{"id":53709,"date":"2021-11-08T14:27:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T13:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=53709"},"modified":"2021-11-08T14:27:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T13:27:10","slug":"ncc-awards-n20m-grant-to-four-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ncc-awards-n20m-grant-to-four-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Awards N20m Grant To Four Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"masthead\" class=\"site-header\">\n<div class=\"site-header-main\">\n<div class=\"site-header-main-inner\">\n<div class=\"site-header-navigation\">\n<nav id=\"site-navigation\" class=\"main-navigation\">\n<div class=\"menu-primary-container\">\n<div class=\"menu-main-menu-container\">\n<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission has awarded N20 million grant to four Nigerian tech startups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<section class=\"section-fullwidth section-main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"column column-content\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1095392\" class=\"entry entry-single entry-article post-1095392 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-ncc\" data-lazy-function=\"article\" data-post-title=\"NCC awards N20m grant to four startups\" data-post-id=\"1095392\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/ncc-awards-n20m-grant-to-four-startups\/\" data-article-num=\"1\">\n<div class=\"entry-main\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This is in furtherance of its commitment to encourage the development of new indigenous technologies and contents that are oriented in cutting-edge research to stimulate sustainable economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>The beneficiaries of the grant included Clearflow System Hub, Aelaus Engineering Teams\/Hyech Electronics Solutions, Kalibotics, and CyberNorth Tech.<\/p>\n<p>They received N5 million each after emerging winners of Virtual NCC Internet of Things (IoT) Code Camp and Hackathon 2021 due to their innovative technology solutions aimed at making life better for Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed in a statement titled, \u2018Local Content: NCC Awards N20m Grant to Four Startups,\u2019 signed by the Director Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, \u201cWhile the first two startups, Clearflow System Hub; and Aelaus Engineering Teams\/Hyech Electronics Solutions, emerged winners on IoT category on kidnapping and banditry, Kalibotics and CyberNorth Tech, emerged winners on assistive robotics for effective e-waste management solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe grant was for the novel digital solutions of four startups, aimed at finding innovative digital solutions in addressing the challenges of insecurity and to stem the growth in national e-waste rates while advancing the frontier of Internet of Things (IoT) in Nigeria.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking at the prize-giving ceremony held at the Commission\u2019s headquarters, in Abuja recently, Director, New Media and Information Security, NCC, Dr. Haru Alhassan, who delivered a speech at the event, on behalf of the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said the Commission, as a frontline driver of innovation in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, organized the second edition of the NCC Hackathon with a view to driving the creation of problem-solving tech innovations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDanbatta said that the initiative was in line with the objectives of the Nigerian Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP) 2020, NCC\u2019s Strategic Vision Plan (SVP) 2021-2025, Executive Order 5 of 2017, and Section 1 (f) of the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA), 2003 which focuses on promotion of Nigerian content in contracts, science, engineering and technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EVC added that the occasion also symbolises the NCC\u2019s commitment to deliver objectives of pillars 4, 7 and 8 of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) 2020-2030, and the aspirations of the Commission\u2019s SVP 2021-2025 in promoting innovative services and maintaining effective partnership and collaborations with relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier, the Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Ubale Maska, who was represented by Head, Research and Development, Kelechi Nwankwo, noted that the event demonstrated the critical role that the telecommunications sector plays in addressing Nigeria\u2019s social and environmental problems with innovative solutions. He reiterated the Commission\u2019s commitment towards continuously supporting innovations for nation building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderscoring the determination of the Commission towards harnessing the potentials of Nigerian youth in addressing emerging challenges through ICT, Maska said the event boldly demonstrates Commission\u2019s resolve to champion the efforts of government to leverage telecommunications-based solutions to address societal issues that need urgent attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepresentatives of agencies in the security governance sector, telecommunications operators, National Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that attended the event lauded the NCC for the meaningful initiative.\u201d PUNCH<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission has awarded N20 million grant to four Nigerian tech startups.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[648],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-53709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-business","category-news","tag-ncc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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