The international multiple-award winning editor-in-chief
of ITRealms
online, , Mr. Remmy Nweke has been proclaimed the Best Online Media Personality
of the Year 2017 by the Centre for Cyber Awareness and Development (CeCAD) with
endorsement from the Federal Ministry of Communications, reports ITRealms.
The honour which was bestowed
on him at the 2017 Nigeria Mobile Economy Summit Awards (NIMES 2017) was held Thursday
at the Oriental Hotels, Victoria Island in Lagos.
According to the Director,
Special Project, CeCAD, Mr. Hilary Damissah, the award was in recognition of
Mr. Nweke’s efforts in keeping the nation’s Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) sector abreast of issues as it happens and updated in the global
sphere, via ITRealms Online where he is leading the team of editorial staff as
the Editor-in-chief.
ITRealms Online is a
member of DigitalSENSE African Media group, which also publishes NaijaAgroNet, DigitalSENSE
Business News; founded since 2004 and has distinguished
itself with multiple awards internationally.
These include ITRealms Online emerging the first runner-up at the inaugural Telkom-Highway Africa New Media awards for the deployment of new media technologies in dissemination of information on the continent in 2010; and in 2011, ITRealms won the first-ever joint prize by Free and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) and Deutsche Welle (DW) prize under FOSSWAY project as part of the fourth Idlelo conference in Accra-Ghana, among others. Nweke also was honoured with the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) Presidential awards 2016.
These include ITRealms Online emerging the first runner-up at the inaugural Telkom-Highway Africa New Media awards for the deployment of new media technologies in dissemination of information on the continent in 2010; and in 2011, ITRealms won the first-ever joint prize by Free and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) and Deutsche Welle (DW) prize under FOSSWAY project as part of the fourth Idlelo conference in Accra-Ghana, among others. Nweke also was honoured with the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) Presidential awards 2016.
Presenting the award to
Remmy Nweke [ITRealms], the Chairman, Digital Africa Group, and former
Executive Director, Operations at Unity Bank plc, Dr. Evans Woherem, commended
him for standing out among equals, especially as new media gradually takes its
place in the Nigeria mediasphere and through ITRealms and other platforms that
form part of DigitalSENSE Africa Media group.
Also recognized at the event
include the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as ICT Personality of the Year and Medallion
Communications as Broadband company of the year, as well as Olabisi Olaleye of
The Sun, Adeyemi Adepokun of The Guardian newspapers, Chioma Ezike of Federal
Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) respectively and National Information
Technology Development Agency (NITDA), among others.
Reacting, Nweke, who also is
the author of ‘A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria’ dedicated the award to God
and the entire management and staff of DigitalSENSE Africa Media group for
their support, just as he prayed for strength to contribute to the ICT industry.
Nonye Dom/GEE
Pix: Remmy Nweke, editor-in-chief, ITRealms Online, (a member publication of DigitalSENSE African Media Ltd) receiving the Best Online Media Personality of the Year 2017 by the Centre for Cyber Awareness and Development (CeCAD) with endorsement from the Federal Ministry of Communications, for outstanding reportage of information and Communication Technology Sector in Nigeria. The award was presented by Dr Evans Woherem of Digital Africa Group during the 2017 Nigeria Mobile Economy Summit (NIMES) Award.
Pix 2; NIMES 2017 – Dr Bayero Agabi, president of CeCAD, Chioma Ezike of Radio Nigeria, Adeyemi Adepokun of The Guardian, Remmy Nweke of ITRealms Online and Dr Evans Woherem of Digital Africa Group during the the 2017 Nigeria Mobile Economy Summit (NIMES) Award.
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