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LAUTECH Students Emerge 2nd Runner-Up At Hague Institute Hackathon, Get €500



Saturday 17th September 2022 was full of victory and astonishment for a team (Pathfinders) as they emerge as the second runner-up at the just concluded 2022 HiiL Justice FUBU Hackathon held at the Impact Hub, Ikoyi, Lagos. 

Team Pathfinder comprises Ayanwole Emmanuel(Team Lead); a 500L student of Mechanical Engineering in LAUTECH, Oyewo Taoheed ; a 500L student of Mechanical Engineering in LAUTECH, Taofikat Wakeel; a 300L student of Food Science & Engineering in LAUTECH and Michael Eneji; a graduate of Political Science from the University of Calabar.

The one-week Hackathon program became a success for them after their application for the program was reconsidered after it was first rejected.

Stupendously, last week was full of numerous activities which ranges from team bonding, collaboration, idea forming, design thinking process, screening session, prototyping, and pitching. 

The Team’s idea was focused on the design and launching of a Mobile application called D'MARKIT which operates as a digital marketplace for SMEs and Retailers with the feature of an Escrow service in reducing fraud related to online shopping in the e-commerce sector.

HiiL is Hague Institute for Innovative Law.  A private organization that is devoted to making justice accessible to the public with the use of technology as a standpoint.


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