Fatima Adamu Maikusa, a 15-year-old female genius and native of Gombe State, Nigeria has set an international record by winning seven medals in different mathematics competitions across the world.
In an interview with Daily Trust, The senior secondary school student (SS3 Class) at Nigerian Tulip International School (NTIC), Kano, shared her inspiring story.
Fatima is now an inspiration and role model to many of the young girls in her school and in Africa.
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She started exhibiting her mathematical prowess when she won her first international medal at the American Mathematics Competition (AMC O8) at age nine.
She stated that she has always loved math and has never needed extra tutorials to understand it as it comes naturally to her.
Speaking about the competitions, she revealed that indeed, some of them were quite tough, but she was able to tackle them and come out on top.
The young genius hopes to become a Computer programer at Harvard university and is working hard to get admitted into the institution.
Her gratitude went to her school for pushing her and teaching her very well, and to her father who is standing firmly by her to see to it that she gets into Havard university.
Fatima’s awards include:
1. American Mathematics Competition (AMC 08)
2. International Eduversal Mathematics competition, Jakarta, Indonesia.
3. International Math Challenge, Bangkok Thailand
4. Kangourou Sans Frontieres – KSF Mathematics Competitions
5. Future Intelligence Students Olympiad (FISO)
6. Mathematics Without Borders, Bulgaria
7. Komodo Math Festival, Indonesia
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Meanwhile, an 11 year old Nigerian girl has bagged the world bank scholarship after effortlessly solving tough math questions.
The brilliant 11-year-old Nigerian girl named Saratu Dan-Azumi who hails from Kano State, Northern Nigeria, was interviewed by Sahara reporters.
It was discovered that because of her parents’ financial challenges, they were unable to enroll her in school despite her mental prowess.
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