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Sidmach, First Nigerian Company to Host ‘Un-Influx Hackathon’
For the first time Nigeria will host United Nations-Influx Hackathon, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, has been chosen as the camp for the three-day event commencing Friday, March 10, 2017.
For a few decades now, the United Nations and the people they represent have felt disconnected from each other. In 2012, Max Kalis, founder of Influx Trust, felt it was time to re-instate the UN’s identity as the middle man between the people and the government.
It was then that Influx Trust, a community that supports better engagement between the UN and the public using innovative technology, was born.
Since then, Influx Trust has actively been connecting people from all over the world with the United Nations, and the United Nations with the people they represent.
The UN-Influx Hackathon is aimed at creating a network of movers and shakers around the world to connect, create and collaborate for more impactful solutions to local and global challenges.
The annual hackathon which holds in Nigeria for the first time will focus on ninth (9) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN: ‘Industry Innovation & Infrastructure’ and intended for young Nigerians to kick-start their entrepreneurial journey and receive the resources to become social entrepreneurs that really makes difference to the world.
Speaking on the coming event, Mr. Peter Arogundade, managing director of Sidmach Technologies, said that the Company was privileged to host the Lagos session of the event holding simultaneously in nine regions, across five continents, with over 1000 hackers expected to participate.
“This is a huge and defining moment for Sidmach to have been selected to host the ‘The UN SDG Action Campaign’ where 50 indigenous hackers are will connect, create and collaborate during a 48-hour global hackathon around 3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; to actually give answers to various social challenges faced in this region”.
Speakers and mentors expected at the sessions include, Hakeem Adeniji-Adele, director of Public Sector Business at Microsoft Nigeria; Dotun Olowoporoku – Founding Partner, Starta; Onyeka Akumah, founder, FarmCrowdy; Babatunde Oladosu – corporate finance professional, PWC and Ayo Dawodu – Co-founder, Loystar.
Others are Tope Hassan, founder of ISOKO Y’AFRIKA; Daniel Oparison, leads Brand and Marketing strategy at Paga and Innocent Chukwuma – Director, West Africa Ford Foundation.
Meanwhile, the judges are: Opeyemi Awoyemi, co-founder, Jobberman.com; Mark Essien, founder of Hotels.ng; Olusola Amusan, author of ‘Are You Branded or Stranded’; Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien, PhD, part-time faculty in Ethics, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, Lagos Business School (LBS).
The event partners are Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited; Leadspace; Printivo; Passion Incubator; Starta; Microsoft and Giga Layer.
Expatiating on the plans for winners, Mr. Akintunde Opawole, marketing officer at Sidmach Technologies, told Nigeria CommunicationsWeek they are expected to undergo mentorship programmes at the United Nations headquarters on how to kick-start their businesses.
“As hosts,” Opawole “Sidmach wants to contribute towards the nation’s IT ecosystem, especially in finding lasting solutions to the infrastructural challenges. So, it’s part of our CSR”.
Other centres where the hackathon will hold are Bahrain, Bali, Chandigarh, Geneva, Lisbon, London, New York City and Rio De Janeiro.
Gartner predicts that by 2028, 75 percent of enterprise software engineers will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) code assistants, up from less than 10 percent, currently.
According to a Gartner poll of 598 global respondents conducted in the third quarter of 2023, 63 percent of organisations are now testing, deploying, or have previously implemented AI code assistants.
AI code assistants provide for more capabilities than only code development and completion, notes the research firm.
According to Gartner, the use of AI code assistants can lead to higher work satisfaction and retention, resulting in lower turnover costs.
Philip Walsh, senior principal analyst at Gartner, comments: “Software engineering leaders must determine ROI and build a business case as they scale their rollouts of AI code assistants.
“However, traditional ROI frameworks steer engineering leaders toward metrics centred on cost reduction. This narrow perspective fails to capture the full value of AI code assistants.”
Gartner notes that software engineering leaders must “reframe the ROI conversation from cost reduction to value generations”.
Walsh adds: “Calculating time savings on code generation is a good place to begin building a more robust value story. To convey the full enterprise value story for AI code assistants, software engineering leaders should connect value enablers to impacts, and then analyse the overall return to the organisation.”
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the planned national ID card will be issued to applicants by their banks.
NIMC said it is working with the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) to deliver the cards to applicants.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards,” the agency said at the weekend update on its official X handle.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW GENERAL MULTIPURPOSE NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD
- The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multipurpose card (GMPC) , eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
- The single GMPC has multiple use cases:…
— NIMC (@nimc_ng) April 12, 2024
It said applicants need to request their cards with their NIN “through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks”.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS,” NIMC said.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated center or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” the update read.
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the new national Identity card, powered by AfriGo Card, is a single card with multiple services.
NIMC made the clarification against the confusion and criticisms that have trailed the AfriGo Card , touted as a National Domestic Card Scheme.
NIMC is launching the AfriGo Card, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS), and has had appointed SecureID, a Lagos headquartered company to manufacture the Card Scheme
Making clarification on the card, Kayode Adegoke, head of Corporate Communications of the NIMC, said the General multipurpose card (GMPC) will eliminate the need for multiple cards.
“The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multi-purpose card (GMPC), eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
“The single GMPC has multiple use cases: Payments/Financial, Government intervention/services, travel, etc.
“The National Identity Management Commission is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System to deliver the payment and financial use cases.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS. Applicants for the card will have to request with their NIN through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks, in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated centre or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” he said.
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