October 24, 2021
The Professor Ayodele Awojobi Design Competition was established in 2017 by the University of Lagos Engineering Society (ULES) to promote, encourage and celebrate ingenuity, creativity, and indigenous solutions by undergraduates to problems plaguing Nigeria.
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With technology and innovation at the forefront of effective adaptation to the new normal, PAADC in it’s fifth edition seeks to foster sustainable solutions with technology and innovation as the leverage, break barriers hindering innovation, and reward solutions to problems solved using technology.
The top 5 teams, who make it to the grand finale, will undergo a training program with an Incubation Hub. During the incubation, the teams would have access to consulting services, world-class training by renowned experts, and a vast range of technical, business and entrepreneurial skills.
The top three teams would be awarded cash prizes and 30 percent of the cash prize would be paid immediately after the competition. The remaining 70 percent would be invested as a seed fund for the incubation which will span for one(1) year. This is to encourage commitment to respective projects.
A grand total of N2.5million will be distributed among the top three winners as follows:
FIRST PLACE – N1,000,000
SECOND PLACE – N800,000
THIRD PLACE – N700,000
Source: Information Packet
www.paadc.com
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See also
https://titiomoettu.com.ng/blog/rise-rise-of-innovation-competition-in-remembrance-of-prof-ayodele-awojobi/
Late Prof Ayodele Awojobi (12 March 1937 – 23 September 1984) was one soul that was passionate about engineering, development, innovation, and youth.
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