{"id":260,"date":"2026-03-11T12:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/?p=260"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:16:54","slug":"wunti-al-khair-foundation-sponsors-100-tech-enthusiasts-to-devfest-2025-empowering-youth-with-ai-and-research-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"Wunti Al-Khair Foundation Sponsors 100 Tech Enthusiasts to DevFest 2025, Empowering Youth with AI and Research Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its continued effort to promote digital literacy and youth innovation, the&nbsp;<strong>Wunti Al-Khair Foundation<\/strong>&nbsp;has sponsored&nbsp;<strong>100 young tech enthusiasts<\/strong>&nbsp;to attend&nbsp;<strong>DevFest 2025<\/strong>, a leading technology conference designed to equip participants with cutting-edge skills in&nbsp;<strong>Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>research<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>solution development in Federal Polytechnic Bauchi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event, organized under the global&nbsp;<strong>Google Developer Groups (GDG) initiative<\/strong>, brought together developers, innovators, and tech professionals to explore emerging technologies and real-world applications of AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-23.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-23-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-23-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-23-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the sessions, participants learned practical applications of&nbsp;<strong>AI tools in business, education, and community development<\/strong>, and were guided through hands-on workshops on how to use&nbsp;<strong>NotebookLM for research<\/strong>&nbsp;and data-driven insights. They also explored the process of&nbsp;<strong>building innovative solutions<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 from conceptualization to product launch \u2014 using AI technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of the sponsored participants expressed gratitude to Wunti Al-Khair Foundation for the opportunity, noting that the experience opened their eyes to new career paths and possibilities in the technology ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-24.jpg 929w, https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-24-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-24-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-24-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Foundation\u2019s sponsorship of young innovators to DevFest underscores its broader mission of&nbsp;<strong>empowering youth, bridging the digital divide, and promoting inclusive access to technology-driven opportunities<\/strong>&nbsp;in Bauchi State and across Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its continued effort to promote digital literacy and youth innovation, the&nbsp;Wunti Al-Khair Foundation&nbsp;has sponsored&nbsp;100 young tech enthusiasts&nbsp;to attend&nbsp;DevFest 2025, a leading technology conference designed to equip participants with cutting-edge skills in&nbsp;Artificial Intelligence (AI),&nbsp;research, and&nbsp;solution development in Federal Polytechnic Bauchi. The event, organized under the global&nbsp;Google Developer Groups (GDG) initiative, brought together developers, innovators, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}