challenge in Silicon Valley Won Gold Award (First) |