By Emeka Aginam

By Emeka Aginam
As the Team Nigeria, comprising of four students from the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, ABUAD, await results of the World Semi-finals in the 2015 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition, mentor of the team, and a lecturer at the ABUAD, Mobolaji Tenibiaje, has expressed the team’s readiness to do well at the global showdown.

Team Lifewatch, who recently won the national finals of the 2015 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition, thus representing Nigeria at the global show-piece, are optimistic of a favourable semi-finalists regional results, having met the May 3 deadline for submission of their entry.

If they scale through, the team made up of four innovative ABUAD students- Adeyemo Kayode, Kevin Ahwin, Sobola David and Raymond Obianuju will fly the Nigerian flag at Microsoft’s home town, Seattle, during the world finals.

Speaking to Vanguard, Tenibiaje, expressed optimism that the software code warriors from Nigeria will come out successful at the regional level, as a result of the solution’s capacity to save lives.

He said: “We are ready for global showcase. We submitted our solution on Sunday deadline. We are sure to win the regional level. The boys cannot disappoint Nigeria. I am proud of them. Their solution is already exciting the market.”

Recalled that after presenting their innovative solution, Team Lifewatch, beat seven other teams from Nigerian universities and polytechnics, to clinch the national finals of the 2015 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition recently in Lagos.

Microsoft Imagine Cup is the world’s premier technology competition for the smartest tech students all over the world.

The wining team from ABUAD had presented a health solution called AsthmaVisor.

The solution consists of a Mobile Application operating alongside a wearable device, which monitors and supervises asthmatic patients’ health status, ensuring that they stay safe and well informed of their environments. It is a solution geared towards a more cost-effective and efficient way of supervising asthmatic patients, especially children.

The team leader, Raymond Obianuju who was full of excitement after the announcement of the result disclosed that the product is configured to monitor the patient’s environment and give early warning signals if a threat to the patient’s health exists.