Following the launch workshop and code-girls meet-ups that spanned for four months (i.e. from January to April 2023), Technovation South-South Nigeria organizes her Regional Pitch Event on the 19th and 20th of May, 2023 at the University of Calabar International Conference Centre, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. This event hosted about 300 attendees including contestants, parents, mentors, volunteers, staff and management of the respective schools from Calabar and Uyo.
47 teams of girls ages 8-18 took the stage on the 19th and 20th of May, 2023 at the University of Calabar International Conference Center, to talk about their problems and the solution they found. These young girls have spent the last 4 months identifying a global technology entrepreneurship program that challenges girls to develop a mobile application to solve an issue they have identified in their community. Some of the problems addressed by their invented mobile apps included low student performances in high school, food waste, climate change, awareness of Asthma, skin diseases and insecurity of judges from the tech industry.
Amid the tough competition, 5 teams emerged as winners for the three respective divisions (i.e. 2 teams for the Beginner division, 2 teams for the Junior division, and a team for the Senior division). These 5 teams (representing South-South Nigeria) will now be advancing to the virtual semi-final round where judges from around the world will evaluate their submissions.
On this note, the iKapture-Technovation team announces the following 5 winning teams of the Technovation South-South Regional Pitch Events:
[ BEGINNER DIVISION]
1. Team Samaritan
App name: SamaritanApp
SamaritanApp is a platform that creates a connection between those in need and those who can help.
2. Team Girls innovate
App name: AgroFund
Agrofund is an innovative platform empowering farmers and investors to collaborate and cultivate a sustainable agricultural sector that benefits all.
[ JUNIOR DIVISION]
1. Team Aluno
App name: Alunno
Aluno is a peer-to-peer learning Based Mobile application for Collaborative Learning and student growth in high school. Aluno has three important dimensions of learning resources namely learning contents, learning collaborators and learning services.
2. Team ASPA
App name: Asthmalogic
Asthmalogic is a low data consuming app that is designed to help asthmatic patients. It gives information about the weather, diets, asthmatic patients should consume and the common allergies of an asthmatic patient. It links asthmatic patients, doctors and prescribes useful and helpful medications.
[SENIOR DIVISION]
1. Team S-Care
App name: DermaDoc
DermaDoc helps reduce the rate of skin disease in our immediate environment and the world or society at large. It helps to link up the mass to dermatologists. Their AI takes a photograph of the affected part of your skin, reads it and explains to you its causes, symptoms, preventive measures and cure [if any] .It will also show you similar diseases in order to widen your knowledge about skin diseases.
Of all the participating teams in this year’s global Technovation Girls program, 15 will be invited to attend the global Technovation World Pitch Summit in October and pitch their mobile app ideas to industry experts and advocates in the United States. In addition to educational experiences during the trip, winning teams receive scholarships to advance their education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects.
In her keynote address speaker -Justina Ovat (founder of JO Foundation) admonishes all the contestants with the following words:
“You have all shown that abilities and intelligence can be developed through effort and learning. This mindset encourages resilience, a willingness to learn from failure, and the motivation to continuously improve”.
The 2023 Technovation Girls challenge has been eye-opening especially for the debuts in the event to brace up for future challenges. This event is but one of the programmes anchored by the iKapture Centre for Development.
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