As we all know, a girl child is as important as a male child in today’s world.
October 11, every year, is known all around the world as the International Day of the Girl, a day created by the United Nations in 2012 to highlight the challenges the girl child faces around the world.
The 2018 International Day of the Girl Child focused on the theme “With Her: A Skilled Girl Force,” highlighting the need for education, training, and opportunities for girls to enter the workforce.
According to the United Nations, the day promotes the “empowerment” of roughly 1.1 billion young girls currently living in the world.
In a bid to celebrate this day, we have carefully highlighted Nigerian teenage girls putting our beloved country on the world map today.
Check them out!
1.Tomisin Ogunnubi
Tomisin Ogunnubi is a 14-year-old student of Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls, Lagos. She made the news in 2016 for developing a mobile tracking application called ‘My Locator.’ The app was recognized by Google and can be found on the Google Play Store.
The app, which is able to tell one’s location, makes transportation easy by showing directions and time needed to get to another location. It also comes with a special feature that makes it easy for people in distress to dial the Lagos state emergency number 767.
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2. Ify Egypt Ufele
13-year-old Egypt Ify Ufele is a Nigerian American fashion designer that proves that you can turn your insecurities to a success story. She responded to the bully by creating her own fashion line called the ‘Chubii Line.’
She has been featured by various news outlets and her clothing has been exhibited in New York Fashion Week. Ify Ufele is now an International Anti-Bullying Advocate and an inspiration to many.
3. Georgia Oboh
Impressive Georgia Oboh, who is just 17 years old, made history recently when she became the first Nigerian to feature in the Ladies European Tour (LET), which teed off at the prestigious Dar es Salaam Blue Course in Rabat, Morocco.
Oboh, who started playing golf when she was 6 years old, is already one of the most highly rated female golfers out of Africa.
Oboh is one of the 17 Nigerian flag bearers to the global multi-sporting events following a wild card awarded to her to compete at the games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The wild card was made possible following the concerted efforts by the Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF) and the Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC).
4. Teenage Girls At The World’s Technovation Challenge
The girl group that has now become Africa’s Golden Girls is made up of five brilliant girls, which include Promise Nnalue, Jessica Osita, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo, and Vivian Okoye.
The Nigerian team, led by Uchenna Onwuamaegbu Ugwu, defeated representatives of other technology giants, including those from the USA, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and China, to clinch the gold medal.
5. Emmanuella Solomon
Emmanuella, born July 6, 2010, is a young comedian making waves all around the globe. At just 6 years old, her videos on YouTube got as high as 8 million views. She gained a lot of fame on the Internet after her debut appearance in the comedy skit “My Real Face” by Mark Angel Comedy.
She has hosted comedy shows alongside top-rated Nigerian comedians like Basketmouth and Bovi. She is also a recipient of a number of awards, among which is the G Influence Niger Delta Special Talent Award.
6. Esther Okade
Esther Okade is a Nigerian-British-born math whiz-kid who stands out among her peers, as she is one of the very few 13-year-olds that are already university undergraduates.
According to CNN, this talented 13-year-old enrolled at the Open University, a UK-based distance learning college, when she was just 10 years old, in January. She is already at the top of the class, as she recently scored 100% on a recent exam.
This outstanding youngster planned on finishing the course in two years and, afterwards, going to do her PhD in financial math when she is 13.
7. Amarachi Uyanne
Amarachi Uyanne, born July 17, 2004, popularly known by her stage name Amarachi, is a Nigerian child singer, dancer, and violinist. She is best known for winning the maiden edition of Nigeria’s Got Talent.
She successfully debuted in the music industry with the chart-bursting single “Amarachi Dance” in 2013. Amarachi is now a 14-year-old and she’s still making waves around the world.
8. Zuriel Oduwole
Zuriel Elise Oduwole, born in 2002, is a girl education advocate and filmmaker best known for her works on the advocacy for the education of girls in Africa. Her advocacy has since made her the youngest person to be profiled by Forbes.
The 16-year-old girl is also the world’s youngest filmmaker to have a self-produced and self-edited work after her film showed in two movie chains and then went on to screen in Ghana, England, South Africa, and Japan. She has met with over 24 presidents and prime ministers in line with her education advocacy work.
9. Emmanuella Oziofu
Emmanuella, a 9-year-old girl and grade five pupil of Skycrest School, Lagos, has already established herself in information and communication technology as she showcased the website and a mobile app she designed on Friday, July 20, 2018.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oziofu, who is passionate about ICT, has diploma certificates in Desktop Publishing, Advanced Excel, Adobe PageMaker, Advanced PowerPoint, and CorelDraw.
10. Kambinachi Kanu
Kambinachi Kanu, who is 10 years old, emerged as the winner of the 2018 edition of Ericsson’s ‘Girls Who Innovate’ competition under the 9-12-year-old category.
She received a job shadow day with an Ericsson technical employee, an Ericsson blog/social media feature, and a 1,000 EUR star prize. Aside from Kambinachi, there was also another African, a Ghanaian in the 16-18 years category, that made it to the finals and was a part of the 6 regional winners chosen.
