Category : Prizes & Awards

The Global Good Awards recognises those campaigning for sustainable change by recognising and promoting exceptional work by individuals, NGOs and businesses on social and environmental...

Ten finalists, 50% female and from 7 African countries, will make their pitch at the grand finale pitch in November. The 2021 Africa’s Business Heroes...

In acknowledgment of his stellar leadership in the market expansion of Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest bank and navigating the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the...

The University of Ibadan’s contingent at the 2020 edition of Huawei ICT Global Challenge has emerged as one of the Global Champions in the National...

Media mogul, filmmaker and entrepreneur, Mo Abudu, has been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, (Oscars), as one of 29...

The Pan-African banking group, the Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), is the African Banker’s 2021 African SME Bank of the Year. Ecobank beat a host of other...

Three students of the Ahmadu Bello University have won the global grand prize in the cloud and artificial intelligence of the Huawei ICT competition 2019-2020....

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has received the highest civilian honour in Cam­eroon – the Commander of the National Order of Valour...

For the second consecutive year, Zenith Bank Plc has been named as the Best Corporate Governance ‘Financial Services’ Africa 2021 by the Ethical Boardroom. The...

Nigerian poet, playwright & educator, Othuke Umukoro, has emerged winner of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021, a major prize aimed at the development,...

From fleeing persecution to starting a new life in the U.S., young Tani Adewumi’s immigrant journey was mired with adversity, mirroring the refugee experience of...

Some Nigerians like Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Funke Akindele-Bello, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and many others were featured on the Forbes ‘100 Innovations, Inventions...

A young Nigerian man, Demilade Kosemani, has been honoured by the Canadian Embassy in Nigeria for his selfless service. A worker at the mission house,...

Nigerian music stars, Burna Boy and Wizkid, on Sunday night, won their first-ever Grammy Awards. Burna Boy bagged the much-coveted Grammy award in the ‘Best Global...

The Lagos State Government has unveiled Ilera Eko, to market health insurance to residents in the state. According to the Lagos State Health Insurance Agency...

A Nigerian, Patrick Ocheja and his team have won the Japan Hackathon. Ocheja shared this announcement on February 8, a day after the hackathon ended....