SystemSpecs unveils competition for kids Oluwatomisin Amokeoja
Financial and human capital technology provider, SystemSpecs, has revealed the list of inspiring personalities who will serve as judges in this year’s edition of its annual Children’s Day Essay Competition.
They include Bayo Adekanmbi, MTN Nigeria’s Chief Transformation Officer; Jumoke Lawoyin, techpreneur and Chief Executive Officer at Lucy.ng; and Emeka Okoye, Chief Semantic Architect and Knowledge Engineer at Cymantiks Nigeria.
This disclosure comes as the deadline for the submission of entries into the essay competition was also extended till April 30th, 2021. The extension is in response to requests by schools and students affected by the irregular school terms regime across Nigeria, to enable them participate in the competition.
By Omolabake Fasogbon
Information technology firm, SystemSpecs, has unveiled judges for the 2021 edition of its Childrenâs Day essay competition.
The firm also extended deadline for the submission of entries into the competition till April 30th, 2021.
According to the organisation, the extension was in response to requests by schools and students affected by the irregular school terms regime across Nigeria, to enable them participate in the competition.
Themed âBuilding a more Secure Nigeria using Technologyâ, the competition was in furtherance of the firmâs commitment to the development of indigenous IT capacity for national prosperity.
It is opened to children that school and live in Nigeria, who would be no less than 9 years and not older than 16 years by May 26, 2021.
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