Nigeria’s ZamTracka and Laborhack are among the winners and will be recognized at the WSA Global Congress in front of an international audience, TechEconomy, can report.

The Innovationbed heroes will receive their awards in the Government & Citizen Engagement and Inclusion and Empowerment categories at the WSA Global Congress from March 8-11 2023, Puebla, Mexico.

The products named ZamTracka under Open-Government and Citizens Engagement solution produced by Fauzudeen Mahmoud from Zamfara State Innovationbed Incubation, and Laborhack by Oare Ehiemua-Ochui from Edo State Incubation, means Nigeria produced two winners for this year.

The WSA Global Congress is an international networking and learning event for those interested in the use of digital technology to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

The agenda will be a compilation of interaction and inspiration, hands-on workshops, business blind-dates and inspiring keynotes, bringing together the global and multi-stakeholder network of WSA.

The winners of 2022 demonstrate how digital solutions decisively support societal challenges and assist to achieve the UN SDGs.

The global pandemic specifically demonstrated the importance of digital solutions and this year’s winners are an excellent example of how digital solutions and applications can help protect the environment, support healthcare, provide inclusive and high-quality education, connect people and share relevant information.

The winning projects demonstrate the diversity and richness of digital content solutions globally.

Announcing the winners, Prof. Peter Bruck, WSA Chairman states;

“It is indeed with great honor to announce, with the powers bestowed on me as the Eminent WSA National Expert for Nigeria, the long-awaited results of the World Summit Awards 2022 edition and to share the good news that Nigeria won in 2 of the categories to become a contributor of 2 out of the 40 outstanding products declared world best in 2022.

On his part, Mr. Emmanuel Amos, WSA National Expert for Nigeria, said: “This is coming to me and Nigeria as a consolidation, a spectacular one at that, in a dozen years of selfless volunteerism. I appreciate the efforts of all the global experts around the world for this confirmations and due ratings. It is only a mark to do more, saving our societies anytime we have an opportunity!”

The InnovationBed Africa founder, adds: “The WSA Winners combine two major focus points – the commitment to the UN SDGs and solving society’s issues with smart content application. Evaluated by an international expert Jury in 2 stages – a multi-stakeholder college unique in terms of diversity and background – the 40 WSA Winners of 2022 have been tried for sustainability, aim, technical and strategic finesse. This year’s challenges show more than ever how much digital means can offer progress and solutions. This year’s WSA Winners present a wonderful showcase of purpose-driven innovation and entrepreneurship.”

The Shortlist 2022

Here the clear statistics supporting their win and general challenge

The Winners from Nigeria:

More about the World Summit Awards:

The World Summit Awards were founded in 2003 by Austria in the framework of the UN World Summit on Information Society. WSA is a global initiative recognizing local digital content contributing to the achievement of the UN SDGs.

WSA reaches digital entrepreneurs in 187 countries worldwide and provides a unique platform for everyone interested in purpose driven digital innovation. Through close cooperation with the United Nations agencies and strategic alignment with the UN SDGs, the WSA is a globally recognized quality seal for digital innovation.

Sachi Wickramage, WSA Grand Jury Member and National Expert of Australia, has this to share with global community:

In the wake of major social and political changes over the current pandemic, social entrepreneurs and digital innovators around the globe are taking bold steps to safeguard diversity, equity, and inclusion. Being a Member of the WSA Grand Jury, I have witnessed this first-hand. As became clear, there is no silver bullet. No single solution that can tackle the UN SDGs. Yet, in pushing ourselves to think outside the box and draw on the best empirical evidence that exists, the convening WSA applicants showcased promising evidence that we still have significant hope for the UN 2030 agenda. WSA Grand Jury process is the most democratic evaluation mechanism that is out there to compare and contrast Global Innovations representing all UN Member Countries. This is what I enjoy the most being a Member of the WSA Grand Jury.

Like Mr. Emmanuel Amos, the founder of InnovationBed Africa said, “We do not blame leaders with the right consciences and foresight to leave a good legacy after them without being lobbied”.

This is especially to empower the youth around them on innovation capacity development by a foundation that has invested time and it’s all to curate an ecosystem that is capable of delivering an expanded opportunity for this next generations of nation-builders in any developing country.

“Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services.

“The standard ISO 56000:2020 also defines innovation as “a new or changed entity realizing or redistributing value”. Others have different definitions; a common element in the definitions is a focus on newness, improvement, and spread of ideas or technologies”, Mr. Amos said.

InnovationbedAfrica is currently preaching these words around to every settlement in Nigeria, and developing states or small islands.

The opposite of innovation activities that Programos is disrupting with the new Incubation 2030 is called #EXNOVATION – a state of #BADMARKET that has caused us all safety, prosperity, dignity and the many goodies of life transformation as a people.

“Should we do something different this year to not ONLY help community, students, NGOs, micro-startups but grow LEGITIMATE linear and NON-linear COLLABORATIONS intentionally, genuinely and VOLUNTARILY with open projects to a STACK of borderless ecosystem solutions and actors that the #Innovationbedafrica is pivoted?

“Sounds Crazy – but that’s the main point! Crazy things have no formulae … we lost it a long time ago since we did not worry about our own survivability interventions in a constantly changing world.

“Here above are the odds we sometimes need play by way of relaxation from stress in the new year! Any of the above may work for you”, he said in a blog post on InnovationBed Africa.

Since the influence that can impact positive corrections to present-day community gaps based on the foundation’s #Fix-A-Gap-Research #intervention depend largely to demands of the common future world and the bitter insatiable memory of past and present, they will invoke the Innovationbed Periscope Platform two times a week in the Innovationbed social groups as it may be convenient for members with active and worthy Expression Of Interest to this projected cause to join in and share pointers, ideas, suggestions that can accelerate new gains.

“We are glad to announce that with respect to the 1-Million Digital Citizens Innovation Capacity Development Incubation 2030 for developing countries, we can affirm in Nigeria that two states have officially endorsed to implement the national processes and transformational programmes, leaving us with our new techno-political innovationbed strategy to shield initiative with utmost best practice making sure the project’s targeted features of participation expansion, inexpensive, e-content and productivity-based initiative of global valuation having an attraction already for possible Horizon Europe for Africa Initiative Modeling after OCCAM’s XXI Infopoverty World Conference 2021 declarations for global interventions after a fairer, more sustainable and inclusive digital society.

The two States are Zamfara and Nasarawa.

“Good to report that His Excellency, Professor Isa Pantami, Honourable Minister for Communications and Digital Economy shared great insights as he graced the opening of the OCCAM XXI Infopoverty World Conference in 2021. OCCAM is the Observatory on Digital Communication.

Initiative in the new decade 2030 will further be powered by more indigenous and sociology-culturally influenced innovations along #Innovationbedafricastacks: #localsolutionproviderstack, #localsolutiontoolsstack, #localgrassrootsdigitalpolicy #localtoolsparlance #wsanigeriastack #sdgsadvisorstack #enativesstack #egovtstacks #fixagapstacks #upskillingstacks

#InnovationbedZamfara and #InnovationbedNasarawa are now official regional representations for United Nations World Summit Awards (Nigeria) and ICT4SIDS #SVC4Nigeria.

“Other state representatives and voluntary activators for other states currently taking a poll at HERE.

“Incubation programme starts next month for 6 months virtually with on-premise digital services projects by participants. Further details will confirm progress and each state readiness”

Amos shared the objective of the ICT4SIDS Innovationbed incubation pilots in the 36 states of Nigeria as to support smart hubs that provide inexpensive and highly specialized community services in health, education, open government and citizen engagement, public safety, public welfare and decision support for all SDGs actions in the regions.

“These hubs are incorporated to collaborate with each other across communities for rapid regional transformation and thus lead to rapid adoption of Samoa Pathway and SDGs in Nigeria.

“Activities of Innovationbed in each state in Nigeria will be coordinated by an indigent innovator and Innovationbed Regional Directors who must have been attained a WSA National Nominee proficiency of the ICT4SIDS-Innovationbed #SPACE4Nigeria innovation capacity maturity”.