Microsoft Announces 35 Teams Advancing to Imagine Cup World Finals

Microsoft has announced the 35 Finalists teams who will travel to Seattle, Washington, USA to compete at the Imagine Cup World Finals, July 29 through August 2.

These students will compete in three categories: Innovation, Games, and World Citizenship for a chance to win $50,000 USD plus a boot camp-style experience designed to really move their projects forward.

Innovation, Games, and World Citizenship winning teams will receive hands-on mentorship and project development support from Microsoft and industry experts within Microsoft Ventures, Microsoft YouthSpark and PAX.

This marks the 12th year of Imagine Cup, the world’s premier student technology program and competition.

Now under a global spotlight, students participating in the World Finals have proven they are the best of the best, beating out at least 150 teams from around the globe.

While proving their project has what it takes to be the ultimate winner, students will have the opportunity to network with their peers and the judges, and learn valuable technical and business skills to help prepare them for their future careers, all while getting the chance to win cash and prizes totaling more than $1 million.

At the World Finals Championship Ceremony on August 1, finalists will face judges including, Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, Hadi Partovi, Code.org Co-Founder, and Erik Martin, Reddit general manager.

Representing Nigeria this year is Team High Rise from LAUTECH with their solution, Catara, which serves the purpose of drastically reducing the rate at which cataract causes total blindness.