Etisalat Prize for Innovation Winners Emerge

The Etisalat Prize for innovation was held yesterday the 5th of November 2016. Adegoke Olubusi of OneMedical and Tobiloba Ajibola of Dresses by Aloli are the two winners who emerge from the top ten shortlisted finalist. The winners were announced at the Etisalat Prize for Innovation event held at Eko Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria.

Adegoke Olubusi

Adegoke Olubusi of One Medical won a cash prize of Five million naira (N5,000,000) as the most innovative product or service launched in the previous year. OneMedical is an advanced digital health records software designed specifically for Nigeria. It’s highly user-friendly, cloud-based and works on any device including a dedicated android app. Hospitals sign up for free and patients pay a small fee of N500 to create their file.

Tobilola Ajibola

Tobilola Ajibola of Dresses by Aloli went home with Two million naira (N2,000,000) for winning the most innovative idea for driving mobile broadband use in Nigeria (SME or Individual). Dresses by Aloli is a proudly Nigerian online clothing store that offers stylish, functional and very affordable Ready To Wear clothes and personalized couture services for that stylish and modern lady of ages 13 – 65, who desires to have well fitting and beautifully crafted garments adorn her curves.

A statement by, Matthew Willsher, CEO, Etisalat Nigeria said; 

“Innovation differentiates leaders from followers and is the core of growth. Nigeria and our industry are both institutions and entities that require growth, taking advantage of technology change with a lot of creative thinking and new ways of doing things to help us meet the needs of society. Innovation helps us run things more efficiently, meeting the education, health care, lifestyle and communications needs which makes life easier for people. The Etisalat Prize for Innovation is our initiative to reward innovation and we hope it will catalyze the innovation spirit in Africa"

We congratulate the winners, and we hope they will judiciously use the prizes to further drive innovation and technological trends.