Nigerian youth build technology solutions

Twenty-two youth from across Nigeria converged to build solutions to problems surrounding the 16th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) called the IoT (Internet of Things), as part of this year’s National Hackathon Series 1.0. These problems include peace, justice and strong Institutions.   According to a statement by Obialunanma Nnaobi of the Vilsquare Maker’s Hub this […]

Twenty-two youth from across Nigeria converged to build solutions to problems surrounding the 16th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) called the IoT (Internet of Things), as part of this year’s National Hackathon Series 1.0. These problems include peace, justice and strong Institutions.

 

According to a statement by Obialunanma Nnaobi of the Vilsquare Maker’s Hub this year’s edition of the series with the theme “Building the Makers’ Movement”, which was held recently in Kano state and presented an opportunity for young Nigerians to collaborate and work together during the hackathon, with each participant contributing the skills and knowledge required to achieve the desired results.

“Participants in this hackathon came from the traditional tech sectors – software and embedded systems design as well as non-tech sectors including law, journalism, fashion design, graphics design, architecture, and advocacy” he said.

 

The edition was focused on enabling young Nigerians to use IoT as a way to solve some of the problems inhibiting the achievement of strong institutions in Nigeria.

“At the 3- day hackathon, the participants were able to respond to assigned case studies. The case studies articulated some of the problems facing these institutions from the perspective of the public. The participants of the hackathon then went to work developing some solutions to be applied to these problems” it said.