Awesome, young and Nigerian....
In August 2017, Katherine Eta of Childville School, Ogudu, Lagos, emerged as the third place winner in the 2017 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) held in Disneyland, California, USA. Katherine was the only African Champion in this year’s competition.
The annual Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship is a global competition that tests student’s skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The 2017 MOSWC was contested worldwide by about 1.1 million students from 140 countries. 157 students from 50 countries eventually qualified to compete in the world finals in Disneyland, California.
Go Katherine!
In May 2016, Iyore Olaye graduated from Cornell University as the only Black female in the 2016 chemical engineer class. Iyore was also one of only six other Black female engineers in the entire engineering school.
While at Cornell, Iyore served as an undergraduate researcher, an engineering admissions diversity fellow, and president of the National Society of Black Engineers.
Her ground-breaking success at Cornell follows her achievement 4 years earlier as the first black valedictorian of Winslow Township High School in Camden County, NJ.
Albemarle High School, NC junior, Ayoade Balogun is a rising star in science. Ayoade who is in the school’s Mathematics, Engineering and Science Academy, helped form a summer camp program to get middle school girls interested in science, has already completed an internship (at Northrup Grumman), is working on multiple engineering projects and has attended an education summit at the White House.
The 16-year-old student who is planning for a college career in one of the STEM fields, hopes to see more young women like her involved in those male-dominated fields.
On June 13 2016, Junior Achievement of Greater Washington announced the winners of the 2015 Junior Achievement Essay Competition. Of this year's 10 winners, 3 are Nigerian!!
This year's competition was intense, as over 1,800 qualified applicants submitted compelling essays answering this year's question:
“What does the American Dream mean to you and is it still thriving in Greater Washington?
Each year, a first, second, and third place winner is selected from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Each is awarded a $10,000 scholarship. One grand prize winner selected from all applicants receives a $20,000 scholarship.
Ayibatari Owei, 3rd Place Winner, Maryland
Watch this video of how mechanical engineering students of the faculty of engineering of the University of Lagos, Nigeria built an electric car from the ground up. The vehicle, dubbed DOVE P1, is made of a fibre glass body, weighs in at about 200 kg and is capable of speeds of up to 35 km/h.
Nigerian-born Yewande Akinola was named Young Woman Engineer of the Year in 2012 by the prestigious Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). She won the UK award, which honours leading female engineers under the age of 30, due to her impressive work on water and sanitation in developing countries. Akinola has a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Engineering Design and Appropriate Technology from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom and a Master’s degree in Innovation and Design from Cranfield University, also in the UK.
Nigerian-American Kimberly Anyadike is the youngest black female pilot to fly across the United States. At the age of 15, she flew from Compton, California to Newport News, Virginia in 2009. It took her 13 days to complete the flight of over 7,000 miles.
Watch her interview on CNN....
The most awesome thing about Kimberly? Her real dream is to become a cardio-vascular surgeon. I have a feeling she'll have no trouble achieving this dream!
19 year-old Nigerian, Aisha Eniola has been elected into the Brent Council in London, making her the youngest councilor in the United Kingdom. Aisha, a final year student of Mass Communication in one of the London universities, is the daughter of former Welsh Harp Councillor, Francis Eniola and represents Harlesden Ward.
Aisha hopes to inspire youths to participate in politics.
24-year old Florence Adepoju is breaking beauty rules with her MDMFlow make-up line. The line sells handmade rose-scented lipsticks in shades like juicy orange, emerald green and brilliant blue, all packaged in gold-colored aluminum bullet casings. The subject of a recent NY Times story, Florence was inspired to start the line after her experience working at a Benefit makeup counter during her teens. Florence was often disappointed when the company released a new product that didn’t suit her dark skin, so she decided to take matters in her hands.
She spent four years earning an applied chemistry degree in cosmetics and then set out to make the colors she coveted, in flashy packaging inspired by her love of hip-hop's sound and aesthetics....
Read the full New York Times article here.....
Watch her tell her story here ...
Meet Eleanor Ngozi Anukam, owner/creative director of Eleanor Anukam Footwear.
The brand was launched in Dec 2015 and offers luxurious (and affordable!!) footwear for women in sizes ranging from 9-13,
After years of searching for luxury footwear with no success, Eleanor, a size 12 herself, embarked on a journey to create a line of luxury women’s footwear to service this under-served population of women.
Supported by the finest manufacturing resources in Brazil, Eleanor's shoes are fashioned from the most exquisite leathers and hardware and are handcrafted by master cobblers.