17-year-old Nigerian offered full scholarships to study software engineering

Some of the most prominent colleges in the world, including Stanford, MIT, Yale, UPenn, Princeton, and Columbia, have reportedly offered 17-year-old girl Emmanuela Ilok full scholarships to study software engineering.

Alex Onyia, CEO of Educare and education activist, posted a list of Ilok's accomplishments on his X page on Sunday.

"This is Emmanuela Ilok, a bright 17-year-old who was awarded full scholarships to study Software Engineering at Columbia University, MIT, Stanford, Yale, Penn, and Princeton," Onyia wrote.

He claims that Ilok's academic excellence has already attracted national attention because the British Council recognised her as the nation's top performer in the Nigerian International General Certificate of Secondary Education.

Onyia further mentioned that Ilok created software with an astounding 91% detection accuracy that uses machine learning to identify breast cancer in women.
She developed software that employs machine learning to identify breast cancer in women, and thus far, it has a 91% detection accuracy, the author noted.

Onyia was amazed by Ilok's potential when she arranged a virtual meeting for her on Sunday. Ilok spoke with Nigerian students and gave them advice on how to get ready for and take advantage of such possibilities.
We have a superstar in her, he declared after spending more than an hour listening to her today.

Onyia underlined the importance of finding and developing these extraordinary abilities further when she said, "We have many hidden Emmanuelas in Nigeria, and we need to discover and support them." Nigeria needs to take centre stage.

A young math prodigy named Ugwoezuonu Ogechi Zara was reportedly given a N21 million scholarship earlier after winning the National Mathematics Competition, which was held by the Mathematics Association of Nigeria, with a flawless score of 100% in the elementary category.