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Judges for this year’s edition of SystemSpecs’ annual Children’s Day Essay Competition have been announced even as organisers announced extension of the deadline to April 30th, 2021.
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The theme for 2021 is: “Building a more Secure Nigeria using Technology.” Entries are expected from children across Nigeria into the junior and senior categories of the competition now in its second year. Entries are to be submitted through the competition portal: www.systemspecs.com.ng/2021essay
The judges are 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.
Others are Wale Fatade, accomplished journalist and country commissioning editor at the Conversation; Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr., technology entrepreneur, business coach and returning judge of the competition; Jide Ayegbusi, a social entrepreneur and founder of the tech-led education-focused platform, Edusko; and Funmi Oyatogun, celebrated travel experience creator and environment crusader.
The Children’s Day Essay Competition is part of its commitment to the “development of indigenous IT capacity for national prosperity,” said CEO of SystemSpecs, John Obaro. The company is a leading financial and human resource technology firm and provider of solutions that include Remita, Paylink and HumanManager.
“At SystemSpecs, we are convinced that a strong technology foundation is necessary to reposition Nigeria to compete favourably in the comity of nations and thrive in contemporary times,” said ‘Executive Director at SystemSpecs, Deremi Atanda.
He added: “Through our Children’s Day Essay Competition, we seek to stimulate young Nigerians to become more technologically aware and better positioned to creatively apply technology as a natural response to everyday challenges around them.”
