Competition Year: 2023, 2021, 2020
2021 Wibo Foundation – Mzumbe Secondary and High School Science Competition Results
This was the second year where Future Africa Wibonele Foundation Science program conducted its competition for Mzumbe Secondary and High School Students. As last time, the main goal for the competition was for the students to be creative and use science, technology, or entrepreneurship to innovate and solve community problems.
2021 Science Awards Presentation at Mzumbe During Graduation Ceremony
2021 Photos of Science Competition
1st place winner 2021: 500,000/= Prize Team DAVINCI
Members: SYLVESTER MULUNGU, NEVILLE KALUMNA, JOHN ACHIULA
Idea: APA Program
Summary: How do we improve the academic performance of students that are not performing well? The solution is to create a computer program that stores the results of student performances which are presented in a manner that shows their relative improvement. Therefore, the program will create a change in attitude among students, motivating them to improve their performance in their academic studies.
2nd place winner 2021: 300,000/= Award Team Eagle Thinkers
Members: GERVAS M DAKI, CRISPIN KAMUGISHA, SAMUEL MADAHA
Idea: Garbage Collector
Summary: Proper garbage disposal in schools is a major problem. Items such as paper and plastic bottles make the area untidy, take quite a bit of time to decay since they may be made of plastic, and can also block school water channels and sewage systems which will require a lot of money to repair. The solution is to create a Garbage collector devise operated by a student that will move around the school compound in order to collect the trash.
3rd place winner 2021: 200,000/= Award Team Future Scientists
Members: ALBERT OGANGA, NELSON KIPANDE, ZABRON MTATIRO, AMLIKE KITUMBIKA, JASPER LAMECK
Idea: Fire Alarm
Summary: Fire outbreaks can occur at boarding schools and at home, usually through an electricity issue but they can also be caused intentionally. They cause a lot of damage because of their nature but also because their are no reliable tools to alert people of a fire outbreak. This leads to loss of properties and also death of people. The solution is to design a fire alarm that would alert people if a fire happens and it would be used by all people and schools and similar institutions.
Finalist 2021: Team Young Inventors
Members: PATRICK GENDA, BENJAMIN CHISA, EBENEZER MSHOLOBOZI
Idea: Smoke Absorber
Summary: Air pollution is a major problem that affects everyone and is mostly due to the over-reliance on fossil fuels. There are ways that can reduce this problem such as switching over to renewable energy sources such as solar power and hydro power. A solution that was created for this problem is a device that absorbs the smoke and neutralizes it.
Finalist 2021: Team Nature Conservers
Members: NASSON BIITA, YABESI GWAE, ISAYA MAHENGE
Idea: Paper Charcoal
Summary: Paper waste management has not been very efficient. This can be seen in the fact that paper, especially in areas where it’s more commonly used such as schools, is often disposed in areas that are not marked for paper disposal due to a combination of factors such as ignorance of the impact improper waste has on the environment along with not enough areas marked for paper disposal. The solution is to convert the paper into paper charcoal, an item that can be a source of energy.
Finalist 2021: Team Young Scientists
Members: DANIEL BASAYA, RICHARD SWALE, MUSSA MMASY, JOSHUA NZASULE, BROWN PATRICK
Idea: Water Cooling Vessel
Summary: Boiled drinking water takes a long time in order to cool enough so people can drink it which result in them needing to wait around for quite some time. At Mzumbe secondary school, the students regularly take boiled drinking water which can result in them needing to wait up to six hours for it to cool down. The solution was to make a vessel whose primary purpose is to reduce the time it takes for the boiled water to cool down.
Finalist 2021: Team Great Thinkers
Members: DARIUS DREVSON, ELIAPENDA JOHN, WILSON JOSEPH
Idea: Dustless Duster
Summary: When cleaning chalkboards, a lot of dust is released which is quite problematic since it makes the air hard to breath and is also more dangerous to those students with respiratory problems/illness. This problems happens at schools and institutions where chalk is the main form of teaching. In order to combat this problem, the solution was to create a device that would utilise the mechanism of static electricity in order to draw those dust particles.
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