DigitalSENSE Africa opens call for students’ essay contest 2016 on Internet Governance for Development

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The management of DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media Group has announced call for students’ essay, especially those in the tertiary institutions across the country to send in entries for the 2016 contest on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), reports ITRealms.
 

The Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media Group, Nkemdilim Nweke, made this disclosure in Lagos, and said that this year’s theme is on ‘Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All Nigerians.’

This call, she also said, would close by April 18, 2016, stressing that the essay competition is aimed at encouraging creativity and discourse on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) by Nigerian youths.

She said that participating students who must be between 18 and 30 years, are expected to send in entries alongside prove of identification from their institutions, namely a letter of introduction from Head of Department or Students Affairs and clear scan copy of student ID.

She pointed out that the competition organised by DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the publishers of international award winning DigitalSENSE BusinessNews, ITRealms and NaijaAgroNet; as part of the annual Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D and annual Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable. 

Mrs Nweke explained that the essay which should not exceed 600 words and sent to; info@digitalsenseafrica.com.ng and copy remnekkv@gmail.com on or before April 18, 2016.

Each student, she said, is to submit an article on the aforementioned topic, adding that the winning essay to be adjudged the best by a team of expert panel of judges will be published in ITRealms Online and DigitalSENSE BusinessNews monthly magazine with profile of the winner. 

She emphasized that the essay must be an original work of the candidate for the sole purpose of this competition. While the protection of any intellectual property included in a candidate’s submission is the candidate's responsibility.

Judges, she said, made up of ICT industry veterans will examine the submitted entries for originality, clarity, grammar and presentation. 

The judges will independently award marks and choose a winner. The adjudged winner will be sponsored to forthcoming Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF).

 

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NDSF 2015: PIN, DSA present prizes to three students

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The Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) and DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Friday in Lagos jointly presented three Etisalat Cliqlite e-learning tablets to three students, reports ITRealms.

The presentation was in fulfillment of the promise made by the Executive Director, PIN and Nigeria’s first IT Youth Ambassador, Mr. Gbenga Sesan at the Nigeria DigitalSENSE 2015 Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Internet Protocol Version Six (IPV6) Roundtable in Lagos, recently.

Presenting the award at a brief ceremony that took place at Mafoluku-Lagos, ITRealms reports, the Executive Director, Operations, DigitalSENSE Africa, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke said the essence of the DigitalSENSE Forum has been to empower, enlighten and build the capacity of Nigerian youths and women by way of exposing them to the opportunities available on the internet. 

She stated that the essence of this presentation ceremony is to give these tablets out in the presence of the parents and the teachers of the students and also to show that the companies; PIN and DigitalSENSE are for real and that they deliver on their promises. 

Mrs. Nweke also said that the Etisalat Cliqlite is designed to restrict the students to what they need on the internet for now which is basically academics, fortunately this year these children won the tablets. 

She emphasized that the tablet is for empowerment and to enable the children move to another level in life, stressing that Etisalat CIiqlite is a unique tablet to grow the students skills which must be regulated by the parents.

ITRealms reports the three lucky students include Sotayo-Aro Oluwakimilokan, Igweonu Chiamaka Sandra: the two are from Muritala Mohammed Airport Secondary School, Ikeja and Koleola Anuoluwapo from Mafoluku Senior Grammar School. 

PIN Executive Director, Mr. Sesan represented by Adebanbo Gbenga, while presenting one of the awards noted that PIN is reputed for youth empowerment and it was an honour to also collaborate with DigitalSENSE.

Hon. Obafemi Lekan, uncle to Koleola, in an interview with ITRealms expressed happiness that DSA and PIN were able to fulfill their promise. Other witnesses at the prize giving ceremony, ITRealms gathered included Mr. Agba Kingsley, the ICT teacher with Murtala Muhammed Airport Secondary School, Mr. Osuntubo, a teacher from Mafoluku Senior Grammar School. 

They poured encomium on PIN and DSA for delivering on their promise bearing in mind that many companies make promises these days which they scarcely fulfill.

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Pix L-R: Student Chiamaka Sandra and Sotayo-Aro Oluwakimilokan, Igweonu both of Muritala Mohammed Airport Secondary School, Ikeja and Koleola Anuoluwapo(middle) from Mafoluku Senior Grammar School flanked by PIN representative, Mr. Gbenga and Executive Director, Operations at DSA, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke during the presentation of prizes.