Winners Of 2020 African Green Award Boot Camp

Tolulope Olukokun, Bilkisu Graba-Dallo and Adejoke Lasisi have been rewarded by Sweden and Eleven Eleven Twelve Foundation at the 2020 African Green Award Boot Camp.

The Africa Green Grant is an initiative to promote the sustainability of the environment by supporting African youth in the designing and implementation of their ideas. The Awards are for young innovators in Africa and it seeks to encourage them and spur more youths to action.

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Kene Ilochonwu Emerges First Black Bencher Elected To The Law Society Of Alberta

Kene Ilochonwu, a legal counsel with Parkland Corporation has emerged as the first Black bencher elected to the Law Society of Alberta in its 113-year-history.

The law society board is made up of 24 members, known as benchers. Twenty are lawyers, elected by the profession, and four are members of the public, appointed by the minister of justice.

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Eshiet Abasiekeme Wins 2020 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition

14-year-old Eshiet Abasiekeme of Bright Stars Model Secondary School, Akwa Ibom state has emerged the overall winner of the 2020 edition of the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition.

Eshiet Abasiekeme received an educational grant of ₦2.5 million to study in any African university of her choice. She will also be supported throughout her educational career and beyond with constant mentoring by the UBA Foundation.

The second prize was awarded to 14-year-old Mofuluwake Adesanya of Spring Forte-Lead College Lagos State, who won a ₦2,000,000 educational grant, whilst the third prize of ₦1,500,000 went to Abdulganiyy Habeeba, 16 years old. Abdulganiyy attends the International School, University of Lagos.

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Ifeoluwa Olusanya Wins 2020 Next Robotics Legend Competition

11-year-old Ifeoluwa Olusanya has emerged winner of the 2020 Next Robotics Legend Competition organised by Union Bank in partnership with Awarri.

Ifeoluwa Olusanya designed a robot called Tropical Robotic Farming Solution (TRFS) to solve key problems he identified within the agricultural sector. These problems include the inability to detect soil diseases promptly and the lack of ‘intelligent’ agricultural equipment to control the rate of plant nutrients and fertilisers needed for crops to grow maximally.

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Winners Of AfDB AgriPitch Competition 2020

Winners have emerged in the African Development Bank, AfDB AgriPitch Competition 2020.

The AgriPitch competition was part of the Bank’s fourth African Youth Agripreneurs Forum (AYAF) – one of the continent’s most exciting platforms for African youth in the agriculture start-up scene – which kicked off on 3 November with weekly webinars and ended with the AgriPitch winners’ ceremony held on 17 November 2020.

The AgriPitch competition offered young entrepreneurs in Africa’s agricultural sector the opportunity to pitch their agribusiness proposals to a panel of experts and investors who selected winners in “early start-up”, “mature start-up” and “women-empowered businesses” categories.

Held virtually, AfDB AgriPitch Competition 2020 saw more than 2,500 applications and 605 proposals from 30 countries shortlisted down to 25 finalists from 12 countries. The finalists qualified for a two-week business development boot camp, and then a select top 9 AgriPitch competitors made their final pitches to an online panel of judges and investors.

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Winners Of 2020 World Travel Awards

Winners have emerged at the 2020 World Travel Awards (27th edition).

  • Africa’s Leading Business Hotel 2020: Transcorp Hilton Abuja, Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Leading Business Hotel 2020: Transcorp Hilton Abuja, Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Leading Hotel 2020: Transcorp Hilton Abuja, Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Leading Hotel Suite 2020: Presidential Suite @ Transcorp Hilton Abuja
  • Nigeria’s Leading Travel Management Company 2020: Business Travel Management Limited

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