Tag: Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Rwandan Varsity Appoints Nigerian Prof Ogechi Adeola , Deputy Vice Chancellor

Ganiyu Amodu

The Governing Body of the University of Kigali (UoK) has appointed Professor Ogechi Adeola, a Professor of Marketing, as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Academic (DVCA), effective January 11, 2024. Professor Ogechi Adeola holds a Doctorate in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration from Alliance Manchester Business School, United Kingdom. She earned a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Nigeria and obtained a Barrister at Law certificate from the Nigerian Law School, after which she was called to the Nigerian bar. Professor Adeola is the immediate past…

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Teams Stemlab, Rocket: Meet FSI/FUTMinna Hackathon Winners

Aliyu Aliyu

Participants were drawn from 21 universities across the country, Executive Director, FSI, Aituaz Kola-Oladejo, says in a statement sent to Platforms Africa    Winners have emerged in the final round of the ‘IncludeMe’ virtual Hackathon competition, the FSI/FUTMinna innovation challenge, which was held on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Platforms Africa reports that Team Stemlab defeated nine other contestants to emerge victorious, carting home a grand prize of N1.5 million while the 1st runner-up, Team Rocket, went away with a whopping N1 million and Team EarNest came third, earning N750, 000.…

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University of Lagos Test-Runs Home-Made Zero Emission Vehicle + PHOTO

Gbenga Adeoti

  The University of Lagos  is test-running its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) it initiated  in 2018. The institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Academics and Research), Prof. Oluwole Familoni, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, the production is an invaluable addition to the university’s efforts at preventing release of toxic emissions to the environment. He said that the initiative was also to encourage indigenous engineering innovation. According to Familoni, UNILAG ZEV is a 63 per cent hardware and 100 per cent  software home-made (Akoka content) mechatronics…

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