Alexander Oluwasina Ifenaike, an undergraduate student in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Ibadan (UI) has emerged first at Data Science Nigeria 2020 Boot Camp Competition.
Ifenaike emerged first in a competition involving over 500 participants, Insideoyo.com reports
@DataScienceNIG AI Bootcamp 2020 qualification competition done @ZindiAfrica.
Claiming our heritage of being the first and the best is phenomenal.
Congratulations @aifenaike for the win.Cheers for an amazing bootcamp experience ahead to everyone that qualified☺️ pic.twitter.com/JpsiMz8hXu
— DSN UI (@dsn_ui) October 4, 2020
The DSN’s hackathon, InsideOyo.com gathered that it lasted for 70 days on Zindi Africa – growing community of African data scientists solving real challenges. A total of 1,095 competitors enrolled and 750 persons made submissions.
Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the Vice-Chancellor made the announcement on is social media account on Sunday, while congratulating the student for his outstanding performance.
“We congratulate Alexander for this outstanding performance and wish him well in his highly promising career. Thank you.”