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World Child Innovation (Nigeria) Awards Jury Constituted
The jury has been constituted for the World Child Innovation Awards Nigeria.The jury includes eminent personalities such as Dr Aminat Showole, Adem Karaduman, Peter Oluka and Olajide Ademola Ajayi.
The award is the brainchild of Turkey’s Elvan Groups Founder, Mustafa Kadiroglu, an entrepreneur and Innovator
The group forged an alliance with Africa’s foremost youth capacity development Not for Profit Organisation, Coderina after finding information about the group’s activities online.
The project , targeted at a demographic or 14 year old and under, aims to empower the youth of Africa in the area of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship to help them realize their full potential while also creating for them an opportunity to gain global and economic mobility.
It is believed that the award would serve to use financial rewards and recognition as positive reinforcement for abilities of creative youths and young innovators.
This should foster a culture of “I can make things” within the teeming African youth population.
The program will be launched in Nigeria on the 24th of February and the first awards events would hold in November 2018.
It is also expected that the program roll-out to other African countries will happen in 2019 to cater for other African countries with Nigeria as the central hub.
…Meet The Jury
The jury includes eminent personalities such as:
Dr. Aminat A. Showole
She is the Head of Department (HOD) Computer Science Department University of Abuja. Her research interests include Open Source Development, Open Government, Open Data, Big-data and Software Engineering Processes.
Dr. Showole is the Director of Engagement & Advocacy for Coderina. Her passions include empowerment and capacity building for the youth and women. She was the co-coordinator of the first ever FIRST® LEGO® League Tournament hosted by the University of Abuja.
She is a stakeholder of the National Internet Government Forum. She was a key Resource person at the 2015 Women Leaders Forum.
Her interests include entrepreneurship development, coaching, mentoring, research and development. All of which would be brought to bear on the jury of the Child Innovation Awards.
Adem Karaduman
Adem Karaduman graduated from Istanbul Kültür University in Istanbul. He studied Industrial Engineering and Business Administration.
He is the export manager of Africa at Elvan Group that is one of the best leading companywithin the Confectionery sector all over the World.
He is a firm believer that doing business should not be focused solely on profit but also on doing Social good.
Adem is very passionate about Africa and Africans and believes owing to the shared heritage between Turkey, his native country and some parts of Africa, doing corporate social responsibility would contribute in no small measure in the area of youth empowerment.
His passion is fueled by the words of Nelson Mandela, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”.
He is committed to helping African youth realize and fulfil their potential through the World Child Innovation Awards.
Olajide Ademola Ajayi
Ademola is an IT Manager at SAP Ireland. Passionate about Ed-Tech, creativity and innovation, He is the founder of CODERINA, an NGO working to promote and strengthen coding and STEM skills acquisition among African students and teachers.
He is involved in several STEM /Coding initiatives such as: EU Code week, CoderDojo and FIRST LEGO® League, Africa Code Week. Olajide is one of the lead mentors on the Coderina University Challenge (COUCH) and he has successfully hosted this program across Africa, in partnership with some African Universities e.g., most recently at the University of Abuja and National University of Lesotho.
He is a jury on the Ireland FLL Championship panel and coordinates similar activities in Nigeria and Ghana.
He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science as well as a PMI membership & Graduate Certificate in Innovation in Social Enterprise from the Dublin City University. Olajide is on the global jury of the World Child Innovation Awards
Oluka, Peter Ikenna
Peter Oluka (@peterolukai) is a practicing ICT Journalist; Tecnopreneur, PublicSpeaker, Speech Writer, amongst other Media Relations interests.
Currently, the Editor, TechEconomy.ng; prior to which he worked as Senior Correspondent, nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng. Peter’s quest for Developmental Journalism is exceptional.
Peter started his mainstream (print) journalism in 2010 with the Nigerian NewsDirectNewspaper based in Ogun State. His penchant interest and stunts registered NewsDirect’s presence in the league of Property & Environment and Labour pious media outfits.
Peter was a Nigeria Youth Merit Award (NYMA) nominee 2013. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Information Management (IIM-Africa) and was awarded the Records and Information Management Best ICT Reporter of the Year by the Institute of Information Management-Africa (IIM-Africa) in year 2014.
As a rising gem in the Nigerian Online journalism space, peter is currently .ng domain name Brand Ambassador (2015 till date).
Peter is a certified Customer Relations Management Personnel by the Nesburg School of Business and Management (NESBG-Nigeria), Africa’s foremost Persuasion School of Business based in South Africa (2015).
He obtained PGD (Mass Communications) from NOUN in 2015; HND (Mass Communication) from the Institute of Management and Technology, IMT, Enugu in 2008.
He is an alumnus of the School of Media and Communications (SMC) Pan Atlantic University (PAU) (since 2016).
He was recognised by a Body of Computer Professionals at the Nigeria Technology Merit Awards (NITMA) 2017.
The program will be launched in Nigeria on the 24th of February and the first awards events would hold in November 2018.
For more information on how to register to participate please visit http://coderina.org/innovation-for-kids-competition/.
Legit.ng recently joined forces with the Shade of Life Foundation to become a voice of autism, and drive advocacy for improved media support during Autism Awareness Month.
Participants at the event
Conversations around media support exploration was led by Joseph Omotayo, head of Department for Human Interest Stories at Legit.ng, and Dr. Eziafakaku Nwokolo, founder and CEO of the Shade of Life Foundation,
This partnership is a response to the concerns raised by organizations like the Shade of Life Foundation about the level of support received from the media in discussing autism as a disability.
While other disabilities may receive attention, autism, with its critical developmental implications often lacks adequate representation in mainstream media.
Recognizing the importance of addressing these concerns, Legit.ng took proactive steps by integrating itself into the essence of autism awareness.
It facilitated a one-hour workshop with Dr. Nwokolo, the founder of the foundation, to deepen our understanding of autism, its various spectrums, and the language boundaries associated with it.
Other steps we took in advocating autism awareness in the media, can be seen in our attached press release.
Legit.ng believes that by amplifying the voices of autism and advocating for better media representation, we can contribute to creating a more inclusive and accepting society for all.
While 85 per cent of Nigeria is in darkness, Tanzania, an African country has shut down five hydroelectric stations in a bid to reduce excess electricity in the national grid.
Kassim Majaliwa, prime minister, Tanzania, has said the main plant, Mwalimu Nyerere Hydroelectric Station, alone generated enough electricity to power major cities, including Dar es Salaam, the country’s commercial hub.
It is the first time Tanzania, which suffers chronic power shortages, has closed hydroelectric stations due to excess production.
“We have turned off all these stations because the demand is low and the electricity production is too much, we have no allocation now,” an official from state-run power company, Tanesco, said.
The 2,115MW Julius Nyerere Hydropower Dam is said to be almost filled with water following heavy rains that started early this year.
Meanwhile, while the country has an installed capacity of 1,938MW and the grid installed capacity of 1,899MW, Nigeria which has an installed capacity of 13,000MW is struggling to electrify 85 per cent of its electricity consumers.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Jim Ovia, renowned banker and businessman, as the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund.
Jim Ovia
Ovia’s appointment is contained in a State House statement titled, ‘President Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as Chairman of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund,’ and issued on Friday by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the President, Media & Publicity.
The statement noted that “Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria’s leading banks and a respected business leader, with a surfeit of efforts and benefaction towards nurturing and empowering young Nigerians.
“He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana.”
The National Student Loan Programme is a pivotal intervention that seeks to guarantee sustainable higher education and functional skill development for all Nigerian students and youths.
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, the implementing institution of this innovation, demands excellence and Nigerians of the finest professional ilk to guide and manage.
“The President believes Mr. Ovia will bring his immense wealth of experience and professional stature to this role to advance the all-important vision of ensuring that no Nigerian student suffers a capricious end to their pursuit of higher education over a lack of funds,” the statement partly read.
Ovia’s appointment will also ensure “that Nigerian youths, irrespective of who they are, have access to higher education and skills that will make them productive members of society and core contributors to the knowledge-based global economy of this century.”
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