At the just concluded Akwa Ibom Tech Week Startup Pitch Competition, Modools, a product by Applift Labs, won first place.
This represents so much for us, particularly the unseen months of hard work, decisions and sacrifices we've had to make to bring the product to life. More so, it is a huge motivation to continue on our mission to improve practical education across tertiary institutions and, more broadly, to build the business of learning in Nigeria.
More importantly, it represents so much for the community of students, educators, and innovators from which we come. This is not just a win for us; we represent these communities and what they stand for and what they spend their days striving for. And in this win, we carry them with us, making it a win for all of us.
We are grateful to the organisers of Akwa Ibom Tech Week for building a stage where local innovators can be seen, and to the judges for the time and attention they gave us. To Associate Professor Bliss Stephen and the Department of Computer Engineering, University of Uyo, thank you for trusting Modools early on and backing it when it was only an idea. To the lecturers who taught with it and the students who used it, you are the reason this works. And to our team, who carried the product from first sketch to live platform: this is yours as much as anyone's!
We remain committed as a company to providing solutions and innovations that create progress in people's lives. Whether that be through Modools, Applift Intelligent (our data & market intelligence unit), or our software technology consultancy business, the goal remains the same: to create progress in people's lives.