Microsoft has announced the result for the 2015
Youth Spark Challenge for Change, a contest that
asked young people from around the world to submit
an idea to address a social issue through technology
in their communities.
Saviour Okusenogu from Lagos, Nigeria was among
this year’s grand prize winners, representing youth
from Chile, Ecuador, Greece, India, Nepal, Nigeria,
United States, and Uruguay.
The winners represent outstanding local youth who is
passionate about contributing to social change, I’d be
happy to put you in touch with him.
Saviour Okusenogu from Lagos, Nigeria wants to
develop a project to spark an interest in science and
engineering for more kids in developing countries by
bringing fun and interactive science experiments and
other projects to secondary schools with hopes that
they will get kids far more excited than the abstract,
conceptual ways many kids learn about those topics
now.
This year’s winners created compelling solutions to
help their community spanning a variety of social
issues including education, computer science and
digital literacy. Find the full list of winners here!
Later this year, these winners will travel to the
Nicaragua to learn about social entrepreneurship
and development issues.
Microsoft is also outfitting each winner with a $2,500
cash grant, and a Microsoft technology bundle
(Surface Pro3, Windows Phone, and Office 365) to
help them develop their projects further.

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/nigerian-student-wins-microsoft-social-good-contest-2/

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