President Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated Al’amin Muhammed Idris, chief executive of Interface Africa, on winning the NextGen Innovation Challenge.
Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the President on information and strategy, said Interface Africa, representing Kaduna, won a cash award of £1.5 million at the challenge’s grand finale, held on Thursday at the Hilton London Paddington.
The NextGen Innovation Challenge is a national initiative spearheaded by the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) in partnership with UKALD London.
Onanuga said the challenge, inspired by President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, “is designed to unlock Nigerian youths’ innovative potential.”
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President Tinubu commended Interface Africa for its effort in providing affordable solar financing to small businesses in Africa, noting that the cash award will support the company’s mission to increase access to clean energy in underserved communities.
The President believes that the innovative potential of Nigerian youths is boundless; hence, his administration’s deliberate policies and programmes to harness and catalyse this vital resource.
President Tinubu also commended the other 104 participants and encouraged them to keep innovating, improving lives, and shaping humanity’s future.
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