Nairaxi emerges winner in NCC's young innovators competition

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15 young innovators took part in the competition organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission

The company, which took the coveted prize with value of N2 million was represented by Kingsley Eze, Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer and Elizabeth Omale, Co-Founder/Chief Financial Officer. Nairaxi presented an app which will enhance rideshare and safe delivery of packages to an audience made up of top officials of the Commission, led by the Director of Research and Development , Mr. Ismaila Adedigba who represented the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta.

Floews developed novel and deep-tech all-round solution that monitors and forecasts flood imminence and thereby, disseminate the forecast as an early-warning intelligence, while Thronix Lab developed Proxie, an Internet of Thing -enabled smart socket and Wi-Fi hotspot range extender which enables users to switch on/off their appliances connected to it remotely through their phones.

Speaking on behalf of the EVC, the Director R&D, Adedigba, commended all the 15 contestants that participated, and the panel of judges for the “commendable diligence, through painstaking evaluation carried out especially by the team of independent judges, leading to the emergence of the three winners”.

 

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