Oko lecturer emerges Nigerian best inventor of the year
A lecturer at Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Engr. (Amb) Prince Nwankwo is the winner of the Inventors Award at the just concluded “National Innovation Workshop (Exhibition) 2022” in Awka November 22/26, 2022.
The event was organized by the Senate Committee on Science and Technology and was chaired Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, represented by Sen. Uche Ekwunife
By this feat, Engr. Nwankwo becomes the Nigerian best inventor of the year, 2022 and has a cash reward.
About the award
National Innovation Workshop (Exhibition) is an event organized by the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, aimed at connecting Innovators, Inventors, and Research/Development stakeholders from across Nigeria who share a passion to create a solution to our socioeconomic problems.
The Project
THE MULTIPURPOSE SOLAR-POWERED MOVEABLE BOOTH (KIOSK)
Tasks like growing a business, healthy lifestyles, and day-to-day societal activities become painstaking when access to electricity is a concern. The multipurpose solar-powered moveable booth is an approach to provide an off-grid (standalone) solar energy solution to artisans and small business owners in Nigeria (Africa). It is a mini-grid solar energy station that converts solar energy to electrical energy to serve artisans and small business owners in Nigeria who require a steady and affordable energy supply to run their businesses.
The multipurpose solar-powered moveable booth consists of a portable house built with Aluminum profiles and aluminum composite panel sheets that can be easily moved from one place to another, thus the name “moveable”. The moveable booth comes in different sizes; ranging from 3 feet by 6 feet room space to the room-size Aluminum house of 10 feet by 10 feet; depending on the choice of the customer and the nature of the business it will be deployed to.
Summary of Operation
THE MULTIPURPOSE SOLAR-POWERED MOVEABLE BOOTH (KIOSK)
Tasks like growing a business, healthy lifestyles, and day-to-day societal activities become painstaking when access to electricity is a concern. The multipurpose solar-powered moveable booth is an approach to provide an off-grid (standalone) solar energy solution to artisans and small business owners in Nigeria (Africa). It is a mini-grid solar energy station that converts solar energy to electrical energy to serve artisans and small business owners in Nigeria who require a steady and affordable energy supply to run their businesses.
The multipurpose solar-powered moveable booth consists of a portable house built with Aluminum profiles and aluminum composite panel sheets that can be easily moved from one place to another, thus the name “moveable”. The moveable booth comes in different sizes; ranging from 3 feet by 6 feet room space to the room-size Aluminum house of 10 feet by 10 feet; depending on the choice of the customer and the nature of the business it will be deployed to.
Target users, clients
Generally, the intervention will serve but not be limited to the following areas of businesses:
- Battery Charge Station (Phone, Laptop, Car, etc).
- Hospitals in Rural Communities (for the preservation of drugs).
- Point of Sale (POS) and other related Services.
- Barbing/Hair Dressing Salon.
- Computer Training/Business Centre (online payment/registration).
- Computer, Laptop, and Mobile Phone Repairs.
- Fruit Juicer Centre.
- Wait and Take (2 Minutes) Passport.
- Mini Shop (Cold Drinks, Fast Food, etc).
- Entertainment (football viewing centre), among other businesses that need less energy supply to operate.
About the Inventor
Engr. (Amb) Prince Nwankwo is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Engineering, Federal Polytechnic, Oko.
Prince holds a Distinction in Computer Engineering and was the best graduating student in the School of Engineering Technology; Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria in the 2007/2008 academic session. Due to his outstanding academic performance and extensive practical experience, he was retained in 2011 as a lecturer/technologist in the Department of Computer Engineering at Federal Polytechnic, Oko immediately after his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
He also holds a master of Engineering (M.Eng) in Computer and Control Engineering (Distinction), from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka,
Upcoming award
In a related development, Engr. Nwankwo have been nominated for Young Entrepreneur of the year award and Young Inventor of the year award in Enugu State next week.
