At the global contest that kicked off Monday four best software incubators
from Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ilefe, (OAU) and Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, (Lautech)
Ogbomoso, Oyo respectively are flying
Nigerian flag at the ongoing event which
attracted no fewer than 309 students
from 71 countries who have gathered in
St. Petersburg, Russia to compete in
three main categories like World
Citizenship, Games and Innovation.

Out of the 87 finalists teams currently
competing, 10 teams were from Africa,
including Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda,
Egypt, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Botswana ,
Tunisia among others Meanwhile, more
than $1m in cash and prices are
available to student competitors. Over
the past ten years, more than 1.65
million students from more than 190
countries have participated in the
Imagine Cup.

With great supports from National
Information Technology Development
Agency, NITDA, Dell, Nokia and
MainOne, members of Team Life Saver
from Nigeria including Afolabi Olamide,
Oluwole Michael, Akinlaja Solomon and Adewale Adeyinka had competed in the national finals in the category of World
Citizenship.

The team developed an application
called CardioLife, which helps prevent
heart attacks by monitoring heart
readings on the fly via the Microsoft
Windows Phone.

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