Two Nigerian girls, 10-year-old Akachukwu Blessed Nwachukwu and Ifunanya Gabriella Okoye from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, won the 2025 Technovation Global Summit (Beginner Division) with their AI-powered mobile app, Stay Woke. The app employs facial recognition and voice interaction to detect driver fatigue in real time and issue alerts to prevent accidents.
Competing as Team Appsolute, the duo surpassed teams from Japan, Spain, Canada, and Peru at the competition’s grand finale. Technovation, the world’s largest tech entrepreneurship program for girls aged 8–18, saw over 33,000 participants from 117 countries, with 11,000 completing the program and more than 3,200 tech-based solutions developed.
Their mentor, Somkenechukwu Mamah, founder of Code Ambassadors Academy, praised the win as a milestone for African innovation, highlighting the girls’ resilience, creativity, and courage. Trained through Code Ambassadors Academy, a STEM-accredited platform that has equipped over 7,000 Nigerian children with coding, robotics, AI, and design skills, the girls attributed their success to their mentor’s guidance and parental support.
The victory underscores the potential of young Nigerians to transform the world through technology.
