Etisalat Nigeria, at the weekend, made
millionaires out of two Nigerians for their
creativity, intellectual and innovative abilities.
Apparently trying to live by its self acclaimed
innovative and fastest growing
telecommunications operator, the company
dished out a whopping seven million Naira to
two innovators unveiled as winners of its 2015
Prize for Innovation Competition.
The two Nigerian youths, Obi Brown and
Chijioke Ezegbo, were considered winners for
their innovative products and Ideas.
While Brown won N5m in the most innovative
product/service category, Ezegbo pocketed
N2m for winning the most innovative idea
category.
To clinch the N5m, Brown created an
application called ‘Study Lab Math’, a repository
of over 1300 videos solving math problems in
over 49 topics in the NERDC curriculum for
senior secondary school students. The problems
are solved by a team of Math teachers led by
WAEC Chief Examiner.
Traffic navigation
His counterpart, Ezegbo, created a Dedicated
Traffic Mapping Device (DTMD) which emerged
the winning idea in the most innovative idea
category. It’s a GPRS enabled traffic navigation
device with voice over interface which is
affixed to a vehicle windshield to help users
navigate their way through traffic by accessing
real-time traffic data and suggesting shorter or
alternate routes.
Earlier before the unveiling of the winners,
Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat Nigeria, Mr
Matthew Willsher, noted that the Prize for
Innovation initiative which aims at discovering
and growing young Nigerians with innovative
products, ideas and solutions using mobile
broadband technology, reflects the company’s
commitment to nurturing talents and promoting
creativity that will have invaluable impacts on
individuals and organisations.
“As a company, innovation is at the core of our
business; it is the strength on which we thrive.
The world is driven by innovation and Nigeria
needs innovators whose ideas and products can
drive development and help people live as they
should. We at Etisalat are glad to provide a
platform to mobilise the nation’s teeming crop
of young and undiscovered innovators to impact
all areas of the society,” he said.
He also called on Nigerian youths with
innovative ideas to avail themselves of the
opportunity offered by Etisalat to contribute to
the development of the society, saying “it is not
about how many ideas you have, but how many
you make happen that matters.”
Winners of the most innovative product and
ideas categories, Obi Brown and Chijioke
Ezegbo in addition to their cash prizes were
also rewarded with a publicity campaign,
mentoring session at EDC Pan Atlantic
University

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/prize-for-innovation-etisalat-makes-two-more-nigerians-millionaires/

Okay.... FTC

one day a nairalander will win nd we shall be happy. maybe na me go be number 1. lol

Nice one. Millions shouldn't be for entertainers alone.

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“it is not about how many ideas you have, but how many you make happen that matters.”.........
......just brilliant I love that line....this is the take home for that news

good work, there's d need to recognize computer scientists d more