The co-founders of Access Tech, Opeolu Stephen Akinola and Emmanuella Akinola have emerged winners of the $1,500 seed funding of the maiden edition of the Nexford University Business Case competition.
The top three finalists are Precious Aleaji of Stylebitt, Serah Kassim of Serah Kassim Clothing, and Opeolu Akinola. Akinola is a visually impaired ICT consultant, musician and public speaker. He and his partner won after presenting a pitch on helping people with disability to have access to technology.
She emphasised: “This is for them to showcase what they are interested in and how they have used the skills and the knowledge they have learned in the Nexford programme to put it into practice so that we can see what they are doing and understand how they are going to affect the world from their communities.”