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OMOTAYO ARAOYE
A Nigerian Clean Energy Startup, Homefort Energy, has secured $5, 000 grant for winning the Kingdom Hackathon Prize of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
Kingdom Hackathon is a tech event focussed on solving social problems through technology, an initiative of the Young Adults and Youth Affairs of RCCG.
The Nigerian Startup makes affordable and accessible cooking gas (LPG) for underserved markets in the country using pay-as-you-go model and digital innovations.
The event brought together innovators who are tackling social and global issues and offers support to them through mentorship and funding.
Opeyemi Owosho, Founder of Homefort Energy, won the first place position and went home with 5,000 dollars.
Owosho also got six months free voucher of office space and mentorship support from Workcity, a partner of Kingdom Hack 2.0.
Airsync, a balloon-powered satellite platform, for detecting oil spill and vandalism came second and also got a six months free voucher of office space and mentorship support from Workcity.
The third place went to Yudimy, a startup that leverages on behavioural science and machine learning for human capital development.
Yudimy also got six months free voucher of office space and mentorship support from Workcity.
The trio were part of the nine finalists that were shortlisted for the competition from about 100 Nigerian startup companies that competed for the grant.
The finalists pitched their solutions to a judging panel comprising the National Youth Pastor of RCCG, Pastor Precious Akingbade, International Director of Programs and Church Planting, RCCG Young Adults and Youth Affairs, Pastor Oluwadamilare Adeboye, and the CEO of Boomerang-Havas Africa, Lanre Oyegbola,.
Other members of the panel include Head of Ecosystem FCMB, Jide Asegbeloyin, Head Special Project Schneider Electric, Jola Ola, Damilola Thompson of Echo VC and Philanthropic Lead Microsoft, Yemi Orimolade at a pitch event held at Workcity, Lagos..
Commenting, Adeboye described Kingdom Hackathon as an initiative designed by RCCG in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Adeboye said that this was to support African youths to unleash their entrepreneurial potential to lead the change so desired by Africa.
He encouraged the winners to utilise the resources provided to them to scale their solutions to make meaningful social impact and to also set the pace for other enterprising African youths.
In his remarks, Owosho said, “The Kingdom Hackathon grant will give me the opportunity to scale my business and provide affordable cooking gas to many homes in Nigeria with easy-to-use technology.”
BADEJO ADEMUYIWA has 23 years experience as a Finance Writer, specialising in Insurance and Investigative Reporting.
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