Winners emerge in British Council’s Innovation 360 contest

BY DAYO ADESULU

Winners have finally emerged in the second edition of the British Council’s Innovation 3600 Competition.

Innovation 3600 is a competition designed in partnership with UK Institutions to discover innovative minds across Nigeria; people who have the kind of ideas that will help solve challenging problems and move the country the next step up. It is a test of innovation and creativity.

This year’s competition was delivered in partnership with four (4) UK Institutions including: Kingston University, University of Northampton, University of Westminster and Coventry University. Virgin Atlantic is the official carrier for the competition offering return tickets to each of the winners.

The Competition, a 6 weeks pan-Nigeria competition started on Monday 08 November with the final entries coming in by 20 December 2010. The short listed candidates then went on to the grand finale, a Board Interview held in Lagos. The Board was made up of high profile UK Alumni who have returned after their UK study and made visible impact in their various fields here in Nigeria. At the end of this full day process, the Board selected the final winners for the competition.

The winners for this year’s competition in no particular order are:

Achi Chioma Rita, Asuzu Echezonachukwu Prince, Eneh Jacob Uzorchukwu and Nwosu Chidi Ikenna Chima

Each winner takes home a full postgraduate scholarship worth over 3.5million naira to study in any of the prestigious UK Institutions mentioned above and return tickets to get them there and back.