Nigerian youths at Kigali Startup Festival 2022 at the Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF) in, Rwanda where Salubata Technologies, emerges done of the top four winners |
Salubata COO Yewande Adebowale received a prize of $10,000
at the closing ceremony of the forum.
The forum is one of the four that took place ahead of the
main Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM).
According to the organisers, no fewer than 400 entries were
received for the start-up awards which are in four categories: green
innovation, inter-trade, agricultural innovation and digital geeks.
Ms Adebowale’s entry was selected in the Green Innovation Guru
Award category.
“We wanted to do something that impacts the everyday part of
our lives. We’ve always seen plastic wastes around us and have always looked
for ways to help the environment. We believe these customizable shoes from
Salubata could help stamp out plastic wastes in its entirety,” she explained.
Ms Adebowale added, “We believe we are making a very
significant change, particularly from an environmental viewpoint, because the
volume of plastic wastes in our environments keeps growing every year.”
Meanwhile, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Rwanda, Aishatu
Musa has congratulated the Nigerian youth delegation to CHOGM 2022 for
representing the country well.
Ms Musa, who hosted the delegates at the chancery in Kigali,
urged them to continue to portray Nigeria as a country of innovators and
entrepreneurs.
“It is great to see young people from Nigeria doing great
things. I must commend your efforts and contributions in trying to address some
of the challenges facing the commonwealth countries,” said the Nigerian envoy.
“Nigeria is blessed with lots of talents and the youth are
the country’s pride, so I urge you to be passionate about your dreams and
aspirations and continue to push them to make the world a better place.”
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