Dr. Akinwumi Adesina Awarded West African Academy Of Public Health 2020 Distinguished Fellowship Award

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina alongside three others have been awarded the West African Academy Of Public Health 2020 Distinguished Fellowship Award.

The other winners of the West African Academy Of Public Health 2020 Distinguished Fellowship Award are: Tedros Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization (WHO); Leith Greenslade of JustActions; and Winnie Byanyima of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

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Winners Of 6th BusinessDay Top 25 CEOs And Next Bulls Awards 2020

Winners have emerged in the BusinessDay Top 25 CEOs And Next Bulls Awards 2020 organised by BusinessDay Media in collaboration with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) held virtually on September 5, 2020.

The CEO and Next Bulls awards recognises the CEOs of listed companies creating competitive shareholder value through sound strategy, disciplined execution and world class governance. In addition, it celebrates chief executives of quoted companies that have demonstrated the most impressive gains in both share price and service delivery.

Themed “Advancing Against all Odds”, this year’s award particularly recognised businesses that have been thriving in spite of the global harsh economic realities.

The CEOs award celebrates the CEOs of successful, privately-owned indigenous companies built by Nigerians, led by Nigerians and poised to lead their categories on the continent.

Part of the criteria for selecting winners of this year’s awards are stock price appreciation, Profit After Tax (PAT) growth, an unblemished regulatory compliance record, and positive marketplace reputation among customers in the period under review.

Winners are also selected based on significant interest shown by active and informed investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange to invest in their stock should their boards ever decide to take them public.

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Ogechukwu Ozoani Graduates With 5.0 CGPA At Kazan National Research Technological University

Ogechukwu Ozoani has graduated with a first class degree and a 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) at Kazan National Research Technological University, Russia.

She studied petroleum engineering and has been given scholarship for her masters and PhD in Nuclear Science.

ColdHubs Honored At 2020 P4G State-of-the-Art Partnership Awards

ColdHubs has emerged one of the honorees of the 2020 P4G State-of-the-Art Partnership Awards.

The Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) State-of-the-Art Partnership Awards recognize best-in-class partnership-driven business models that have achieved measurable, replicable success in key Sustainable Development Goal areas, including food, water, energy, cities and the circular economy.

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Winners Of Chief Information Officers (CIO) Awards 2020

Winners have emerged at the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Awards 2020.

The awards is aimed at encouraging technology innovation in different sectors of the economy by honouring outstanding men and women working behind the scenes to drive technology in their firms.

The winners were selected by a jury of technology experts chaired by the Director of Information Technology and Operations at Access Bank, Mr. Ade Bajomo.

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Dagona Usman Umar Wins Imagine National Chemistry Competition 2019/2020 [Nigeria]

Dagona Usman Umar has emerged winner of the Imagine National Chemistry Competition 2019/2020 [Nigeria].

He won $400,000 at the Imagine Chemistry International Akzo Nobel Competition 2020/2021 (round 2) with a score of 392 (out of (500).

The topic of discussion was “Pushing the frontiers of sustainable innovations through complex ions and coordination compounds”.

Dagona obtained NCE in Chemistry Education at Yobe State Umar Suleiman Collage of Education in Gashua town. He is a student of the Federal University Gashua, Umar Suleiman College Of Education Gashua.

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