A journalist at HumAngle Nigeria, Muhammed Akinyemi, has emerged the best West African journalist of the year in the seventh edition of the West African Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA).
Mr. Akinyemi, one of the 17 journalists earlier shortlisted for the regional awards, clinched the overall best at an award ceremony in Accra, Ghana, on November 11, 2023.
The founder of OJ Technologies Limited, a health tech business, Joseph Ojighoro has emerged as the winner of the maiden Innovation Makers Challenge (IMC) organised by the Telecommunications and Technology Sustainability Working Group (TTSWG), receiving a cash prize of ₦2,000,000.
The winner was selected after the top five contestants from across Nigeria vied for the grand award prize at the IMC 2023 Conference and Exhibition, which was held at the Eko Convention Center, Lagos.
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Team Acme from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has emerged winner of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) 2023 CGMA Business Leadership Challenge, with 88.3 per cent among the top Nigerian universities, on November 16, 2023, in Lagos.
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Med Mind has emerged winner of the 2023 Bioprocess Engineering Machine Learning Interoperable Hackathon organized by the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN).
The Med Mind team developed a user-friendly chatbot equipped with features such as treatment recommendations, drug-to-drug interaction analysis, disease prediction, drug dosage optimization, and general prompt questions.
Julius Agbaje from Nigeria and Asmaa Jama representing the African/Diasporan category have won the top prize at the 2023 Access ART X Prize.
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Cheyi Okoaye has emerged the winner of the 2023 NEFT Emerging Film Talent International Short Film (NEFTI) Nigeria Competition for his captivating short film titled, “Don’t Think Too Much About It”, earning him the grand prize of $5,000 for his cinematic talent.
Kemi Busari has emerged as the first Nigerian winner of the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award as he won the Silver Award for Science Reporting In-Depth category.