NAN reports that the students – two females and a male from Lagos State schools – were part of the Team Nigeria to the FIRST Global Robotic Olympics (GRO) in Washington DC in 2017. Willoughby told NAN that proper documentation of processes on engineering note was one of the 10 award categories in the competition. Willoughby also told NAN that three other student who represented Nigeria at the 2018 Pan African Robotic Competition in Senegal emerged second in robotics performance. The managing director said that all the students were building the foundation blocks for a technology-advanced Nigeria. “Without any doubts, we will soon join other countries of the world where science and technology have become the backbone of economic development.

Source: The Guardian July 30, 2018 15:00 UTC