What if I told you 10 engineering teams at UNILAG are currently building solutions to Nigerian problems… and we might not be able to afford to let them finish?
Please, Watch this Video. 👇
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5,000 engineering students. 10 departments. 10 prototypes.
And somehow, we still struggle to convince people to fund innovation.
On August 28, over 2000 students from all 10 engineering departments at the University of Lagos will come together for the first ever PIDEC Grand Finale, where student teams will present prototypes built to solve actual Nigerian problems.
I’m Faisal Adams, a final year Electrical & Electronics Engineering student at UNILAG and Chairman of PIDEC, the Prototype Inter Departmental Engineering Challenge.
Together with the President of the University of Lagos Engineering Society, Olawale Ayoola, we created PIDEC around a simple idea:
Engineering students shouldn’t spend four or five years learning how things work without getting enough opportunities to actually build.
And honestly, this is where I need your help.
Because these students have spent weeks BUILDING:
🩸 A device for point-of-care blood typing.
⚡ Smart energy management for homes.
🛡️ A wearable child-safety GPS tracker.
🌱 Soil intelligence for agriculture and farm infrastructure.
🛣️ Real-time pothole detection and mapping.
♻️ Intelligent waste sorting.
…and four more prototypes tackling problems across healthcare, infrastructure, drainage, petroleum and more.
This is what happens when you give engineering students permission to stop just learning engineering and actually DO engineering.
But here’s the problem.
We are still on our way to hit our ₦10 MILLION target to make this first edition what it deserves to be.
And we are running out of time.
This isn’t just about putting together another student event.
The first edition determines whether PIDEC becomes a one-time experiment or a platform that future generations of Nigerian engineers inherit and build on.
And I really, REALLY don’t want the latter to happen because we couldn’t get people to believe in it.
So I’m asking Twitter/X to help me do something.
If you know a UNILAG alumnus, founder, tech leader, company executive, investor, creator, or anyone who genuinely cares about young Nigerians building things, TAG THEM.
Don’t just like this tweet.
TAG THEM.
If you can support financially, we’ll appreciate it.
If you can introduce us to someone who can support, even better.
If all you can do is repost this and put it in front of someone who can make a difference, that matters too.
I genuinely believe Nigeria doesn’t have a shortage of brilliant young people.
We have a shortage of platforms, resources and people willing to bet on them.
Let’s change that.
Watch the video.
Tag someone.
Repost this.
Let’s make sure these students are not building in silence.
📩 Sponsorship/partnership: DM me or contact us via WhatsApp:
Faisal: 09035771048, 09070835260
Fame: 08130367033
PIDEC Grand Finale — August 28.
Let’s make the first one count.
Are you a university student and you’re tired if these tech bros with 700 years experience always winning hackathons?
No worries cos things are about to change🙂↕️🔥
Red Bull Basement is a global innovation program open to ALL students — not graduate tech bros ooo,and not just AI people.
If you have an idea (even if it’s not clear yet), head over to the website and submit your idea and who knows it might be the next Silicon Valley idea.
Red Bull Basement is an AI powered Hackathon and here’s how it works:
It’s AI-driven and works like a conversation:
•“What’s your idea?”
•“Who does it help?”
•“Let’s brainstorm together.”
You don’t need a finished product.
You don’t need to know AI.
You just need an idea you feel can make impact.
And no — you’re not just competing for vibes 👀
If your idea is great, you could:
•Get mentorship to develop it
•Represent Nigeria at the World Finals 🌍
•Compete for $100,000 equity-free funding from Red Bull
•Get $25,000 Microsoft Azure credits
•Receive mentorship from Red Bull Ventures
•Get invited to GitHub Universe 2026 (San Francisco) ✈️
Big ideas. Real support. Global stage.
👉 Apply here:
https://t.co/kMGEveQ0sM
✅ After submitting, join the group for updates:
https://t.co/7iILfx6H4w
My art entry for @perena art contest
To me, money isn’t just currency — it’s liberation.
In my 3D art design, @perena shatters the chains as a symbol of financial freedom.
Each broken link represents a step toward true independence.
Money, to me, is the power to break free.
I feel attacked 😅. I can literally stay indoors for days, with no issue. In fact, going out is typically more stressful to me than staying in. As for getting fresh air, I’ll crack open a window 🤣
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