Eniola Shokunbi: 12-year-old Nigerian girl invents air filter, gets $11.5m funding Eniola Shokunbi, a 12 years old Nigerian from Connecticut, USA, has designed an air filter to reduce the spread of air borne diseases in US schools. The design targets creating low-cost air filters for classrooms. The Connecticut State Bond Commission approved $11.5 million in funding for the design. In her fifth grade at Commodore MacDonough STEM Academy in Middletown, they were tasked with creating a solution to enhance safety in schools during potential future pandemics. Therefore, to combat airborne viruses like COVID-19,...