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Twelve year old Joshua Agboola has won the MTN mPulse Hackathon themed ‘Beyond COVID’, the company has said.

The MTN mPulse was initiated in 2018 for kids between age nine and 15 with a portal that assists students with work while getting some entertainment.

Agboola who is a JSS 2 student of Bellina College, Akoka in Lagos, won the competition by creating ‘Kagukar Study Buddie,’ a home-schooling, remote education and learning solution.

Using artificial intelligence, the study buddy works as an interactive voice-activated robot that assists students with a mix of study and entertainment.

Agboola received N1 million funding , N100,000 cash voucher, portable electronic devices worth over N120,000 and mPulse back-to-school items.

The champion thanked MTN, saying, “I feel excited. I have been able to show my potential towards changing the world and impact lives positively with my solution; thanks to MTN.”

The first runner up, Abeedah Alabi of Jakande Estate Comprehensive Senior College in Lagos and second runner up, Amarachi Ogbu of Government Day Secondary School, Abuja also received N500,000 funding , N100,000 cash vouchers, N120,000 portable electronic devices, and mPulse back-to-school items.

The top 10 finalists will participate in a six-week virtual MTN GAP Boot camp, an incubation programme to further refine their winning solutions to market in collaboration with TechQuest STEM Academy.

Commenting on the competition, the Chief Transformation Officer, MTN Nigeria, Bayo Adekanmbi, stated that technology has bridged the gap between the children and the future, positioning them to lead the charge to a bold new world.

“The MTN mPulse Hackathon is part of our wider contribution towards this aspiration, consistent with our commitment to champion innovation,” he said.

https://dailytrust.com/agboola-12-wins-mtn-mpulse-hackathon

no doubt, he's a smartkid.
..but environment matters a lot in nurturing such a smartkid. A typical village kid like the one below would surely find it so difficult to achieve a similar feat.

CONGRATULATIONS

ANY BODY GOTTEN TO ONTARIO YET ?

Good one.

omoluabis, oodua a gbe wa oo.

I love smart kids! God will bless me with one in future

Congratulations to him

A very big congratulations to him

Nah eh! No qualms
This is so sophisticated
Congrats boy

My love for MTN eh
Forget say them dey Bleep up full time
But them still be odogwu network for Nigeria

Smart kid

That's the way Nigeria should go

Not agriculture empowerment the useless APC government are preaching everyday.

Information technology is the sure future

Ok

First and second are omoluabi, that's impressive

Nah eh! No qualms
This is so sophisticated

I see a bright future here
He should start taking mushin weed now at this his young age to brush it up (catch them young)

Smart ones

Nice of him.
It just baffles me how little we appreciate intelligence but we celebrate mediocrity.

Here is a genius in the making with a paltry reward but the same private firms are ready to spend millions on shows that will publicly encourage exuberance.

Go to China and see 6 year olds doing wonders.

Yoruba amaka.

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Omo Yoruba rere. Mgsrgs(bet9ja)

nice one coming from MTN with such prizes to encourage young minds because i love smart kids..
no be the kain pikin wey full my street, very lazy n dull children, thier own na to dey carry assignments come give me and my guys for our lodge to help them solve am..
I no even dey wori because them no dey disturb me again after I help one of them with him assignment n him score jus 2 out of the 20 quantitative questions i answer, wetin pain me be say him go tell him teacher say na him senior bros teach am, c downgrading...
this days whenever they come disturb me with assignment, I go jus advice them to try enter skul very early n find person copy from..
afterall meself na student and when I dey thier age, I been dey run assignments myself..

If it was BBN now, MTN will give out N50-100million

Okay

Olunmercy56:
I love smart kids! God will bless me with one in future

To have a smart kid, you need to be a smart woman.

Intelligence is transmitted only through the mom.

Yoruba kwenu! At least he isnt moving illicit substances, unlike some folks...

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Smart kid

That's the way Nigeria should go

Not agriculture empowerment the useless APC government are preaching everyday.

Information technology is the sure future

There's actually nothing wrong with agricultural empowerment. D problem is that this govt doesn't even no what agricultural empowerment means how much more information technology

HitlerGaddafi:
Go to China and see 6 year olds doing wonders.

They are doing wonders because u hear about them& they live in a saner environment than d one this 12year old nigerian lives in