Tech Industry Leadership Award: NTIH’s Premier Recognition of Technological Impact and Visionary Leadership

November 27, 2024

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Among the highest distinctions presented at the National Technology Innovation Honors (NTIH), the Tech Industry Leadership Award continues to spotlight bold pioneers redefining Nigeria’s technology trajectory. It celebrates professionals who have not only embraced innovation but have led the charge in deploying transformative systems that shape public and private sector evolution.

NTIH has become a benchmark for excellence in the technology sector, and this category in particular honors those whose ideas move beyond prototypes and into the realm of impactful execution. These are leaders driving holistic digitization through architecture, strategy, and cross-sector coordination, while delivering meaningful progress in national development.

To earn consideration for this honor, nominees must demonstrate:

  • Visionary leadership in tech transformation and change management
  • Documented achievements in designing or executing large-scale tech systems
  • Effective deployment of emerging technologies to enhance efficiency, transparency, or access
  • Measurable influence on public value creation, tech literacy, and institutional modernization

Year after year, this award has been conferred on individuals whose contributions serve as blueprints for innovation under real-world constraints. Past recipients of distinction in other NTIH categories include:

  • Ogbeide Uwagboe (2024)
  • Aminat Bello (2023)
  • Francis Nwachukwu (2022)
  • Olumide Taiwo (2021)
  • Hadiza Umar (2020)
  • Benjamin Ekene (2019)
  • Oluchi Nnadi (2018)

These honorees represent the diversity and depth of Nigeria’s tech transformation landscape. From fintech infrastructure to civic technology, each has translated complex systems into usable tools that expand opportunity and resilience nationwide.

Winning the Tech Industry Leadership Award title is more than symbolic, it affirms an individual’s role in reshaping Nigeria’s future. Awardees often go on to lead advisory councils, regional technology programs, and collaborative ventures that influence policy and investment priorities.

As Nigeria continues building a robust and inclusive technology economy, this category will remain essential to the NTIH’s mission: identifying the architects of sustainable innovation and celebrating their role in moving the country forward, one system, one solution, one bold decision at a time.

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