OTGPlaya Secures Commercial Order, MobiQube is Anzisha Prize Finalist

OTGPlaya Entity LLC, a Wennovation Hub company secured its first sizable commercial order by virtue of an order from a major supplier of educational equipment to Texas school districts this past week. OTGPlaya initial supply will be fulfilled within thirty days, and marks a significant milestone in the life of the start-up that delivered the first prototype of its scalable platform in July. OTGPlaya was designated by the Texas Buy Board contractor as a major equipment supplier by virtue of this order, and will service the multi-year contract to deliver OTGPlaya devices to school districts across the State of Texas.

OTGPlaya Entity LLC is a technology development company with a proprietary platform (combination of hardware and software) that delivers OTGPlaya licensed content to entertainment lovers and students alike utilizing its real-estate conserving and bandwidth efficient equipment and seamless software/applications. Educational institutions can particularly leverage the OTGPlaya Kiosk to aggregate and deliver content via synced applications to OTGPlaya low-cost but powerful Genie tablet, that seeks to revolutionize the way students learn in the classroom.  Through its subsidiary in Nigeria, Prime CoHall Limited, OTGPlaya plans to deploy digital kiosks across Lagos state to deliver multimedia content to entertainment lovers currently handicapped by lack of access to reliable broadband connection, the premium cost of obtaining scarcely efficient access and the unreliability of the current ubiquitous DVD medium.

OTGPlaya CEO, Modupe Ajibola, did not not mince words in his email to his team that "the fulfillment of this first order, will mark the first step towards revolutionizing content is delivered in challenging environments; be it our schools or in emerging markets".

MobiQube Emerge Finalists

In related news,  the Wennovation Hub is pleased to announce that that 20-yr old Mahmood Oyewo, a co-founder of MobiQube Limited another Wennovation Hub company is one of 13 anzishaprize finalists out of a pool of 270 entries. MobiQube's flagship product is released this summer is RubiQube, an mobile app that aggregates geographic relevant applications for users. Mahmood will be heading to South Africa later in the week in an attempt to bring his incredible innovation to a continent badly in need of young innovators and entrepreneurs. Anzisha Prize is a Mastercard Foundation/Africa Leadership Academy backed prize for young innovators on the continent.

Nollywood Day Held as Wennopreneurs Attend EDC Conference

It was a beehive of activities this week at the Wennovation Hub. The week started with an exhibition of the program at the recently concluded PAU-EDC Annual Conference held at the MUSON Center. It provided a natural avenue for would Wennopreneurs  to pitch their ideas to would-be partners, investors and clients

Valleybits Technology Ltd. Team & Intern, Femi @ EDC Conference, Nov 29 2011

On hand were MobiQube, Valleybits & Opacus CEOs to the delight of the attendees. The well attended gala night event was headlined by Dr. Towry Coker. In attendance also was LoftyInc Managing & Executive Partners, Dr. Wole Odetayo & Michael O. Oluwagbemi II.

LoftyInc Partners & Wennopreneurs at the Gala Night Event

The Panelists- In Session

The highlight of the week most definitely got to be the First Nollywood Day Event at the Wennovation Hub, which featured a panel discussion by eminent panelists from Nollywood, Publi Advocacy and Technology. Led by Mr. Bode Oluwafemi, a strategic consultant and eminent advocate for technology, health and technology, actress Nse Ikpe Etim and MobiQube`Nig Ltd CEO Mukthar Oyewo spoke eloquently about the technology needs of Nollywood 2.0. 

Nollywood Day Audience

With about twenty five live attendees, and twice as many followers on twitter, Facebook and Livestream, the Nollywood event was a resounding success with increased visibility for the positive impact of Wennovators in the emerging 21st century youth driven economy in Nigeria. 

Nollywood Award Winning Actress Nse Ikpe Etim with Wennovators