Tech Xplore
Tags: softwaredevelopment, community, webdev, programming
Published: 2023-12-21 20:50:02


## BUCC Tech Xplore: An Adventure of A Kind

### BUCC successfully organized the biggest tech event at Babcock University, bringing together students from many schools in an event called Tech Xplore.


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Hey BUCC! Get ready for the exciting recap of TechXplore, the largest tech event ever at Babcock University. This event brought together students in the computing field from ten universities in Nigeria, industry leaders, and innovators from around the world.

Imagine students from Crawford, UNILORIN, Bowen, ABUAD, Caleb, FUNAAB, Bells, UNILAG, Adeleke, and even PAU (we didn't forget you!) united under one banner: Elevate, Innovate, Techvate. But this wasn’t your regular convention with boring PowerPoint slides. It was a digital party, more like a tech carnival.

Big shoutout to the OG sponsors who fueled this tech party: Babcock University, Kuda, NexaScale, Soft Alliance, SMARTDEALS, and OC Gadgets.

**Day 1: Arrival of Guest Students**

**Day 2: Opening Ceremony and Tour**

The event started with an opening ceremony at the amphitheater, featuring captivating speeches, powerful advice, and many funny moments. The purpose of the event was to declare the event fully open. It featured captivating speeches, powerful words of advice, and very funny moments, giving the program an unforgettable start.
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Later on, we had a thrilling game night hosted by Valery, Tim, and Ore. PS5, Virtual Reality, Scrabble, Chess, and more were on the menu, and someone even walked away with 50k! Yes, 50K!

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**Day 3: Seminars and Software Pitching**
We were given back-to-back knowledge served hot and pleasant at the same time, from our invited speakers in their diverse tech fields representing their various organizations/institutions who fed us and ensured we were full of content! We started with an amazing cool-looking Cybersecurity tech guy Mr Victor Ifeanyi Chukwu who gave us the basics of cybersecurity and how to come about a career in cybersecurity. I know most of you think security is so hard to start with but let me tell you what Mr victor dropped 


> To be a cybersecurity analyst you have to  be comfortable been confronted with a lot of information 

Starting from your personal lives, be able to listen and understand what is been passed to you as information! One of our very own alumni from our sponsors (Kuda) said he would not miss out in dropping some bars of wisdom, Mr Adetunji Tejuosho said 

> It is important to marry the skill that is been taught in school and what is been taught in the outside world

In other words my tech bros and sis WISE UP O ! 
We also had a panel session with our lecturers and professors in the game, we had lectures on software development, how industries in the tech space work, and how to manage both worlds(Tech and academics). 
Our speakers bombarded us with knowledge and we were there for it and we loved it!!


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After a day filled with knowledge, we let them unwind with a movie night.

**Day 4: Inter-School Debate**

A very keenly contested debate encompassing a lot of very disputable topics in the tech space entertained us on Day 4. We were left stunned by the eloquence and mental acuity of the debaters. The contest however was won by students from ABUAD while our very BUCC debate team finished as runners-up.

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**Day 5: Grand Finale**

The grand finale featured a tech hiring event, thanks to our sponsors, Kuda. We also had a code and chill session, and the event concluded with a memorable dinner party. Special thanks to our executives, sponsor Dr. Adetunji, and all event sponsors for making this captivating event possible. Hats off!