Loy Okezie
Bode Pedro: Image via Facebook
The most influential youth event in Nigeria, The Future Awards has just unveiled the nominee list for the brightest and best in various categories over the last one year.
Interestingly, the list features some of the most influential people and companies in the Nigerian technology space. I’ve profiled 11 of the tech entrepreneurs and companies below (in no particular order).
- Nkemdili Uwaje, 25, MD of Future Software Resources Ltd, was nominated for Best Use of Technology
- Temi Kolawole, 25, CEO of Antigravity Inc., was nominated for Best Use of Technology
- Mubarak Mohammed Abdulahi, 27, inventor of the home-made helicopter, was nominated for Best Use of Technology
- Saheed Adepoju, 25, innovator of Nigeria’s first tablet PC, Encipher Inye, was nominated for Best Use of Technology
- Mayowa Owolabi, 27, owner of DuduMobile and DuduPay, was nominated for Best Use of Technology
- Tim Akinbo, 29, CEO of TimbaObjects, was nominated for Best Use of Technology
- Makinde Adeagbo, 25, a Facebook software engineer, was nominated for Young Person of The Year
- Debo Olaosebikan, 25, currently completing a PhD in Physics at Cornell University where he is working on the world’s first silicon laser with Dr. Michal Lipson, one of the world’s leading Nanophotonics pioneers, groundbreaking research that will introduce the world to an era of much more faster computer processes, was nominated for Young Person of The Year
- Bode Pedro, 27, (Veda Technology) was nominated for Business Owner of The Year
- ConnectNigeria.com, an information search portal, was nominated for Team of The Year (Disclosure: I work for ConnectNigeria.com)
- Jobberman.com, a job search engine, was nominated for Team of The Year
View the full list of nominees for the Future Awards 2011 here.
Related Posts via Categories
- Guess Who’s Coming To TEDxVictoriaIsland?
- Why I can’t win the Nigeria Youth Merit Award for ICT
- Speaking at a Consumer Engagement Workshop in Lagos
- Nominated For ‘Best Technology Blog’ At Nigerian Blog Awards 2011. [VOTE NOW]
- 2nd MobileMonday (MoMo) Meetup Holds Today
- 25 Ideas Pitched At Garage48 Lagos
- 9 Startups To Demo At “Tech Open Day With Sarah Lacy” Event
- The World’s First Social Media ‘Royal Wedding’
- Sanusi Listed in TIME’s 100 Most Influential People
- World Famous Hacking Event, Garage48 Comes to Nigeria
If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it!
2 Responses to 11 Nigerian Tech Entrepreneurs Nominated for Future Awards 2011
Leave a Reply
CONNECT
TechLoy- South Africa’s Silvertree Capital Invests Into Two Nigerian E-Commerce Companies
- Etisalat-Hosted Digital Marketing Conference Brings Local And International Marketing Experts Together
- After Raising Close To $70 Million, E-Commerce Company, JUMIA Builds A 90,000 sqft Warehouse in Lagos
- Can You Type As Fast As Eku Edewor On The Blackberry Q10? [VIDEO]
- Move Over Konga! The Most Liked E-Commerce Site On Facebook Is…Jumia!
- GigaOM
- In new startup, Javier Soltero aims to sell enterprise software with end users in mind
- For some in Arab nations, Facebook is the only news source that matters
- Feedly hits 12 million users, launches web version and quits relying on Google’s backend
- Rockmelt brings its social news app to Android
- The Samsung Mega becomes the first officially certified 802.11ac Wi-Fi device
- TechCrunch
- Microsoft Heeds Gamer Feedback, Dumps Xbox One DRM Restrictions
- Twitter Acquires Local Discovery Startup Spindle, Will End Spindle Service
- Stratasys Acquiring MakerBot In $403M Deal, Combined Company Will Likely Dominate 3D Printing Industry
- Microsoft Was Close To A Nokia Acquisition Before Talks Broke Down Recently, WSJ Reports
- Google's Dart SDK and Editor Hit Beta With Improved Performance, Smarter Code Completion And More
- TheNextWeb
- Apple’s iMessage tops list of New Zealand Telecom’s most-used messaging services last month
- Twitter nabs local discovery engine Spindle, shutters service and moves team to San Francisco
- Red Hat reports solid Q1 2014 revenue of $363 million on growing subscription business
- 3D printing company MakerBot acquired by Stratasys for $403M in stock after selling 22k 3D printers
- Microsoft reverses course on Internet connection and used game policies of Xbox One
- VentureBeat
- Facebook explodes PTAT, gives page owners more data — and gives marketers clues about news feed visibility
- Zynga pushes for real-money casino gaming with buy of Spooky Cool Labs
- Microsoft reportedly gives up on buying Nokia’s phone biz — a wise decision
- TripAdvisor buys app to cut back your airport-induced stress
- Twitter acquires what’s-happening-now-here startup Spindle
Did you know that Debo is also a musician, has been working under the name Levelz with Obilo Nwokogba and other artist…. creating good NIgerian music:
http://blog.levelzdey.com/
you can also find some of his earlier songs if you rummage through obilo's site: http://obilo.com/
debo is a smart and talented dude
it seems all shortlisted individuals in the nigerian tech space always seem to be the same set of names all the time..
i take a look at this list, do a quick lookup on what they are doing and i DONT think this represents the cream on nigerian technical innovation in nigeria..
I think we need to look more at other areas apart from web..eg BI…My 50 cents..