Ericsson has revealed the winners of its ‘Smart Schools’ competition 2015 in Khartoum, Sudan and launched its social media campaign #ienable at the event.

The winner were awarded a roundtrip to visit Ericsson’s Experience Centre in Sweden where they will have the opportunity to explore more around the ICT fast evolution and what the future is still holding, said a statement.

They will also get a chance to present their ideas to Ericsson research experts who will study the implementation of their ideas in real life.

The competition focused on the role that the Networked Society can play in fostering innovation among secondary school students and through education, it said.

The participating students were asked to come up with ideas of new innovations that will enable the Networked Society where everything that can benefit from a connection will be connected.

Isil Yalcin, president of Ericsson North East Africa, said: “The Smart Schools competition in Sudan reflects our belief in the young generations’ great potential to come up with unique and exciting ideas to shape the Networked Society.  Those passionate students and their ideas will help to bring the Networked Society to life and will change the world for the better. It was great to see those insights and ideas that the students brought into the final round.”

Hiba Salih from Khartoum American School won the first place for her idea ‘Self-Watering Plant’, Prateek Samal from the same school won the second place for his idea ‘Holographic Teaching.’

Meanwhile, two students got equal results so both of them won the third place - Mariss Mohtar from Khartoum International Community School for his idea ‘Heart Watch’ and Talha Kayani from Khartoum American School for his idea ‘X-Help.’  - TradeArabia News Service