Five Nigerian Versities qualify for 1 Million dollar Hult prize semi final

Ten teams from five Nigerian Universities have made it to the semi final stage of the Hult prize competition. The competition which is organized in conjunction with the Clinton Global Initiative and the Hult International business school started in 2016.

Themed Reawakening human potential: The Refugee Opportunity. Hult prize aims to build sustainable, scalable social enterprises that restore the rights and dignity of 10 million refugees by year 2022. The semi finalists Nigeria are University of Ibadan, University of Ilorin, Lagos state University, Covenant University, and Federal University of technology Akure.

The teams will represent Nigeria in Boston, London, Dubai and Shanghai where the winners of the regional will be picked by expert judges.

The LASU team led by Ayeyemi and the UI team led by Abdulmojeed Amolegbe will be competition in the Boston region against 68 other teams from other selected universities. The CU team led by Deborah Elabor and the second UI team led by Iyanu Ajao will compete in Shanghai against 42 teams. The FUTA team led by Williams Bright Asima and UNILORIN team led by Amarachi Thaddy Oparaocha will compete in Dubai against 60 teams.

The second CU team led by Olekan Olowo , LASU team led by Rasaq Abiola, UNILORIN second team led by Daniel Odekunle will compete in the London region against 66 teams as well as the third CU team led by Timothy Mutfwang.

Winners at this stage will compete at the finals in New York in September, where a grand prize of one million dollar will be handed over to the winning team.