Russell Oasah & Charles Umeh Emerge Winners At The 2018 Youth Connekt Africa Summit

Russell Oasah and Charles Umeh have emerged among the best innovators at the 2018 Youth Connekt Africa Summit in Kigali winning the Digital Inclusion Award with a $10,000 reward.

The Nigerians received 50% ($10,000) of the 4 winners of this year’s innovation projects, out of 18 competitive final projects submitted at the summit.

The competitors came from Rwanda, Kenya, Mozambique, Angola and Nigeria.

The summit was held under the theme; “Connekting Youth for Continental Transformation”.

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Naomi Uwem Emerge 2017/2018 Nigerian Law School Best Graduating Student

Naomi Uwem, a graduate of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) graduates as the 2017/2018 best student from the Nigerian Law School (NLS) winning thirteen (13) awards for her achievement at the prestigious school.

She graduated as the best out of the 161 students who bagged First Class degrees; and received 13 awards during her Call to Bar ceremony.

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Times Higher Education Ranks Covenant University As Nigeria’s Top Engineering Study Destination [2018]

The Times Higher Education ranking institution, which accesses universities on 13 carefully selected and calibrated indicators under 5 pillars; Teaching (30%), Research (30%), Citation (30%), Industry Income (2.5%), Internationalisation (7.5%) has now ranked Covenant University (CU) as the first Nigerian university to ever feature in the top 1000 engineering and technology ranking.

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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina Named 2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate

The Sunhak Peace Prize Committee has announced the selection of Dr. Akinwumi Adesina and Waris Dirie as its 2019 laureates at the Cape Town International Convention Center.

53-year-old Waris Dirie is a world-class supermodel and anti-FGM activist while Dr. Akinwumi Adesina currently serves as the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The Sunhak Peace Prize honours individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to the peace and the welfare of the future generations.

The Sunhak Peace Prize includes a cash prize totaling $1 million.

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Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto Wins New Hampshire Institute Of Art 2018 Writing Award

Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto, has won the New Hampshire Institute of Art 2018 Writing Award: Narratives in Prose, Poetry.

As the winner, Mr. Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto wins a $100 prize money and and $5,000 worth of scholarship to study MFA in New Hampshire.

The NHIA writing programme is centred on the idea of deeply examining stories that effectively communicate an idea in any genre.

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Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto Wins 2018 Castillo di Duino Poesia Prize

Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto has been declared the overall first winner in the 2018 Castillo di Duino Poesia Prize, Italy with a reward of €500.

He became the 14th edition winner in the competition with his poem titled “My Home: May a Dawn bring a new Smile upon it” that involved 16 contestants from different parts of the world.

He graduated from the department of English language, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.

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CashMadam Wins 2018 TEF Pitching Competition

CashMadam wins the 2018 Tony Elumelu Foundation, TEF Pitching Competition during the TEF Entrepreneurship Forum 2018, which took place at the Balmoral Event Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos.

Five TEF entrepreneurs took part in a pitching competition anchored by BBC News Correspondent, Mayeni Jones.

The entrepreneurs were Vital Sounovou of Exportunity (Benin Republic), Sandra Onwuekwu of Ecoprune (Nigeria), Jessica Rakotoarisa of Nomad Solar Bag (Madagascar), Mohamed Dhaouafi of Cure Medicare (Tunisia) and Mahassin Quadri of CashMadam (Nigeria).

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