Of course, when you see the title of this article, the first question that comes to readers is: How will this man be feeding the people in need in the Niga © ria through an application?
After having some problems in the past, the father had a partial stroke, he was temporarily ill and unable to work, leaving the family in great difficulties. That way Oscar Ekponimo he always said that in the future he would do something to ensure that others did not go through what he was going through.
Now that he has become a software engineer, Oscar Ekponimo you are doing exactly this through your web app called Chowberry. The app connects supermarkets with NGOs and low-income employees, allowing them to buy food that is about to expire, at a discount.
A three-month pilot involving 20 retail vendors, has hit about 300 people in Lagos and Abuja, feeding 150 orphans and children at risk.
Last year, Oscar Ekponimo won a Rolex Award for Enterprise for his work and hopes to expand.
