{
  "id": 16007824,
  "title": "How my AI-powered poultry innovation won award in London",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/how-my-ai-powered-poultry-innovation-won-award-in-london",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-22T05:13:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/how-my-ai-powered-poultry-innovation-won-award-in-london/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Abubakar Sadiq Abbas, a young innovator from Katsina State, Nigeria, created PoultryPro, an AI-powered poultry farm management platform, after gaining experience in poultry farming. The platform consolidates various farm operations, such as egg production, feed management, flock health, and financial records, into a single digital platform to help farmers make data-driven decisions.\n\nAbbas participated in the NXTGEN Innovation Challenge Grand Finale in London, where PoultryPro received international recognition. He was named among Nigeria’s Top 100 Innovators and received an Award of Excellence for advancing Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem. Abbas sees artificial intelligence as crucial for PoultryPro's future and the advancement of poultry farming.\n\nThe AI system will follow a five-stage process: Capture, Understand, Predict, Recommend, and Act. It will organise farm records, analyse performance, predict outcomes, provide data-informed recommendations, and ultimately help farmers make better-informed decisions. Abbas aims to expand PoultryPro's adoption and usage among poultry farmers across Nigeria and other African markets to contribute to agricultural technology advancements in the region.",
  "summary": "Abubakar Sadiq Abbas is a young innovator whose experience in poultry farming inspired him to develop PoultryPro, an artificial intelligence-powered farm management platform that recently received international recognition in London. In this interview with Vincent A. Yusuf, he speaks about the idea behind the innovation. You developed an innovation that recently won an international award […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}