
Nigerian social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has sponsored 18-year-old self-taught roboticist Darlyton Ovwieghosuotu, known as Smartician, to study robotics in China. According to Leadership, VDM discovered the teenager on Instagram after he shared creative home-built appliances, including a washing machine, blender, wireless power bank, and projector. The sponsorship will enable the youngster to pursue formal training abroad.
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