Breaking: Eboyian Wins First African Best Tech Research Award in Japan

From Omaka OKOH, Abakaliki 

 Ebonyi state man from Afikpo, Otuu Obinna Ogbonnia, has won the prestigious Best Tech Research Award.

Ogbonnia becomes the first African to win the award presented by the Association for Computing Machinery in Japan.

He competed against 5,020 contestants worldwide,and won.

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is an international professional organization that has a presence in Japan, including hosting conferences like CHI 2025 in Yokohama and working with the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) on initiatives like the ACM-IPSJ Award for Early Career Contributions to Global Research.

 The ACM itself is not based in Japan but is a global organization with extensive resources and activities that are accessible to professionals, researchers, and students worldwide, including in Japan.

International Organization: ACM is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, with global reach and many members in Japan.

 ACM regularly holds major international conferences in Japan, such as the ACM CHI (Computer-Human Interaction) conference in Yokohama in 2025.

ACM collaborates with local organizations like the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ), including co-sponsoring awards. 

Global Resources: ACM offers resources like journals, conferences, and learning materials that are available to its members and the computing community in Japan and worldwide