Nigerian App Vergee selected for Top 25 of NASA Space Apps Challenge
A Nigerian team which created the Vergee App made it to the Global Award Finals (Top 25) of the NASA Space Apps Challenge. They were selected in the Most Inspirational category.
Global nominees represent local winners nominated as the strongest solutions across every challenge category. NASA experts and Challenge Owners narrowed the field from 322 project to 25 Finalists. NASA executives will select the Global Award winners!
The lead programmer of the team shared his views;
“We are so excited to say that our app just took one step closer as the Top 25 global finalists were announced this week for the NASA Space Apps Challenge,” said lead programmer Ekpang Michael Etta. “VERGEE was named as a Top 5 Finalist in the “Most Inspirational” project category, and is proud to be representing Nigeria in the international competition.
With over 1200 projects this year created by over 15,000 participants, our project rose to the top — a testament to the innovative capacity of Nigerians."
On the weekend of April 22–24, 2016, developers, makers, engineers, and entrepreneurs took on NASA-designed challenges, creating a diverse range of solutions. Over 15,000 people world-wide took part in the 2016 NASA Space Apps Challenge, with 1,287 projects produced.
