The SystemSpecs sponsored Nigerian Students Software Competition (NISSCOM), organized for all students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria, will have one student carry the trophy for best software with two runners up this month.

The competition is slated for Thursday, February 22, 2007 at the Nnamdi Azikwe University School Auditorium, Awka, Anambra State.

By introducing creative and financial support to the process of software development for students, SystemSpecs is developing innovative ways to use her resources to promote national technology orientation.

Martins Madueke, President of the National Association of Computer Science Students (NACOSS), recently had a strategy meeting with the Brand & Marketing Unit of SystemSpecs. During the meeting, he observed that this year’s competition will showcase a new generation of creative thinking among the Nigerian youth.

Submission of software entries were declared open on the 21st of September, 2006, and closed on the 31st of January, 2007 with 20 finalists emerging as possible winners from a total of 204 entries. Out of the 20 finalists, one person will be declared winner of NISSCOM 2006.

It is remarkable that this competition will for the first time have a female finalist, Fatima Gimba of Ahmadu Bello University, who says that she is delighted to be part of the twenty finalists as she has always put in a lot of time and efforts into the software competition.

Sixteen institutions are represented in this edition of NISSCOM and three of the finalists are from private universities.

Once again, SystemSpecs will uphold a proud legacy of Corporate Social Responsibility across the educational terrain of Nigeria with cash prices of N100 000, N75 000 and N50 000 for first, second and third place respectively plus an exclusive 3 months internship in SystemSpecs for the three emerging software gurus.

The finalists for the competition are:

Name: OTEYOWO AKINYEMI
School: OBAFEMI AWOLOWO University
Dept: COMP SCIENCE& ENGINEERING
Software Title: 1 NACOSS (i.e. One NACOSS)

Name: OLUGBOJI TOLULOPE MORAYO
School: OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
Dept: COMP SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Software Title: ONLINE E-REFFERAL & MARKETING PORTAL

Name: AKINWALE OLUWATOBI
School: OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
Dept: COMP SCIENCE& ENGINEERING
Software Title: E-LIBRARY

Name: MAIDOKI NURADEEN
School: KANO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Dept: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Software Title: ON-LINE LIBRARY SYSTEM

Name: MMA ANYANSONMA
School: INSTITUTE OF MGT & TECHNOLOGY (I.M.T.) ENUGU
Dept: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM

Name: AGHAYEDO KELVINS
School: UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
Dept: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: ENTRIFLEX ERP+CRM

Name: MATTHEWS OLUDAMILARE
School: CONVENANT UNIVERSITY
Dept: EIE
Software Title: JSALES

Name: IBIGBAMI JUWONLO
School: FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY MINA
Dept: MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: ETRANS MANAGER

Name: AGUNU COURAGE
School: UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS
Dept: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: CUSTOMER STAFF MGT SYSTEM

Name: PETERSON JOSEPH
School: ECWA INFORMATION &COMP SCIENCE INSTITUTE, JOS
Dept: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: BLUE-BAY ONLINE

Name: AGAH JOHN
School: NIGER DELTA UNI, WILBERORE ISLAND, BAYELSA
Dept: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: JSHOPPER

Name: UMOKORO JAMES
School: F.U.T, MINNA
Dept: MATHS & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: THRIF LOANS (MICRO FINANCE APPLICATION)

Name: NKISI-ORJI IKECHUKWU
School: FEDERAL UNI OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI
Dept: MATHEMATICS
Software Title: A-Z STOREKEEPER

Name: MALUMI TEMIDAYO
School: THE PLYTECHNIC IBADAN
Dept: MATH, STA. & COMP
Software Title: ON-LINE REGISTRATION OF STUDENTS DATA AND RECOVERY

Name: AMAMCHUKWU AMAECHI
School: NNAMDI AZIKWE UNUVERSITY, AWKA
Dept: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: COMPUTERIZED BUS TRANSPORT COMPANY

Name: GIMBA FATIMA
School: AMADU BELLO UNIIVERSITY
Dept: MATHEMATICS
Software Title: DEVELOPMENT NEEDSOFT

Name: USIOMAH FLEMING
School: MADONNA UNIVERSITY, ELELE CAMPUS
Dept: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: SMS APP.

Name: AKINYEMI OLUSEGUN
School: FEDERAL POLY, EDE
Dept: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: WEBSERVER

Name: ILOABACHIE CHINUA
School: UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
Dept: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Software Title: MART MANAGER 3.0

Name: ANI GODWIN
School: INSTITUTE OF MGT & TECHNOLOGY ENUGU
Dept: COMPUTER SCIENCE