SundiataPOST’s technology officer, Mr. Oscar Ekponimo, is among 10 youths selected by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to be honoured for innovations in technology at the on-going ITU Telecom World Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ekponimo’s project was selected among the 10 best innovations out of 600 entries from 88 countries around the world.
His winning entry is a web and mobile application tagged SalvageHub, which reduces food waste and redistributes salvaged products to needy people.[eap_ad_1]
The ITU developed the Young Innovators Programme as an integral part of Telecom World events and designed it to work with promising start-ups run by young people from all over the world who are using technological innovation to improve the social reality of their communities.
Every year, the ITU invites new start-ups and concepts to compete for one of the 10 places in the programme. Chosen by a committee of world-class experts from public, private and academic sectors, the 10 winners join the ITU Telecom World event for a four-day accelerator programme of pitching sessions, hands-on workshops and mentoring and also the chance to win up to USD US $10,000 in funding.
Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan chaired a session with the 10 Young innovators in their respective pavilions and was received by Ekponimo at the Nigerian pavilion.
Ekponimo’s certificate received his certificate from the secretary General of the ITU, Dr Hamadoun I Toure at the conference.[eap_ad_4]
