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6 -yr- old Nigerian Student Emerges Youngest Microsoft Specialist

A six -year- old Nigerian student, Master Damilare King-David Akano, has emerged the youngest microsoft specialist in the international certification examinations organised by Certiport held on Saturday August 17, 2019.

He came tops in the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2016 examinations with a score of 871 out of 1000 points followed by Toluwalese Ayoola Kwaku, a 10 years old boy, who scored 825, while Kolawole Praise Akano, an eight – year- old, scored 800.

They alongside 200 other students participated in a month long summer camp tagged: ‘ Nextgen IT Experts,’ organised by New Horizons Computer Learning Systems Ltd and were trained in various ICT courses like Microsoft, Multimedia, Robotics Engineering, Drone Technology, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and Coding, among others.

With this performance, Damilare King- David Akano, a primary one student has become the youngest in Africa in 2019, to achieve this professional height, and indeed, one of the youngest in the world to achieve this feet.

The two brothers, Damilare and Kolawole and their friend, Toluwalase, are students of Scholar Crest International, Omole, Lagos among others who participated in the on- going 2019 New Horizons summer camp across Nigeria.

New Horizons, a US-based organisation with offices in 85 countries of the world and the world’s largest independent ICT training organisation in the last 38 years, has trained more students in more locations and in more courses than any other ICT training institution in the world.

In Nigeria, New Horizons empowers over 50,000 students to success yearly in over 100 schools and 15 universities. Among the schools powered by New Horizons are Dansol International Schools, Doregoes, Vivan Fowler and Princeton College Surulere, among several others.

According to MD/CEO of New Horizons, Mr. Tim Akano, the achievement of the six-year- old Damilare King-David Akano, is just a continuation of the tradition of excellence which New Horizons is known for both in Nigeria and globally.

https://leadership.ng/2019/09/24/6-yr-old-nigerian-student-emerges-youngest-microsoft-specialist/

A pure yoruba genius

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Op stop sensationising which one come be microsoft specialist for that reportage now..


Anyways congrats to the intelligent young budding scientist.

Congratulations kids

Yoruba amaka

DAMILAYO KIND DAVID AKANO CHIBUNDU for president 2023 ...

Congrats lads!

cc: NCAN.

An example of what a GENIUS is, congratulation to him and other winners

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No by size, age or money. We are who we are!

Nice one

immortalityk:
A pure yoruba genius

Three pure Yoruba geniuses you mean.

ozoebuka1:
Yoruba amaka

U're old enough to give birth to those pikins o...

That's wonderful

True sons of Nnewi!!! Amakas Kwenu!

I hope that whenever in life they want to use the MS Word or PowerPoint, that there will be light

They should have taught them how to repair generator, to create the light needed to powered the PC to run the MS office.

Talents like these abound in Nigeria, but lack of provisions kill their potential and they never get to develop fully .

hustlers...If you know you know

immortalityk:
A pure yoruba genius

Kudos from the East .

Imagine when 9ja break, the North will only be in the news for Fulani Herdsmen & Boko Haram.

Na all they have to offer
Q

What I love to read

God bless Nigeria
God bless Mr president

God bless Nigeria! But they must find wayto leave this country after secondary school o. Don't blame me, I know what I am saying. Awon eyan iyi

Yoruba Amaka

Hope thier parent are intelligent

Who organized the programme? If it's Nigerans that organized it then forget the result.

Congratulations young Nigerian/s!

PureFace1:
- Damilare King-David Akano, a six-year-old has emerged the winner of a Microsoft exam, becoming the youngest winner ever

- The young genius scored 871 out of 1000 points to defeat over 200 others who wrote the same exam during a month-long summer programme

- Toluwase Ayoola Kwaku, a 10-year-old and Kolawole Praise Akano, an eight-year-old, scored 825 and 800 points respectively to come second and third winners

Another Nigerian whizkid has made the nation proud again. Damilare King-David Akano, a six-year-old, has become the youngest Microsoft specialist as he emerged the winner in its international certification examinations.

Leadership reports that the examination was organised on Saturday, August 17. Damilare was the top winner for the Microsoft Office Power Point 2016 category with a whopping score of 871 out of the 1000 expected points.

He was followed up by Toluwase Ayoola Kwaku, a 10-year-old, who scored 825, while Kolawole Praise Akano, an eight-year-old made 800 points.

They all competed alongside 200 other students in a month long summer camp organised by New Horizons Computer Learning Systems Ltd where they had various training courses in Microsoft, Multimedia, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, among several others. Young Damilare, with his points, has become the youngest winner ever in Africa to achieve the feat.

https://www.legit.ng/1261757-damilare-king-david-6-yr-nigerian-student-emerges-youngest-microsoft-specialist.html

these kids are better than Tacha...that has nothing to delivered.....

Edu3Again:

Kudos from the East .

Imagine when 9ja break, the North will only be in the news for Fulani Herdsmen & Boko Haram.
Q

I pray and wish Nigeria breaks fast
Yorubas are not gaining anything at all
No mod should ban me too
Its just my opinion

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uuzba:
I hope that whenever in life they want to use the MS Word or PowerPoint, that there will be light

They should have taught them how to repair generator, to create the light needed to powered the PC to run the MS office.

Why do that when we have people like you who we can use for menial labor.

Yoruba amaka..... � � � �