Team Humane from the University of
Ife, Nigeria has qualified alongside 15 others for the Microsoft Imagine Cup
World finals, slated for Seattle next month, reports ITRealms.
The
finals scheduled between July 26 and 29, ITRealms gathered, would see Team
Humane Nigeria under the world citizenship category present the group’s
ingenious app designed to help the visually impaired navigate their smart
phones.
Other
teams in the world championship category include Team Yuuy–Singapore; Team Home Guardians; Team Derma Track; Team Amanda-Greece; Team
Medcases- Hungary; Team Psyllosoft; Team Boneycare – China; Team VRMotion-
Germany; Team Another Team- Ecuador; Team EyeUs- Mexico; The Humane Team-
Nigeria; Team Night Watch-Tunisia; and, Team Ishoo – Tawain.
Another
category in the competition is Games and the finalists include, which have Team None Developers-Indonesia; Team PH21Thailand; Team Tower Ups-Brazil; Team
Vanguard-Bahrain; Team
Digital Interactive-South Africa; Team shooting Star Studio-Spain; Team Infinite
Pizza-Russia; and, Team Studio Attic South Korea.
The
third category in the competition, ITRealms reports is Innovation, including Team
Black Ai-Australia; Team Clove- New Zealand; Team Bit Master-Sri Lanka; Team
ENTy-Romania; Team KinectGarten Hong Kong; Team Bionic Scope Japan, Team ImeiDB
Guatemala; Team BasiliskTunisia; Team AnalytiKids –Turkey; Team Healthx-United
States; and, Team Dark Side Ducks- Italy
A
press statement from Microsoft, noted this year, 35 teams will bring their unique visions for the future to
Seattle to compete in the Imagine Cup World Finals, stressing that the journey
to the world finals began last August, when students started to form their
teams at schools all across the globe.
Also,
Microsoft said that to get to this point, over 150 top teams from National
Finals events went on to the World Semifinals,
where they were judged by a global panel of Most
Valuable Professionals (MVPs), industry
experts and Microsoft staff.
ITRealms further gathered that at the World Finals, the remaining teams will compete to
be crowned as the champions in their respective categories and the chance to
win $50,000. Then, one team will go on to win the coveted Imagine Cup and the
grand prize, a private mentoring session with Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella.
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