The Founder and Director of Digital World Forum (DWF), an Ibadan-based Robotics Company, Engr. Ajibola Abiola has offered a training scholarship on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), to the winner of the Global Mathematics competition, Faith Odunsi.

Recall that 15-year-old Faith Odunsi had defeated contestants from other countries including, the USA, UK, and China to emerge as the winner of the competition in March 2021. https://myschool.ng/news/15-year-old-nigerian-student-defeats-uk-us-chinese-pupils-at-global-maths-competition

During the scholarship presentation ceremony held at Odunsi’s school, Ambassadors College, Ota, Ogun State, Abiola described Odunsi as a genius in the class of Isaac Newton and Pythagoras, who had not only made the ladyfolk very proud, but Nigerians and Africa at large. He stated that for Nigeria and Africa as a whole to grow and advance, there was need for science and technology related courses to be prioritized.

In her acceptance speech, Faith Odunsi expressed gratitude to DWF and her school for the offer and opportunity to participate in the competition. She urged the federal and states government to give young people the necessary support to compete strongly with their counterparts globally in the field of science and technology.