Christianah Olorunda (also known as Tyana) has emerged winner of Season 2 of The Young CEO Reality TV Show 2020.
The annual contest that gives young aspiring enterpreneurs a platform to network and learn from accomplished facilitators and through various programs enshrined in its modis operandi, had its season 2 grand finale on the 12th of September 2020 in the business hub with virtual guests.
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Team Power Bit Crunchers (hardware category) and Team Zeena Platform (software category) have emerged as the winners of the 3-Day Finals of the Lagos Smart Meter Hackathon, organized by the Lagos State government.
Both teams earned the combined prize money of ₦10 million. The winners and runners-up will also get working space at Eko Innovation Centre, while all ten (10) finalists will get mentorship opportunities, among other consolation prizes.
Mr. Olonma Ibrahim and Peter Okonma represented the hardware team, while Oluwasemi Oreoluwa and Adenitire Ayonikun represented the software team at the event.
28-year-old Hauwa Ojeifo has won the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation changemaker award for 2020.
According to the Gates Foundation, the award celebrates an individual who has inspired change using personal experience or from a position of leadership.
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Five winners have emerged in the British Council’s Creative Enterprise Support Programme [2020].
The winners selected were: Cherish Ibeh of Cher Stunner; Vivian Ogbuagu of Handsmithen; Anthony Sule of Antoine Collections; Misan Atsemude of Omali Bridals and Mabel Sontan of Adire Biz Hub.
Each of the winners receive £2,000 each in grant funding and mentorship with key fashion industry players.
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Winners have emerged at the REEL Foundation maiden edition of the ‘Young Writers Challenge’ (YWC) in Lagos.
The Young Writers Challenge is a story writing competition, which was designed to provide an avenue for children aged 7-13 years across Nigeria to be resourcefully engaged outside the physical school environment with the goal to ignite imagination, ingenuity, promote, reward diligence and excellence.
It was on this backdrop that contestants were asked to write a story on how the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has impacted their life or people around them and what has been learned from the experience of staying at home.
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Five teams have been selected as the winners of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology (NOGTECH) Hackathon sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).
The teams are Fuel Intellisense, Homefort Energy, Gricd Mote, Kiakia Gas and Airsynq and their projects were picked as the most innovative and bankable by judges after the 15 semifinalists made presentations on their innovations.
The three-day NOGTECH Hackathon had teams with detailed engagement with industry experts, mentors and entrepreneurs.
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ColdHubs has won the FCMB Agritech EPIC Pitch 2020 competition, receiving one million Naira in prize money as well as access to workspace and networks for innovation and collaboration.
Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) had partnered Passion Incubator to launch the third edition of the competition, setting aside NGN 1.5 million to support the top two startups in the programme.
Other benefits for winners include: mentor support, workspace, and access to market and networks, while entrepreneurs will also have access to Passion Incubator’s resources, partner organisation support, and business development services.
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