Four Nigerian teachers are among top 10 winners of the 2017 Commonwealth Class Story Writing Competition for stories that address the theme “Belonging”.
Kaduna-based teacher Ngozi Razak-Soyebi’s story, There’s Always a First Time, depicting the struggles of an abandoned street child, came overall second among 130 entries across Commonwealth member states.
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The Margarette Golding Award (MGA) of the International Inner Wheel Clubs – which affirms the highest form of selfless service and personal sacrifice to humanity, has been bestowed on Lady Pharmacist Ifeoma Atuegwu, the initiator and founder of the not for profit organisation Bina Foundation.
The Bina Foundation focuses on people with special needs.
Connected Development (CODE) has emerged winner of the 9th annual $100,000 ONE Africa Award 2016.
The ONE Africa Award is granted to civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and other groups based in Africa, that have demonstrated commitment and success in advocacy to promote the attainment of one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Voguepay, a Nigerian secure online payments gateway company has been named the “Best Fintech Startup” at the 6th edition of the Cashless Africa Awards 2017 for its contributions to online payment in Nigeria and Africa in general.
The Awards honour organizations that have made significant contributions to the digital financial services sector and are poised to make considerable market impact in the future.
The Awards are dedicated to acknowledging creativity, commitment and excellence in the digital financial services across Africa.
The Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR) has rated the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), as the best public sector organisation in the country with a score above 90% to clinch the Platinum level award.
Ifetayo Ali-Landing, a 14-year-old cellist, recently won first place in the junior division at the prestigious Annual Sphinx Competition with her performance of Lalo’s Concerto in D Minor.
Her win includes a cash prize of $10,000, performances with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, participation with the Sphinx Soloist Program Partners, solo appearances with major orchestras, and a radio interview on “From the Top,” a nationally-broadcast music program.
The national Sphinx Competition provides young Black and Latino classical string instrument musicians the opportunity to compete under the guidance of an internationally-renowned panel of judges and perform with established professional musicians.
Voice IT, a Voice banking app, has won the 2017 Re: Code Nigeria Hackathon and a prize money of ₦1.5 million as well as access to Microsoft Azure and the IBM platform for a year.
The winning app allows banking customers to use voice commands to carry out banking operations such as checking one’s account balance, transferring funds, and purchasing airtime for one’s mobile phone are done using voice. In other words, you speak or talk and the App does all the work.
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