Software Engineer Chukwuebuka Kingdom has emerged winner of the Rivers Tech Talent Contest, held on Saturday in Port Harcourt, clinching the top prize for his innovative AI-based application, Lang Master, designed to preserve and teach Nigeria’s indigenous languages.
Kingdom beat seven other contestants in the keenly contested event. His app currently supports Igbo, Hausa, and Yoruba, with plans to onboard more languages. He explained that the project was inspired by the urgent need to preserve native languages facing extinction.
“I noticed our indigenous languages are gradually disappearing. Lang Master is my contribution to keeping them alive for future generations,” Kingdom said during his presentation.
Following the final pitch session, a panel of judges named Kingdom the overall winner. As part of his prize, he received a landed property, and a cash gift of N5 million from a guest, alongside other prizes.
Other standout contestants included: Precious Napoleon, who developed Braniac, an edutech platform for remote learning; Destiny Jonathan, creator of HosPU, an AI health consultation app; Franklin Obasi, who showcased a tenant-powered AI housing solution; and Phillip Enereba, who introduced Crypto Pulse, a tool for real-time crypto insights and coin authenticity analysis.
From an initial pool of eight contestants, five finalists were selected to present their innovations at the finale.
Organisers of the event said the contest aims to spotlight tech talent in Rivers State and empower young developers solving local problems with global relevance.
