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Tunde Adeyemi Wins 2022 Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA)

ARM has announced Tunde Adeyemi as the winner of the 2022 Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) programme at the finalists’ pitch event.

Tunde Adeyemi of D-Olivette Enterprise, emerged winner out of seven contestants to claim the ₦12 million grant. His business idea – D-Olivette is a social enterprise that is accelerating the advent of sustainable domestic biogas biodigester for clean cooking, electrification, and sustainable agriculture.

The enterprise is doing this through the provision of domestic biodigesters innovation exclusively designed to convert household, farm organic waste and biodegradable wastewater into fertilizer and biogas within ten days.

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Paddy Cover & Pricepally Win 2022 Dubai World Trade Centre Lagos Talent Show

Paddy Cover and Pricepally have emerged winners of the 2022 Dubai World Trade Centre Lagos talent show with TruQ emerging the EIC and Lagos State winner.

The insuretech firm, Paddy Cover, co-founded by Mayowa Owolabi and Tobi Obasa, and the food sourcing and distribution tech firm, Pricepally, owned by Luther Lawoyin, as well as TruQ, owned by Williams Fatayo, beat 24 other contestants who pitched their ideas before six judges.

The two winners (Paddy Cover and Pricepally) will go on an all-expense-paid trip to Dubai to pitch their idea to over 400 investors and thousands of technology ecosystem players at the GITEX 2022 exhibition for a chance to win $200,000.

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University Of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) Wins 2022 Nigerian Genius Engineering Competition

University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has emerged winner of the 2022 Nigerian Genius Engineering Competition – receiving a cash prize of one million Naira.

Team UNN (Benstowe Destiny, Uzodinma Somto, David Okenwa) designed and built a Portable Water-Powered Electricity Generator that can be installed in every home with an overhead water tank.

It also includes an Energy Management System, which monitors and displays power generation, consumption and reserve.

Forty-five (45) tertiary institutions were shortlisted for the competition and egineering students representing four (4) tertiary institutions in Nigeria competed in the finals of the competition in Aba.

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Winners Of BusinessDay 2022 Nigerian Investor Value Awards (NIVA)

Winners have emerged in the BusinessDay 2022 Nigerian Investor Value Awards (NIVA), which recognizes leaders of public companies who have created sustainable alpha-generating value for their shareholders through their strategic priorities, operating efficiencies, organisational values, and market engagement activities.

Formerly known as the Top 25 CEOs & Next Bulls Awards, winners were selected through a proprietary survey carried out by the BusinessDay Research and Intelligence Unit (BRIU) with respondents including equity analysts, retail and institutional investors, financial journalists, sectoral experts and professional advisers.

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