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The Big 5 Daily: Nigerian Students Wins Gold Medal at World Robotics Competition, Innov8Agric Challenge, Kenya Application and More

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It’s a new month Africa!

Here are our Big 5 picks for the most interesting news and articles across Africa today. Enjoy.


Nigerian Students Shine at 2018 World Adolescent Robotics, Wins Gold Medal… Three Nigerian students; Tawakalitu Giwa, Oluwaseun Omotayo, and Ayomide Adetunji have win big at the 2018 World Adolescent Robotics Competition in Guiyang City, China by claiming Gold medals for proper documentation of processes on engineering note, at the challenge. This is indeed a great one for Nigeria and Africa at large.


A new report has revealed that the greater Cape Town area, including Stellenbosch, employs more than double the number of people that Lagos and Nairobi do combined — with 450 to 550 entrepreneurial companies employing between 40 000 to 50 000 people in the city. Read more about the report here.


It is easy to be dismissive about how far we have come as Africans, but, it is also necessary to write our stories the way we want it written. Not many Africans have made it into the narrative of renowned personalities in the world. It requires an uncommon journey and an uncommon victory to make it into these ranks and one of such people is Tech Gist Africa’s TechPreneur of the week, Strive Masiyiwa. Read more on Masiyiwa’s landmark achievements in IT industry in Africa and the World.


Microsoft Unveils Tech Start-ups with Social Impact…  

Microsoft, through its 4Afrika initiative, is investing in start-ups that are using technology solutions to improve lives and drive Africa’s digital transformation. Some of these start-ups include MAX, Flutterwave and Riby.


Applications are now open for Innov8Agric Challenge, Kenya… Agric-tech start-ups in Kenya have been called upon to apply for 2018 MTFC Innov8Agric Challenge. the challenge is aimed at promoting innovative ideas for early stage Agric entrepreneurs from all sectors of the agriculture ecosystem who are applying creative and innovative methods to improve the agriculture value chain in Kenya.


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