Nigerian students jostle for Imagine Cup 2011 finals

By Emeka Aginam

There appears to be anxiety among Nigeria’s students from the higher institution who are currently jostling for the Imagine Cup 2011 software competition that encourages young people to apply their imagination, passion, and creativity to technology innovations focused on finding solutions to some of the world’s most challenging social issues as outlined in the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.

Meanwhile, as preparations are in top gear by the several regions around the world for this year’s event, hundreds of Nigerian students that may have applied for the software competition that are expected to make presentation from their creative work by next week after which the winners will be selected by judges.

Participants from Nigeria are expected to meet other talented software incubators from around the world in New York, United States of America this summer for the finals.

The Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student technology competition that challenges students to build life-changing projects that can ultimately transform the world, and is sponsored by software giant, Microsoft.