The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure has challenged young Nigerian innovators to develop and defend homegrown technology solutions to problems affecting their communities.
The agency’s Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Khalil Halilu, stated this as 60 young innovators began live pitch sessions during FutureMakers Week.
Halilu said the innovators had moved from developing prototypes during a four-day hackathon to presenting their solutions to the public.
“Today, the ideas our FutureMakers have spent four days building will move from prototype to public stage,” Halilu said.
He said the pitch sessions would test the innovators’ ability to defend practical solutions designed around challenges in their communities.
