SAGE- University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School ,Calabar won the two tickets to represent Nigeria in South Korea at the 2015 SAGE WORLD CUP in August

SAGE NATIONAL ENTREPRENURSHIP EXHIBITION AND AWARDS
The 2015 SAGE National Entrepreneurship Exhibition and Awards held from the 25th -28th June, 2015 at Hotel Inter Connect ,Gwarimpa ,Abuja was a huge success .It attracted young entrepreneurs across the nation who showcased SAGE businesses, environmental and community service at the “tournament” which recognizes outstanding SAGE teams based on their effectiveness and creativity. Best SAGE teams would advance in the tournament that climaxes at the international competition tagged -SAGE World Cup in Seoul, South Korea (6th -13th August, 2015)
14 SAGE Teams were shortlisted to represent their state at the national level;

1. The Brilliant SAGE Team-Federal Government College Okigwe ,Imo State
2. The Pacesetters SAGE Team- New Layout Secondary School ,Enugu
3. Princess Adeja International College ,Gboko, Benue State
4. Crystalline SAGE Limited- Junior Secondary School Garki ,Abuja
5. Craft House SAGE Team - University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School ,Calabar
6. Gerryvan SAGE Team - W.M Bristow Secondary School ,Gboko ,Benue State
7. Community SAGE Team -Community Grammar School Kota-Ekiti
8. The High Flyers SAGE Team -Government Secondary School,Gwagalada, Abuja
9. World Changers SAGE Team - Aquinas College Akure ,Ondo State
10. WIBITECH Winners SAGE Team - Winners International School, Nkpor, Anambra State
11. Global Innovations SAGE Team - Junior Secondary School Jikwoyi, Abuja
12. Gamji SAGE Team - Government College Kaduna
13. Greater Tomorrow SAGE Team - Greater Tomorrow International College ,Arigidi –Agbaluku,Ondo State
14. Word Changers SAGE Team –Aqunias College ,Akure Ondo State
COMPETITION: SAGE Teams compete in one or two categories of businesses by meeting their judging criteria scored by judges who are business and civic leaders.
 Socially Responsible Business Category Criteria
1Innovation and Creativity
1. Profit Making
2. Sustainable Business Practices
3. Succession Plan
4. Use of Media
 Social Enterprise Business Category Criteria
1. Measurable and Proven Impact
2. Community Resources
3. Sustainable Business Practices
4. Succession Plan
5. Use of Media
2015 BEST SAGE PROJECT -Social Enterprise Category
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TEAM
BUSINESS PROJECT
1. WIBITECH Winners SAGE Team –Winners International School ,Nkpo ,Anambra State
Project : WIBITECH Bio-gas Plant
WIBITECH is a bio-gas plant which can generate bio –gas for cooking and bio-fertilizer form disposable waste from their community.
Bio-gas project was created to help improve healthy leaving, Improve electricity, create employment and reduce global warming in their community.
The team collected cow dung from slaughter houses and food waste from different households, schools, local food joints which serves as raw waste material to produce gas .
2. Global Innovations SAGE Team –Junior Secondary School, Jikwoyi Abuja
Project: White Space Technologies Africa
Due to the recent dismal performance of students in public examination, this has been traceable to lack of books and poor reading habit in schools where the situation is worse rural communities such as Jikowyi.
From their survey out of 180 schools 6% have libraries most of which are poorly equipped.
The team set up a Computer for Schools Project. 150 used computers were donated by individuals, organizations and were refurbished to create 300,000 free offline e-libraries on different subjects and grades.
They are currently working to deploy the latest rural internet connectivity device to six schools.
The team has already placed the locations for their pilot and 1st phase roll out on Google earth map in readiness for launching out. The team is already running a pilot project on this in their school JSS Jikwoyi with over 1,000 users.
3. The Craft House SAGE Team –University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School ,Calabar
Project :CAL –BIOFUEL
Harmful gases which includes fossil fuel burning and deforestation is one of the major causes that gives an upwards push for the amount of green house gases in the atmosphere causing
global warming contributing to health problems.
The SAGE Team saw an immediate need for an alternative eco –friendly fuel, thus embarked on the production of biodiesel utilizing waste cooking oil sin their community which was branded CAL-BIOFUEL ,with the advantages of been safe to produce ,low toxicity and high bio-degradability etc.
The team created a cooking oil collection programme Tagged “Drops of Life “through this programme an environmental awareness was created to highlight the importance of used cooking oil recycling instead of disposing them indiscriminately.
As a sign of massive improvement, the venture has currently attracted numerous interested costumers and members of the Drop of Life “Programme.
4. Creative Brains SAGE Team –Government Secondary School,Garki,Abuja
Project :BEE Keeping
To the teams greatest surprise, They found out in every 100 patient, 20 were suffering from diabetics and5 being young, showing the high rate of diabetics in the world of today. The team decided to go into the production of a new brand of honey gotten from the combination of two botanical origins into a unique blend that has dark amber colour .
The team took a blood sugar level test on members of their school both teachers and students, before and after the administration of their honey, after 5week a test was conducted, they found out that for those who had elevated blood sugar level, a slight reduction was noticed and those with normal sugar level it was found out their sugar level remained constant.
Presently their honey is recommended by pharmacists and doctors from various hospitals so that patients can have access to high quality natural honey and also found in shops.
2015 BEST SAGE TEAM PROJECT -SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS CATERGORY
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TEAM
BUSINESS PROJECT
1. The Craft House SAGE Team –University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School ,Calabar CH-Tiles The team recycled broken bottles into household floor tiles, thus putting broken glass bottles into good use instead of causing environmental and health hazard. Sequel, to their involvement in research and improvement, they persuaded to conceive, design and fabricate the first ever recycling machine for the processing of waste materials such as glasses,papers,polythene into building tiles. The process of production of eco -friendly CH-Tiles : broken bottles and all types is collected and crushed into pieces and ground in the CH-Tiles Maker, mixed with paper marsh as paste and a bit of fiber glass material as binder, the blend mixture is then put in molds that are greased with waste palm oil, glazed and left to dry ,whose end product is a beautiful floor and wall tiles according to designs and color needed
2. The High Flyers SAGE Team -Government Secondary School,Gwagalada, Abuja
Oil plantation in the northern region is largely unheard of, as the conditions necessary for those palm trees to grow and produce aren’t available and was thought to be impossible to replicate , the team did the unthinkable by planting, harvesting their own palm oil palm plantation. By planting their own palm trees ,they have eliminated the huge cost for transportation which reduces their production cost thus making their price cheaper and unique.
The team went ahead to design the first unique palm oil sachet packaging in the market which makes it more attractive to customers making them the first agro –entrepreneurs to successfully introduce palm oil plantation in an arid zone and also created a product worthy of the international market .
3. The Crystalline SAGE Limited –Junior Secondary School,Garki ,Abuja
Project :The Blind Must Read’
The Team took their 2014 recycling of waste paper to tissue and serviette, exercise books business a step further to recycle used calander,hard papers and cardboard into Braille textbooks for the blind with the mission to provide educational services for the blind to enable them achieve their optimal education
and attain an independent livelihood as adults ,contributing positively the growth of our country .
4. The Brilliant SAGE Team-Federal Government College Okigwe ,Imo State
Project “Elegant Ladies Handbags”
The team discovered that fashion is a trend that requires great innovations. The team developed great interest in elegant ladies handbags; they created a programme tagged “Learn the Skill and Make the Money’ where students learn manipulative skills in order to become entrepreneurs.
Sourcing of raw materials, marketing and distribution of finished products are done at the nearby Aba market know as one of the business hubs in Nigeria .

 
From the left Laura Harvey -US Embassy ,Dr.Kalu Idika Kalu - Former Minister of Finance/ Chairman SAGE Nigeria ,Agwu Amogu-President /CEO SAGE Nigeria/Africa and Miss Chinenye Udeh -Programme Manager SAGE Nigeria at the 2015 SAGE National Entrepreneurship Exhibition and Awards held on the 27th June ,2015 in Abuja

AWARDS
1. Best Entrepreneurship Project - The High Flyers SAGE Team -Government Secondary School,Gwagalada, Abuja
2. Best Community Service Project –Crystallite SAGE Team, Junior Secondary School Garki,Abuja.
3. Best Environmental Project – The Craft House SAGE Team, University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School,Calabar.
4. Best SAGE Mentor of the year – Uche Emmanuel Okolo
5. Best SAGE Advisor of the year –Mr.Julius Oluwafemi - Community SAGE – Community Grammar School, Kota Ekiti,Ekiti State.
6. Best Cultural Group of the Year- The Craft House SAGE Team, University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School,Calabar.
7. Best SAGE Desk Officer of the Year –Mr.Shuiabu Haruna (SMEDAN)
8. Rookie of the year - WIBITECH Winners SAGE Team -Winners International School, Nkpor, Anambra State
9. Best MDG project of the year –Government College ,Kaduna
10. Best supporting Administrator of the year – Chairman,FCT Universal Education Board –Alh. Barau Umar Ningi
11. Best behaved SAGE Team – The League of Perfect Gentlemen SAGE Team Government Secondary School,Newlayout Enugu
12. 2015 Most Improved SAGE Team - The Brilliant SAGE Team-Federal Government College Okigwe ,Imo State

AWARD OF EXECELLENCE
 Director General ,Industrial Training Funds -Mrs.Juliet Chukkas- Onaeko
 Director General ,Small and Medium Enterprise Agency of Nigeria –Alh.Bature Umar Masari
 Vice Chancellor , University of Calabar
Guest Speakers at the event
 Welcome Address – Dr.Kalu Idika Kalu OFR –Former Minister of Finance
 Laura Harvey – Representing the Ambassador of United States of America
 Director General of Industrial Training Fund , Dr Mrs Juliet Chukkas-Onaeko
 Director General –SMEDAN ,represented by Mr.Monday Ewans –Deputy Director-SMEDAN
 Vice Chancellor , University of Calabar - Prof. James Epoke represented by Dr.Kingsley Abang –University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School,Calabar.
 Dr.Emeka Okengwu –Development Consultant
 Sir Emeka Offor Foundation ,represented by Rosaline Georgevna Agiamoh,Director International Partnerships & Rotary Polio Ambassador Representative, Sir Emeka Offor Foundation.
Socially Responsible Business Category
 Winner : The Craft House SAGE Team –University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School ,Calabar
 1st Runner- Up :The High Flyers SAGE Team Government Secondary School,Gwagalada, Abuja
 2nd Runner –up :The Brilliant SAGE Team –Federal Government College Okigwe,Imo State
 3rd Runner Up- The Crystalline SAGE Limited –Junior Secondary School,Garki ,Abuja.
Social Enterprise Business Category
 Winner : The Craft House SAGE Team –University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School ,Calabar
 1st Runner –Up - Creative Brains SAGE Team –Government Secondary School,Garki,Abuja
 2nd Runner –Up - WIBITECH Winners SAGE Team –Winners International School ,Nkpo ,Anambra State
 3rd Runner Up –The Innovation SAGE Team –Junior Secondary School,Jikwoyi,Abuja
PARTNERS:
 Central Bank of Nigeria
 Small and Medium Enterprise Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)
 Abuja Technology Village
 Smile Communications
 Sir Emeka Offor Foundation
 Studio 24
 Blue Solution
 Vanguard Media
 Industrial Training Fund
 Aso Radio
AGENCIES AND ORGANISATIONS
 Central Bank of Nigeria
 Vanguard Media
 Mainstay Global Limited
 Torch of Liberty
 Sterling Bank Plc
 Keystone Bank Plc
 Studio24
 Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC)
 Trimagold Investment Limited
 Starryclassix Limited
 Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission
 Bankys Private School
 NAFFCON
 Industrial Training Fund
 Living Faith Church ,Teens Department
 Mary-Elika Foundation
 Ondo state Wealth Creating Agency
 National Board for Technology Incubation
 Youth for Christ Foundation
 FCT Universal Basic Education Board
 Nigeria Labor Congress
 Smile Communications
 Sir Emeka Offor Foundation
 SMEDAN
 Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development
 Nigerian Police Academy
 Aso Radio
 CSACEFA
 Muslim and Christian Youths Integration for good leadership Initiative.
 Federal Ministry Commence , Industrial Trade and Investment
 UBEC