Ndukwe Chairs Panel of Judges for DS-IHUB Hackathon

Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, chairman, OpenMedia and former, executive vice chairman of NCC has been appointed as chairman Panel of Judges for the 2016 Delta State ICT Hub (DSIHUB) DS-Open Innovation Hackathon.

Ndukwe chairs the Jury made up of seven (7) members with Prof. Charles Uwadia (Unilag), Prof. Stella Chiemeke (Uniben), Mohammed Rudman (CEO. IXPN) Mrs. Juliet Ehimuan (Google Country Manager), Mr. Gaul Ihenacho (CEO: Gules Technologies USA) Mr. Ken Nwogbo (Founder/Editor-in-Chief. Nigeria Communications Week), as members.                                            

In a letter conveying the message to the appointees, Chris Uwaje , director general of the Hub, said that all the Hackathon members of Jury were appointed on merit, based on their distinguished achievements and integrity profile.

“Above all the Hackathon jury members are world class personalities in the fields of Science, technology, innovation and information technology.

“The DSIHUB is therefore very honoured to be associated with their professional intervention and services – with assurances of adding immense value to the Hackathon Finals on 3rd December 2016”, he said.

This 3 day shoot-at-innovation-code event is scheduled for 1-3 December, 2016 in Asaba, Delta-State.

The Executive Governor of the state and special dignitaries at federal and state levels including VCs have indicated strong interest to be at the Hackaton scheduled to hold DSIHUB, DBS junction Okpanam Road, Asaba, Delta State.