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Mr. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr aka "CFA," has been honoured
alongside 99 other young Nigerians for making wave in the nation’s technology
space by YNaija.com, reports ITRealms.
This came as part of the official
events of the Social Media Week 2015, which ended recently in Lagos, where Ynaija honoured 100 most innovative
persons in the Nigerian technology space.
The awardees, ITRealms reports included Nkemdilim
Begho, CEO, Future Software; Yomi Adegboye, Founder, MobilityArena.com;
Damilola Solesi, CEO, SMID Animations; Bayo Puddicombe, Co-Founder, Pledge 51
and 95 others, mostly young innovators who in their various capacities are
working hard to uplift the tech industry, thus, contributing their own quota to
the National and Economic development of the country.
Most of this year's honourees expressed joy that their modest efforts in the fledging tech ecosystem is being noticed and it serves as a motivation to innovate some more. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. who was a recipient of this year's award thanked the organisers for making this an annual event and urged them to work harder towards searching out more tech innovators from unusual places.
The event, tagged the #YTech100, is an annual cocktail and networking event hosted by YNaija.com and this year's event was held at Terra Kulture. In the past, honorees have been selected from industry leaders at iROKO and Konga, as well as from the emerging visionaries at SPARK and the Co-Creation Hub, among others.
This is indeed a welcome development as this would serve as an impetus for more innovations springing up from Nigeria’s technology eco-system.
Most of this year's honourees expressed joy that their modest efforts in the fledging tech ecosystem is being noticed and it serves as a motivation to innovate some more. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. who was a recipient of this year's award thanked the organisers for making this an annual event and urged them to work harder towards searching out more tech innovators from unusual places.
The event, tagged the #YTech100, is an annual cocktail and networking event hosted by YNaija.com and this year's event was held at Terra Kulture. In the past, honorees have been selected from industry leaders at iROKO and Konga, as well as from the emerging visionaries at SPARK and the Co-Creation Hub, among others.
This is indeed a welcome development as this would serve as an impetus for more innovations springing up from Nigeria’s technology eco-system.
+Remmy Nweke (ITRealms) +Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. CFA +YNaija +MobileArena +Emeka Okoye
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L-R Emeka Okoye, CEO, Vikantt Limited; Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. "CFA," Founder, TECHwithCFA.com; Oreoluwa Somolu, Executive Director, The Women's Technology Empowerment Centre and Yomi Adegboye, Founder, MobilityArena.com at the Social Media Week 2015 held in Lagos.
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