Congratulations GUYS...


News coming out says three University of Lagos (UNILAG) students, have won the Google Apps Developer Challenge for the Enterprise/Small Business Solutions category in sub-Saharan Africa.

The students: Bolutife Ogunsola, Michael Adeyeri and Willie Aniebiet, created the Form+ application software; an interface that creates application forms by just dragging and dropping components. The user can create forms – such as curriculum vitae (CV) or résumé submission forms for businesses and coursework submission page for lecturers.

Emeka Afigbo, Program Manager, Google, stated: “Our expectation is that this motivates more young Nigerian developers to develop apps that change the way we live in Nigeria and Africa at large.”

The winners were rewarded with Chromebooks and $20,000. They also won a grant worth $18,000 for their school’s department.

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WOW! This is really a good news. At least, Nigerian youths are stepping up their game.

SOURCE: Vanguard News Online

what happens next after winning this price that is what counts...trust niaija students ... extinction

free2ryhme: what happens next after winning this price that is what counts...trust niaija students ... extinction

Its not the student's fault. The application they created is not really marketable in Nigeria as Nigeria is still backward with technology.On a normal day, these guys should be employed by a software company and they should be creating new applications

GREAT!!! Now time to collect business from Seun Osewa hand

Great news.

I have to sleep with this news make no bad news come spoil am.

google here we come - its happening y'all the revenge of the nerds has finally come to naija

those boys will almost definetely get str8up jobs with google when they graduate

gravy train don start early

free2ryhme: what happens next after winning this price that is what counts...trust niaija students ... extinction

There we go...


BTW,
Congrats guys, more grease to your elbows.

Congrats Guys
more ororo to your elbows

Congrats guys!!!

this couldn't have happened at a better time - hopefully that dollar cheque will remind kids that thee are more ways to money than music

this generation is fast losing it

Well done lads ...

oyb: this couldn't have happened at a better time - hopefully that dollar cheque will remind kids that thee are more ways to money than music

this generation is fast losing it

Didn't know you too have noticed it that everybody is now about music, even engineering graduates

Nice one..what a positive news

Sky-walker:


Its not the student's fault. The application they created is not really marketable in Nigeria as Nigeria is still backward with technology.On a normal day, these guys should be employed by a software company and they should be creating new applications

is there any in nigeria

free2ryhme: what happens next after winning this price that is what counts...trust niaija students ... extinction

That's what you expect, but it will not happen. They will move on to estblish their own company.

free2ryhme: what happens next after winning this price that is what counts...trust niaija students ... extinction

Saddist.
Congrates guys...

CohenJane:

Didn't know you too have noticed it that everybody is now about music, even engineering graduates

I tire.


Any way congrat guys, I will join the league soon.

Why the 3 of them come wear ANKARA now? Is wearing ankara part of the contest?

Yeh this one na money o. Why google no do competion of garri so that garri talent will be showcase to the world and be appreciated.

One Nigerian disgraced us by knocking down a teenage girl but three Nigerians made us proud with their creativity..
Kudos to you guys...

Where are those who roundly condemn Nigerian education? Thumbs up guys.

Thank God,at least two among the three are yoruba.
Congrats brothers,the sky is your limit.

Where are those who roundly condemn Nigerian education? Are these people among the unemployable graduates of Nigerian Universities that our leaders bandy about? Thumbs up guys.

bolutife ogunsola...the dude had bin a genius ryt 4rm our secondary school days. ''nigerian navy sec sch' abk is surely proud of u son..
funi enuf dis guy was so unkept back then dat his books took almst 99percent of his tyme.!
No eating
no playing.
Gues e took dat up2 the uni.!datz y he is stil slim'the guy on blue.!
Thumbs up man..'i salute'!u had rep' all navy boiz abk tho u were so bullyd then..,

Congrate guys

This is the type of news I love to hear!

Thank God Jonathan didn't change that school's name to MAULAG. If not they would only be getting awards for Best Agriculture, Cow rearing or Fishery students.


Kudos guys, very unfortunate you have a government who doesn't see greatness in the future of its youth even when every other country does.

We need more of this type of news,I commend the moderators for putting this on the front page.I am sick and tired of all the kidnappings and Islamic militancy,ra.pe and cannibalism that make it here .One would think those are the only things Nigeria was known for.Good to know that there are youths out there doing something positive

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Congrats guys
May our Children make us as proud as you have made your parents Amen.

acidtalk: Thank God Jonathan didn't change that school's name to MAULAG. If not they would only be getting awards for Best Agriculture, Cow rearing or Fishery students.


Kudos guys, very unfortunate you have a government who doesn't see greatness in the future of its youth even when every other country does.

The govt can't do everything and doesn't do everything even in developed countries. They have $20k, they can start somewhere. They do not need to be employed either.

Kudos !guys reach beyond the sky ,well done,I know if not for our blind leaders ,9ja would have taken off. More grease.

The guy in the middle is a quintessential nerd.