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The 21-year-old senior at UL Lafayette is majoring in computer science, with a concentration in big data and cloud computing.
He evidently made the right choice, according to Apple. The technology company has named Kokenge among 350 students from 41 countries as winners of its Swift Student Challenge. The challenge is held in conjunction with the Apple 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference, which begins today.
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At age 18, he was featured in a Wall Street Journal article about entrepreneurial teenagers making big bucks by repairing iPhones. Kokenge, who watched YouTube videos to learn the process, charged anywhere from $50 to $200 to repair cracked phone screens.
He has also developed several applications that have been published on the App Store, Apple小蝌蚪APP檚 digital distribution platform. One of his apps enables people to submit prayer requests and get matched with another person with whom they will pray for 24 hours.
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Photo caption: Joseph Kokenge, a senior computer science major at UL Lafayette, is one of 350 students from 41 countries who were recently named winners of Apple小蝌蚪APP檚 Swift Student Challenge. Photo credit: Submitted photo