Nigeria Comes Second In Facebook Global Digital Challenge

The American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State were first runners up in the Facebook Peer to Peer Global Digital Challenge which 

Their campaign called Women Against Violent Extremism (WAVE) empowers and mobilizes women to challenge violent extremism.

In their campaign, they created a mobilization tool called #WAVE1000Women Initiative.

This initiative mobilizes women with the use of WhatsApp groups, which resulted in reaching over 10,000 women across Nigeria. The team’s campaign also created a hashtag called #SchoolGirlsNotSucideBombers.

Under the Peer to Peer Facebook Global Digital Challenge, students from universities and colleges around the world were enlisted to stop the radicalization of young people by terrorist organizations using social media platforms.

In total, 160 students entered the competition but only 4 universities were selected as finalists to present their campaigns in Washington D.C to a panel of judges who are experts in international security.

First prize went to University of Dhakka, Bangledesh #ThinkTwiceActWise, third was Universidad CEU San Pablo #Rewind and fourth went to Xavier University #IAmMindanao.