Nigerian-American engineer & Harvard grad Yinka Ogunbiyi | US Mission in Nigeria/X
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has celebrated Nigerian-American engineer and Harvard graduate, Yinka Ogunbiyi, over her invention of HaloBraid, described as the world’s first braid-assist robot.
The commission congratulated Ogunbiyi in a post on X on Friday, tagging the achievement under the hashtag #ProudlyNigerian.
“Congratulations again Yinka,” the NIDC wrote.
PUNCHONLINE reports that the celebration comes weeks after the US Mission in Nigeria disclosed the development in a separate post on X, saying the innovation had raised $7m and attracted more than 7,000 salons to its waitlist. Related News Nigerian-American Harvard graduate develops world’s first braid-assist robot Musk predicts AI will outsmart humans within five years OGITECH using drones, robotics to reshape technical education — Rector
