NITDA commences Hackathon for students, entrepreneurs in Adamawa

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), under the supervision of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has commenced this year’s Hackathon where participants would come together and share ideas on ways to confront the country’s challenges using digital innovation.

This is part of NITDA’s efforts to provide a platform for young Nigerian tech students to showcase their talents.

The programme which is being coordinated by the Agency’s subsidiary, the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR), and to be hosted in Cross River (South-South), Oyo (South West) and Adamawa (North-East), has kicked off in Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State.

The event witnessed students, entrepreneurs and innovators from different field with the purpose of harnessing the potentials of Nigerian youths in their quest to become problem solvers through digital innovation.

NITDA Hackathon is a National event in collaboration with academic institutions to drive digital innovation and entrepreneurship by challenging Nigeria’s teeming youths to ideate and develop solutions from inception through to the market.

The programme is aimed at developing and growing a global network of IT experts, comprising Nigerian youths within the country and in the diaspora.

It is targeted at inculcating entrepreneurship spirit in academia, creating a platform where industry and public institutions will leverage the academic research ecosystem to solve national challenges using technology.

The focus of this year’s programme is on Agriculture, Security and Logistics.