Technology Advancement Award: Honoring Innovation Built for Real-World Impact

The Technology Advancement Award stands among the most distinguished recognitions at the National Technology Innovation Honors (NTIH), reserved for professionals whose groundbreaking systems and solutions have strengthened Nigeria’s digital foundation. This category honors individuals who are not just building technology, but advancing it, transforming cybersecurity, data integrity, and infrastructure reliability across industries that depend on digital trust.

As NTIH continues to cement its place as one of the nation’s most respected platforms for recognizing technological achievement, this category occupies a special space. It highlights practitioners whose technical depth and strategic clarity have contributed to measurable improvements in how systems perform, scale, and sustain themselves in complex environments.

Nominees are assessed through a detailed and transparent selection process. Evaluation criteria include:

• Demonstrated leadership in the development or application of advanced technology systems that drive operational efficiency and national competitiveness;
• Evidence of innovation that improves digital resilience and aligns with local or global standards;
• A strong record of system reliability, scalability, and sustainability;
• Documented contributions to capacity building and collaboration within Nigeria’s growing technology ecosystem.

The Technology Advancement Award is more than a mark of excellence—it represents trust, endurance, and the forward momentum of an industry that is continuously reshaping how Nigeria connects, protects, and progresses. Honorees in this category embody the principle that advancement is not only about invention, but about improving what already exists to serve more people, more securely, and more intelligently.

Past Winners are;

• Enyinaya Okafor (2024)
• Ibrahim Adedayo (2023)
• Aisha Suleiman (2022)
• Daniel Onyedika (2021)
• Funke Odum (2020)
• Uche Udo (2019)
• Richard Ayoola (2018)

Each recipient represents a generation of builders redefining how technology supports growth, from infrastructure and enterprise systems to governance and everyday life. To receive the Technology Advancement Award is to join an esteemed community of thinkers and engineers whose innovations continue to shape Nigeria’s evolving digital future.