TECH CHALLENGE

THE ULTIMATE UPCYCLE CHALLENGE

Can you get creative with tech? Participate in this Tech Challenge. Show us what you've got

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THE ULTIMATE UPCYCLE CHALLENGE

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The Tech Challenge is an initiative that helps you discover how to solve real life problems learn how to work in teams and hone your ability for creative thinking.

WHERE IS THE EVENT :

Lagos, Nigeria.

WHEN IS THE EVENT :

25th May, 2023

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Event Speakers

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Joseph Kruzich

Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate General, Lagos
Special Guest of honor
Joseph Kruzich Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate General, Lagos For most of his career Spokesperson Joseph Kruzich has worked as a press officer with the State Department in Geneva (UN), India, Russia, China, Germany, Sweden, Sudan (Southern Sudan), and Kabul, actively engaging the national press in those countries and devising creative media strategies to advance U.S. government foreign policies and values. More recently, he led several media campaigns in India that targeted key influencers in the U.S.-India relationship leading to a significant uptick in Indian support for U.S. Before that, he spearheaded the social media efforts at Embassy Moscow which attracted international attention for its effectiveness in communicating with a rising class of digital activists on key policy issues in the US-Russia relationship. In China, he received the Secretary’s Public Outreach Award for his active engagement of Chinese audiences. Mr. Kruzich speaks Chinese, Russian, French, German and Swedish and has received numerous Superior Honor and Meritorious Honor Awards from the Department of State. He is a graduate of Marquette University (B.A.) and Northwestern University (J.D. and MBA). Francisca obtained a PhD in Computer Science in 2010 and was a Spring 2014 Post-Doctoral Fellow at the EECS Department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is an alumna of the prestigious Machine Learning Summer School and has been trained in Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics and Data Science at the Institute of Analytics and Data Science, University of Essex, UK, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain and the University of Oxford. In addition to developing innovative curriculum for multidisciplinary research, Francisca is bridging the gaps between research and practice in the areas of Theoretical Computer Science, bringing scalable technology to the society and advancing the cause of thinking machines in developing economies. Outside of daily work, she designs programs to increase the participation of females in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Prof. Oladipo serves as the Chief Technical Advisor (Kogi) on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and, Facilitator, Africa Centre of Excellence in Technology and Learning (ACETEL), National Open University of Nigeria. She also functions as the International Projects Synergy and Support Lead, for the NUFFIC Regional and Ethiopia Projects for KIU, and Dutch Partners. The two-part project is sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, is facilitated by e-learning and data sharing in the Horn of Africa to develop and implement eLearning Systems to strengthen Security and Rule of Law; Food and Nutrition, specifically in Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan, and Northern Ethiopia under the Dutch Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) Initiative. As the Executive Coordinator of the Virus Outbreak Data Network Africa, (VODAN Africa), the initiative that has given Africa a place in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic through the deployment of 88 machine-actionable COVID-19 FAIR Data Points across Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and the Netherlands. She is currently leading the expansion of the initiative into Liberia, Tanzania, Somalia, Burkina Faso, China, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan. Prof. Francisca obtained a PhD in Computer Science in 2010 and was a postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of technology, MIT under the TOTAL/MIT ETT Project. She is one of the inaugural Fellows of the Pan-Africa Scientific Research Council, a Grace Hopper Faculty Scholar, a fellowship alumna of the Heidelberg Laureate Foundation Germany, United States Department of State Exchange Program (TechWomen), Internet Engineering Task Force, the Women of Color in Computing, Widening Natural Language Processing, Women in Machine Learning, Black in Artificial Intelligence, etc. She is a three-time recipient of the PyCon USA Grant, the ACM FAT Fellowship in 2019 and 2020, and the 2019 Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship of the ICML. She is an alumna of the prestigious Machine Learning Summer School and has been trained in Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, and Data Science at the Institute of Analytics and Data Science, University of Essex, UK, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain and the University of Oxford. Prof. Francisca has won many grants and co-authored several award-winning proposals for donor-founded projects including the Philips Foundation Grants, Google Rapid COVID-19 Grants, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Orange Knowledge Program, Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, Dutch Development Bank Grant for capacity Strengthening in Africa, etc. In addition to developing an innovative curriculum for multidisciplinary research, Francisca is bridging the gaps between research and practice in the areas of Theoretical Computer Science, Technology and Society and she has published numerous papers detailing her research experiences in both local and international journals and presented research papers in several international conferences. She is also a reviewer and editorial board member of many international scientific publications.

Mr Adeyemi Adebayo

Director for Basic Education Services, Lagos State Ministry of Education
Panelist
Director for Basic Education Services, Lagos State Ministry of Education

Prof. Francisca

Nigerian Professor of Computer Science and Vice-Chancellor of Thomas Adewumi University, Oko, Kwara State Nigeria
Keynote Speaker
Francisca is a Nigerian Professor of Computer Science and Vice-Chancellor of Thomas Adewumi University, Oko, Kwara State Nigeria. She previously served as the pioneer Director, Quality Assurance at Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria and member of the Governing Council -the first female elected to the Council. She is also the first female Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University. She was Director Research, Innovations and International Relations at Kampala International University (KIU), Uganda between 2019 and 2020 and following the outbreak of the pandemic, was appointed the Executive Coordinator of the Virus Outbreak Data Africa and Asia Network (VODAN Africa & Asia); an initiative that promotes data ownership, data-in-residence, and data governance in African countries through the FAIR principles. Francisca currently leads the team implementing machine-actionable FAIR Data Points on the observational health data for Africa, Asia and Europe, covering Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Liberia, Tunisia, Somalia, Tanzania, Indonesia, China, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands and established the intercontinental Data Stewardship Competence Centre connecting Africa and Europe. Francisca obtained a PhD in Computer Science in 2010 and was a Spring 2014 Post-Doctoral Fellow at the EECS Department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is an alumna of the prestigious Machine Learning Summer School and has been trained in Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics and Data Science at the Institute of Analytics and Data Science, University of Essex, UK, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain and the University of Oxford. In addition to developing innovative curriculum for multidisciplinary research, Francisca is bridging the gaps between research and practice in the areas of Theoretical Computer Science, bringing scalable technology to the society and advancing the cause of thinking machines in developing economies. Outside of daily work, she designs programs to increase the participation of females in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Prof. Oladipo serves as the Chief Technical Advisor (Kogi) on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and, Facilitator, Africa Centre of Excellence in Technology and Learning (ACETEL), National Open University of Nigeria. She also functions as the International Projects Synergy and Support Lead, for the NUFFIC Regional and Ethiopia Projects for KIU, and Dutch Partners. The two-part project is sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, is facilitated by e-learning and data sharing in the Horn of Africa to develop and implement eLearning Systems to strengthen Security and Rule of Law; Food and Nutrition, specifically in Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan, and Northern Ethiopia under the Dutch Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) Initiative. As the Executive Coordinator of the Virus Outbreak Data Network Africa, (VODAN Africa), the initiative that has given Africa a place in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic through the deployment of 88 machine-actionable COVID-19 FAIR Data Points across Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and the Netherlands. She is currently leading the expansion of the initiative into Liberia, Tanzania, Somalia, Burkina Faso, China, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan. Prof. Francisca obtained a PhD in Computer Science in 2010 and was a postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of technology, MIT under the TOTAL/MIT ETT Project. She is one of the inaugural Fellows of the Pan-Africa Scientific Research Council, a Grace Hopper Faculty Scholar, a fellowship alumna of the Heidelberg Laureate Foundation Germany, United States Department of State Exchange Program (TechWomen), Internet Engineering Task Force, the Women of Color in Computing, Widening Natural Language Processing, Women in Machine Learning, Black in Artificial Intelligence, etc. She is a three-time recipient of the PyCon USA Grant, the ACM FAT Fellowship in 2019 and 2020, and the 2019 Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship of the ICML. She is an alumna of the prestigious Machine Learning Summer School and has been trained in Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, and Data Science at the Institute of Analytics and Data Science, University of Essex, UK, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain and the University of Oxford. Prof. Francisca has won many grants and co-authored several award-winning proposals for donor-founded projects including the Philips Foundation Grants, Google Rapid COVID-19 Grants, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Orange Knowledge Program, Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, Dutch Development Bank Grant for capacity Strengthening in Africa, etc. In addition to developing an innovative curriculum for multidisciplinary research, Francisca is bridging the gaps between research and practice in the areas of Theoretical Computer Science, Technology and Society and she has published numerous papers detailing her research experiences in both local and international journals and presented research papers in several international conferences. She is also a reviewer and editorial board member of many international scientific publications.

Azuka Augustine Ijekeye

Co-founder of Nigeria’s first Industrial Design School, AzukaIjekeye School of Design
Chief Scientist & Speaker
Azuka Augustine Ijekeye is a serial entrepreneur with interests in non-food light manufacturing, retail displays design/manufacture, oil palm agiculture, and helping small scale producers(non-food) achieve manufacturing scale. A holder of a Bachelors of Technology degree(B.Tech), AzukaIjekeye started his first business while he was studying Industrial Biochemistry at The Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). He also holds a Green Belt in Lean Manufacturing. He worked a number of years as a Field Logistics Manager jn the shipping industry, and as a National Sales Manager in the Large Format Print Services Industry. After a successful career, AzukaIjekeye pioneered the designing and local manufacturing of designed Retail Display Systems in Nigeria working with some of the biggest multinational brands like Ribena, Lucozade, CoCaCola, Heineken, Pampers, Always, Heinz, Johnny Walker and Nokia. He is a Co-founder of Nigeria’s first Industrial Design School, AzukaIjekeye School of Design, and founder of the Interstreet Laser CNC Factory. His company, Interstreet Messenger Limited own the upcoming Zuki consumer brand. A Father and Husband, AzukaIjekeye is a choral bassist and choir conductor. When not travelling, He loves reading, music, football, swimming and people development. He is available for craftsmen and small businesses, who want to achieve manufacturing consistency, and design understanding. You can reach AzukaIjekeye at +234 809 422 5501 and azuka@interstreetmessenger.com. Quote: if you want to live in a country that makes things, buy the things your country makes.
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