The national finals
of the 2016 edition of Microsoft Nigeria Imagine Cup, Team Humane representing
the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife emerged winners of this year’s
competition, reports ITRealms.
The
competition, ITRealms gathered provides opportunity for student technologists,
developers and aspiring entrepreneurs from all academic backgrounds to
collaborate, develop a technology application, create a business plan and gain
a keen understanding of what is needed to bring a concept to market.
This year
National finals was held at the Microsoft Office in Victoria Island, Lagos, and
had eleven participating teams drawn from various tertiary institution within
the country. The winning team, Team Humane, which comprised of Otaru Babatunde,
Oyatope Blessing, Shoaga Victor, and Ayodele Obasegun, competed in the World
Citizenship Category.
Their solution,
Humane is a solution for the visually impaired, which enables them to interact and
navigate freely on their mobile phones. The solution comes with an accompanying
hardware known as the Humane handle, which interacts with apps installed on a
device using Bluetooth. A visually impaired person would be able to navigate
through various apps installed on his/her mobile phone using the handle and an
integrated voice navigation system.
