The Akwa Ibom Tech Week Pitch Competition, sponsored by the Inoyo Toro Foundation, is currently ongoing at the Ibom E-library, IBB way Uyo, with 10 teams of young Technopreneurs, competing to cart away cash prizes ranging from NGN300, 000 to NGN 1,000, 000, naira.
The 72 young men and women from Akwa Ibom shortlisted for the pitch event were trained between October 4 and 5 to prepare them for today’s competition. At the end of today’s programme which started on September 13, 2021, these young Akwa Ibom innovators would commence a build and grow boot/camp, valued at N100 Million Naira, and be inducted into the Africa Fintech Community platform with access to markets, partners and investors.
The initiative is one of the many ways that the Inoyo Toro foundation is reaching out to develop Akwa Ibom youths as well as build their capacity to be self-reliant.