A 27 year-old Ghanaian social
entrepreneur, Lily Kudzro, has emerged top prize winner in the Airtel Nigeria
sponsored Prize in Education award at The Future Awards 2015, reports ITRealms.
Kudzro's emergence saw
the nominations of Cynthia Onwuchuruba from Nigeria and three others, namely
Josephine Marie Godwyll, Abena Agyemang and MacCathy Lomotey in the same
category.
A press statement from Airtel made available to ITRealms noted that the decision to throw its weight
behind the Future Awards 2015 and endow the Prize in Education was influenced
by corporate philosophy of enriching lives and promoting wealth creation
through support for education. It is also its way of encouraging African youths
towards academic greatness and contributing positively to society.
Responding after receiving
the Prize in Education award, Kudzro expressed appreciation to Airtel Nigeria
and the organisers of the award for recognizing the potentials in African
youths.
“I am excited about
winning the Future Awards Africa 2015 Prize in Education. And I say a big thank
you to Airtel Nigeria for endowing the education category. Africa needs more
corporate organisations to throw their weight behind such course and other
important issue. Africa needs you, Africa needs all of us” Kudzro said.
ITRealms recalls that Kudzro
owns Devio Arts Centre, a social enterprise initiative, where she uses creative
and digital art as a catalyst, to stimulate constructive learning and creative
thinking in Ghanaian children. The centre tackles creativity in communities and
helps to build creative life skills through programs that bring experts from
the working field, and makes use of technology to engage and train students on
current trends.
She believes that
children and young people can create and inspire their own future and can
become change- makers in their communities. Kudzro hopes to impact 100,000
African students within the next 5 years.
Airtel, through its CSR initiative tagged
Adopt-a-School programme, has consistently supported several primary schools in
Nigeria.
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