Come August 2015, in far away Nicaragua, a country located between the Pacific ocean and the Caribbean sea in Central America, Nigeria's Saviour Okusenogu would be representing Africa at the Microsoft Youth Spark Challenge For Change.
Okusenogu, a student of Electrical/Electronic Engineering at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) , beat over 2,000 contestants from Africa to emerge first choice on the continent.
Through his BISET Initiative (Become Inspired in Science and Engineering Technology), Savior wants to help increase the interest of young people in engineering and science. He intends to penetrate young minds in developing countries by bringing various projects and interactive science experiments in a fun-like manner to secondary schools. He believes this an opportunity and it would go a long way in getting more young-stars to develop genuine interest for sciences especially engineering.
“It’s a very great opportunity for students like me, and for people who want to change their communities with science and technology,” he says.
Microsoft YouthSpark Challenge for Change asks those aged 18-25 to submit an idea for a social good project designed to spark change in their communities or around the world for the chance to win amazing prizes including a travel experience to the Amazon and the latest Microsoft products
This contest is Microsoft's way of expressing it's company-wide commitment to creating education, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for 300 million young people by 2015.
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