7-Year-Old Girl Develops Mobile App
At 7 years old, Zora Ball has become the youngest person to create a mobile video game.
The app was unveiled at the FATE Bootstrap Expo, held at the University of Pennsylvania in January.
Ball developed the game using programming language Bootstrap, which is usually taught to students between the ages of 12 and 16, to help them learn concepts of algebra via video game development.
According to Mashable, Ball also successfully reconfigured the app when asked to do so at the Expo, silencing anyone who may have thought that her older brother — a STEM scholar of the year — helped her program the game.
Zuriel Oduwole, 10, Named Ethiopian Airlines’ Global Ambassador
Zuriel Oduwole, Nigeria’s African Girl-Child Education campaigner was appointed the global ambassador of Ethiopian Airlines in November.
At a recent event in the United States, the airline’s Regional Director for the Americas Kagnew Asfaw, who signed a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the African airline, highlighted Zuriel’s astonishing achievements.
As part of the agreement, the airline would be Zuriel’s official carrier to her many engagements and projects across three continents, including Africa and South America, where she is continuously meeting with world leaders and making the case for the education of girls.
Zuriel’s accomplishments include becoming the first 10-year-old to interview eight incumbent heads of state; the first and only 10-year-old to interview the richest Black person in the world, Aliko Dangote; and the first child her age to be accredited at a world press conference, competing with seasoned CNN, Reuters and CNBC correspondents.
