Emmanuela Ilok, a 17-year-old student, has been awarded full scholarships to study Software Engineering by some of the world’s prestigious universities, including Yale, UPenn, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, and Columbia.
Alex Onyia, an education activist and CEO of Educare, shared Emmanuela Ilok’s accomplishments in a post on his X page on Sunday.
“This is Emmanuela Ilok, the brilliant 17-year-old who received full scholarships to study Software Engineering at Stanford, MIT, Yale, UPenn, Princeton, and Columbia University,”.
According to Alex Onyia, Emmanualla was awarded the country’s best in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education in Nigeria by the British Council, and her academic prowess has already garnered national recognition.
Alex Onyia also said that Emmanuella developed software that uses Machine Learning to detect breast cancer in women, with an impressive 91% detection accuracy.
He wrote, “She built a software that uses Machine Learning to detect breast cancer in women and so far it has 91% detection accuracy.”
Alex Onyia, who hosted a virtual meeting for Emmanuella to speak with Nigerian students and guide them on how to prepare for and access such opportunities on Sunday, was left awestruck by her potential.
He said, “I spent over an hour listening to her today, and I can tell you that we have a superstar in her.”
“We have many hidden Emmanuela in Nigeria, and we need to discover and support them. It’s time for Nigeria to shine.”
A young mathematics prodigy, Ugwoezuonu Ogechi Zara, was reportedly awarded an N21 million scholarship after scoring a perfect score of 100% in the primary category of the National Mathematics Competition organized by the Mathematics Association of Nigeria.
