Jigawa State governor Mallam Umar Namadi on Sunday received two indigenes of the State who emerged as grand prize winners of the Huawei ICT Innovation Competition in China.
The duo, Ahmad Abdullahi and Adam Isa Adam who hailed from Babura and Roni Local Government Areas respectively are currently 500 level Computer Engineering students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
They were part of a 3-member team who represented Nigeria and came tops as the overall global winners in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Competition (with focus on machine learning).
Ahmad Abdullahi in particular, made three exceptional inventions: built a floods detection robot, a cancer detection machine as well a guiding goggle that can guide a blind person navigate the road as well as convert text into spoken words.
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