Five Nigerian Junior Secondary School girls have made Nigeria proud by winning Technovation World Pitch in United States of America (U.S.A).
The girls developed a mobile application called “FD Detector” to tackle the problems of fake pharmaceutical products in Nigeria by scanning the barcode on drugs, and can determine the genuineness of a drug.
The girls group name called “Save A Soul” is s made up of five young students from the Regina Pacis College in Anambra State. They include Promise Nnalue, Jessica Osita, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo, and Vivian Okoye.
According to Ms. Onwuamaegbu-Ugwu, the team’s mentor and Director of Edufun Technik STEM Center, Onitsha “This is the first time a Junior Nigerian team has emerged among the finalists to visit Silicon Valley.”
Before claiming the first place, team Save A Soul challenged students from Spain, USA, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and China and with over 2000 apps submitted for the 2018 Technovation competition.
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The focus is to offer girls around the world the opportunity to learn the skills they need to emerge as tech entrepreneurs and leaders.
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