The National Entrepreneurship Honors (NEH) remains an innovative stage for recognizing visionaries who are shaping Nigeria’s economic and technological future. One of its most esteemed recognitions, the Outstanding Achievement in Tech Entrepreneurship Award, is given to a single individual whose work has not only pioneered new solutions but also generated wide-reaching change across sectors and communities.
With a meticulous selection process guided by industry experts and national stakeholders, the NEH ensures that only the most influential and impactful innovators receive this title. Each recipient embodies daring originality, profound leadership, and the technical mastery to introduce solutions that revolutionize the status quo and ignite progress.
Across the years, the Outstanding Achievement in Tech Entrepreneurship Award has recognized a small circle of elite changemakers whose work transcends trends and creates lasting impact. From artificial intelligence and data science to healthtech and blockchain, recipients have continually demonstrated an unmatched ability to blend imagination with execution.
This honor symbolizes more than just inventiveness; it is an acknowledgment of forward-thinkers who take bold leaps into uncharted territory, building tools and systems that respond directly to the evolving challenges of modern society. Whether through smart healthcare, intelligent financial systems, or scalable digital infrastructure, awardees are those who translate vision into national advancement.
Some past award recipients include:
- Adedotun Adedapo (2024)
- Toluwa Bankole-Saidu (2023)
- Ifeanyi Obasi-Ekanem (2022)
- Zainab Garba-Okojie (2021)
- Adekunle Oyetoro (2020)
- Nneka Bello-Okonkwo (2019)
- Usman Danladi-Mfon (2018)
Each year, the NEH reaffirms its dedication to integrity, excellence, and exclusivity. With just one awardee per category annually, the program holds its place as one of the most coveted recognitions in Nigeria’s innovation system reserved for the truly exceptional.
As the new season of nominations unfolds, the focus shifts once again to those daring creators whose technologies are not just solving problems, but actively scripting a more inclusive and intelligent future for the continent. The award is more than recognition; it is a permanent record of those who are building the future one solution at a time.
