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Two millionaires emerge in Etisalat prize for innovation

Etisalat Nigeria has made two young Nigerian millionaires for their creativity, intellectual and innovative abilities. The two Nigerian youths, Obi Brown and Chijioke Ezegbo, who were considered winners for their innovative products and Ideas. The duo innovators unveiled as winners of its 2015 Prize for Innovation Competition were awarded seven million Naira. While Brown won […]

Two millionaires emerge in Etisalat prize for innovation

Etisalat Nigeria has made two young Nigerian millionaires for their creativity, intellectual and innovative abilities.
The two Nigerian youths, Obi Brown and Chijioke Ezegbo, who were considered winners for their innovative products and Ideas.
The duo innovators unveiled as winners of its 2015 Prize for Innovation Competition were awarded seven million Naira.
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.

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