Charis Chrisna
TechInAfrica – Most people from the tech scene regards young girls of 10-11 years old don’t have the same capabilities as adults. Well, contrary to popular belief, BrainSquad team has made Nigeria proud by winning the Zonal Pitch Technovation Challenge held at the Lagos Business School (LBS). This victory, which takes them to the semi-final round, leads them waiting for the final African selection (courtesy of Silicon Valley judges) to see who will represent the continent and present their works later this year. While in their downtime, the team of five young African girls are currently improving and adding finalization to their app, Handsout, in order to prepare it for launch.
Handsout itself is a fundraising application designed for students with poor economy to help them attain higher, more sustainable education. Concerned that this is a staggering issue in Nigeria, their main motivation of creating such an application was based on the collapse a school at Itafaji, Lagos. In addition, the outrageous news of Success Adegho being expelled due to not having enough money to pay for education further emphasized BrainSquad’s true aim. The team of five—consisted of Ivana Mordi, Munachi Chigbo, Jadesola Kassim, Ayomikun Ariyo, and Pandora Onyedire—believes that less-privileged children should have an education as good as the others.
Jadesola Kassim and Munachi Chigbo, BrainSquad leaders, admitted that Handsout will be an apparatus for organizations, institutions, as well as individuals across the world to contribute towards Nigeria’s education scene by paying the school fees of less-privileged children of the nation. Furthermore, those who want to give school bags, stationaries, books, shoes, and various school-related things are also welcome through the platform.
With the development of Handsout, this clearly shows that students as young as ten-years old can stand hand-in-hand with those desiring to connect to them—tackling global problems like sustainable education head on. Last year, the Nigerian 2018 Junior winners, also representing Africa over 2,000 developers, developed a program called ‘FD Detector’ with the aim to detect fake drugs.
BrainSquad is also looking to partner with Stanbic IBTC Bank Trustees to handle all the financial business related to the platform. In addition, partnerships with logistic and transportation companies will also be issued to address non-cash donations across Nigeria, reaching places where children need them the most.
Source: newdawnngr.com
