The Contest

The start-up contest was awe-inspiring. The ideas and thoughtfulness were on par with some start-ups I see pitched here in the US.  The ideas ran from cyber crime solutions to tele-medicine initiatives to self-repairing devices to a set of artificial ears that deaf people can use to translate spoken words into text.  The contest had 50 young people presenting ideas and solutions.  The ideas were solving problems for Nigeria, as well as the rest of world.
 My top picks: A medical records system stored on a SIM card, a transportation safety system to alert friends of problems, a few great mobile banking solutions and the voice-to-text conversion system for the deaf.  I look forward to investing and hearing more about these young entrepreneurs in the future.