Our HACKCOVID19 hackathon winner, Oluwadara Oluwalana, comes through with his solution!

Kindly recall that on the 16th of June, 2020, the Civic Innovation Lab, powered by our vision of supporting indigenous start-ups through seed funding and business support to help from concept ideation to implementation, hosted a virtual hackathon aimed at harvesting a swathe of new ideas that deploy technology to combat covid-19.

A $1000 seedfund prize money was set for the winning solution, and our goal behind this HACKCOVID19 virtual hackathon was simple - generate ingenious, tech-driven and readily applicable solutions that will complement existing efforts at prevention, faster data/information gathering, dissemination, application and deployment, such that quicker and potentially life-saving decisions can be made as the fight against the novel virus rages on.

At the close of the hackathon, a total of twenty-four (24) unique solutions were developed and pitched. Using the parameters of accessibility, feasibility, implementation, maintenance, and problem solving capability, our judges named Oluwadara Oluwalana as the winner.

His winning solution saw to prompter development of biodegradable, reusable and fit-to-use face shields and pill dispensers using 3D printing machines.

We are glad the solution has come to light, and we look forward to deployment to the public and to workers at the frontline of the COVID-19 efforts.