Nigerian Student Creates App That Helps To Find ‘Social Buddies’

Meet talented Nigerian student Ire Adewolu who graduated with first class in mathematics from the University of Leeds in the UK.

Ire Adewolu

As part of the BSc Mathematics degree all students of the university were required to undertake a project in their final year.

Thinking about his project, Adewolu decided to do something that would really interest him and would be worthwhile. Thus, he came up with an idea that his project should address a problem he had experienced during his first two years as a student at Leeds.

When Adewolu wanted to go to out to a club, a gig or some other local events, his friends did not share his enthusiasm. Therefore, he missed out on some of the social activity he would have enjoyed.

The student was absolutely sure that there were many people in the same situation who would like to find ‘social buddies’ to share in activities but did not know how to do it.

Ire Adewolu

Ire spent hours trying to find the solution to the problem. He decided to use his knowledge of mathematics, logic and self-taught computer skills to build an App and website which would help like-minded individuals to find each other and share in the same activities.

It took him four weeks to build the App and website, using Java code. Ire’s personal tutor helped him by giving advice on how to go about the project and suggesting areas where the App might be improved.

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And so Lintivity was born. It provides a platform which helps people to find like-minded individuals and share experiences with them. It allows people to see what is going on in specified locations, search for activities and provides the opportunity to engaging with the local community.

Now Ire is planning to start his own business based on his project and is actively marketing to universities around the UK and other organisations.

Members of his family were originally very sceptical about his career plans and would have preferred him to go into banking. However, now they have seen the potential of Lintivity and strongly support Ire.

Earlier this year,  we reported about a talented 10-year-old Nigerian girl, Esther Okade, who was accepted to study for a university maths degree in the UK.

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