Eko Robotic Championship to hold in Lagos

The future is set to take flight as the maiden edition of the Eko Robotic Championship holds in Lagos on October 1st.

Eko Robotics Championship which will be an annual event seeks to take an inclusive approach to scale the impact of robotics education across West Africa and increase students’ interest and involvement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics by engaging them in a yearly hands-on Robotics engineering games and contests.

The convener of the Championship, Olaoluwa Balogun who is also a Software Developer and robotics educator said the event is about educating and inspiring young people across Africa to innovate, collaborate, and drive real-world solutions to Africa’s pressing challenges through the use of home-built technology.

The championship is open to young people (ages 8 to 23 years old) in primary schools, secondary schools and tertiary institutions from across West Africa.

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Intending participants outside schools are encouraged to apply.

Registration has commenced and it is free for young people who desire to have the skills that will make them excel in a technology-driven world.

Registration closes on 29th of February 2020. Robotics kits that participants will need to prepare for the championship will be sent to the qualified teams at no cost.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.