Nigeria is an amazing country, from its ethnic and cultural diversity to its stunning natural beauty to its happy and resilient people and beyond.
But—
Nigeria is also a land of winners! 🏆
From August 1–September 16, 2020, we hosted the BetterTogether program, five weeks of inspiring challenges, top speakers, and community content available exclusively on Goodwall.
And, while it was available to all our 1.5 million plus Goodwallers from 150+ countries around the world, our Nigerian members showed up and won more than those from any other country! A whopping 21 times, in fact 😲
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Here’s a look at 18 of our Nigerian BetterTogether champions:
BetterTogether Program Winners
Shinen Job from Jos
Challenge: #Pitch
Date: September 18, 2020
Prize: $2,000
Shinen Job was one of the BetterTogether programs star participants, winning two different challenges! And, for the final #pitch challenge, Shinen’s idea for a new African Silicon Valley came in first, making him our grand prize winner!
Building Nigeria’s first Indigenous Silicon Valley
There’s a missing piece in the Nigerian Educational System, and we look forward to filling that void! How?
1. Teaching regular syllabus alongside related real life problems.
2. Guiding the students to use their knowledge to creatively solve these problems.
3. Connecting successful students with sponsors to launch their solutions at a bigger scale thereby creating value and their own business at the same time!
View his Goodwall profile here.
Ojumah Jerry from Lagos
Challenge: #Pitch
Date: September 18, 2020
Prize: $1,000
Ojumah’s video for the #pitch final challenge was our 3rd place winner, an amazing solution for African agriculture:
Agrive seeks to revolutionize the Agricultural Industry in Africa.
This project is aimed to enable both Local and Industrial farmers take control of the entire farming process.
With Advanced Sensory Technology, we are able to optimize farm yields tied with proper crop data analysis for maximum efficiency.
Farmers can see a live chart on the Humidity, Water absorption, Light Intensity, Temperature, Soil Moisture in relation to their farm and crops.
View their Goodwall profile here.
Habiba Erinfolami from Ibadan
Challenge: #Pitch
Date: September 18, 2020
Prize: $500
Habiba was the 5th place winner for our #pitch final challenge, coming in strong with a great idea for Nigerian telemedicine:
Telemedicine is underexplored in Nigeria and it is one of the ways by which health care can be readily and easily accessed.
The pandemic also made countries like Nigeria see reasons why telemedicine is important. During the pandemic, many clinics were shut and people had difficulty accessing medical care or even refilling their drug prescription due to lockdowns. If there was a platform for people to still access healthcare even in the minimum, without going to the hospital, many more people will comply with the lockdown rules and still access health happily.
After the ease of lockdowns and reopening of many clinics, these clinics will have an overflow of patients for various reasons putting a lot of strain on the healthcare providers, worsening the pre-pandemic hospital problems such as long queues, long waiting hours, etc. Flexihealth seeks to use simple technology to control crowd and flow of patients while reaching out to more people in their homes.
View her Goodwall profile here.
Abdullah Ghazali from Kano
Challenge: #Goal2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Prize: $200
Herbert Osagiator from Lagos
Challenge: #Goal2020
Date: August 5, 2020
Prize: $200
View their Goodwall profile here.
Caleb Tutu from Kaduna State
Challenge: #Goal2020
Date: August 6, 2020
Prize: $200
Caleb says: “New members on Goodwall should be open to learn and they should be involved in every challenge and also they should not hesitate to bring out their best.”
View their Goodwall profile here.
Ewuola Oluwashola from Abeokuta
Challenge: #Resilience
Date: August 12, 2020
Prize: Headspace Premium Subscription
View their Goodwall profile here.
Patience Mustapha
Challenge: #Career
Date: August 15, 2020
Prize: MasterClass Premium Subscription
View their Goodwall profile here.
Shinen Job from Jos
Challenge: #Equality
Date: August 28, 2020
Prize: $500 donation to the non-profit of his/her choice
Shinen says: “Don’t be afraid to fail. For failure is just another lesson to learn from; and not a place to dwell.”
View their Goodwall profile here.
Coach Nelson Amadigwe from Port Harcourt
Challenge: #SDG
Date: September 1, 2020
Prize: $100
View their Goodwall profile here.
Winifred Nnamdi from Lagos
Challenge: #SDG
Date: September 2, 2020
Prize: $100
View their Goodwall profile here.
Gabriel Ogundiran from Damaturu
Challenge: #Career (Part 2)
Date: September 6, 2020
Prize: $200
View their Goodwall profile here.
Elsie Bungwon from Kaduna
Challenge: #Career (Part 2)
Date: September 8, 2020
Prize: $200
View their Goodwall profile here.
#Goal2020 Nigeria Winners
Aleke Chinedu Emmanuel
Date: August 19, 2020
Prize: ₦ 50,000
View their Goodwall profile here.
Oluwatoyin Irewole from Ilorin
Date: August 20, 2020
Prize: ₦ 50,000
View their Goodwall profile here.
Francisca Mayim from Ogoja
Date: August 21, 2020
Prize: ₦ 50,000
Order Sophia from Port Harcourt
Date: August 22, 2020
Prize: ₦ 50,000
Order says, “Keep being resilient, it’ll pay off someday.”
View their Goodwall profile here.
John Onyedika from Enugu
Date: August 23, 2020
Prize: ₦ 50,000
View their Goodwall profile here.
Mustapha Ibrahim from Gombe State
Date: August 24, 2020
Prize: ₦ 50,000
View their Goodwall profile here.
Jeremiah Musa from Kaduna
Date: August 25, 2020
Prize: ₦ 50,000
Jeremiah’s advice for new Goodwallers: “They should strive to be members and partakers of Goodwall and its cardinal objectives because it has succeeded in making the whole world a single and highly interactive community through this platform where opportunities can [be] tapped, where our achievements can be shared and celebrated and most importantly, this is one place where our societal problems can be shared and solved.”
View their Goodwall profile here.
Waseelah Naseer from Rijiyar Zaki
Date: August 26, 2020
Prize: ₦ 50,000
View their Goodwall profile here.
Congratulations to all our Nigerian winners, and a sincere thanks to all those who took part! We can’t wait to see what you all come up with next, and we hope those prizes inspire you and give you the motivation you’re looking for.
See you again soon!
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