ABUAD Computer Science Students Triumph at TechXPlore 2023
Six Computer Science students from Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), emerged victorious at the 2023 edition of TechXPlore, a tech convention involving ten Nigerian universities.
Chukwuebuka Aniakor 
In a stunning display of academic and ICT prowess, six Computer Science students from Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), emerged victorious at the 2023 edition of TechXPlore. This tech convention involved ten federal and private universities in Nigeria, including the University of Ilorin, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, University of Lagos, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Bells University, Otta, Bowen University, Iwo, Crawford University, Igbesa, Pan Atlantic University, Lagos, and Adeleke University, Ede.
The week-long convention, held on the serene campus of Babcock University, included activities such as software pitching, inter-university debate, panel discussion, seminar, school tour, tech hiring, dinner, and an award ceremony. The event aimed to bring together some of the brightest minds in the Departments of Computer Science from various Nigerian universities, industry leaders, and innovators from around the globe to showcase their tech products, participate in the inter-university debate, and gain employment opportunities, among other things.
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The victorious ABUAD team consisted of six Computer Science students: Mbato Chimenem, Olatokun Abdulazeez Olayinka, Bakare Firdous, Ndubuisi Chidinma Adelle, Salami Oluwaseun Samuel, and Adebayo Adedolapo Kehinde. They were accompanied by two of their lecturers, Mr. A. O. Sanya and Mrs. Tope-Oke.
The team members represented ABUAD in both the debate session and the software pitching category. In the first round of the debate on “Social Media is a plus to humanity,” the ABUAD team triumphed over its Bells University counterpart by scoring 86% against Bells University’s 83%. In the second round, when they spoke on “Technology is making us more human,” ABUAD recorded a hard-won victory by scoring 73.9% against its opponent, Caleb University, which scored 73.5%.
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During the final round of the debate, the ABUAD Debate Team defended the motion “Artificial Intelligence Is A Threat To Humanity,” an extremely heated debate against the Babcock University Team. At the end of the day, the judges came to a unanimous conclusion with ABUAD securing 82% against Babcock University’s 74% to emerge as the overall winner of the debate.
The ABUAD team also shone in the software pitching session, where they presented their innovative idea titled “Vet-Vision,” a revolutionary system for early detection of life-threatening diseases in livestock. The software pitching judges dubbed the team as “outstanding and adding to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2 and 8 of the United Nations.”
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The convention also included a seminar where Adetunji Tejuosho, Head of Academy at Kuda Microfinance Bank, spoke about achieving success in the tech space, regardless of one’s course of study. Another speaker was Victor Ifeanyichukwu, an alumnus of ABUAD, a 2019 graduate from the Department of Computer Engineering, who currently works with Wema Bank Plc as a Cybersecurity Specialist (Purple Teamer). He delivered a talk on the different ways systems can be penetrated and industry best practices to secure them.
Impressed by the superlative performance of the ABUAD team, Ifeanyichukwu offered to mentor Salami Oluwaseun, one of the ABUAD students on the software pitching team, who also has interests in cybersecurity. He also gave Olatokun Abdulazeez a link to a mentor in product design.
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The members of the ABUAD team were interviewed by the Kuda Microfinance Bank Talent Scout Team, and their bio-data was collected. This victory is a testament to the academic and ICT prowess of the students of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, and their commitment to making significant contributions to the tech industry.
