A ridesharing mobile app that enables users to request taxi and bus rides tagged, Nairaxi, has emerged overall winner at the young innovators’ competition organized by the Nigerian Communications Commission, which was held at the Digital Bridge Institute, Oshodi, Lagos recently.
The company, which took the coveted prize with value of N2 Million, made up of Kingsley Eze, Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer and Elizabeth Omale, Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer, presented an app, which will enhance rideshare and safe delivery of packages to an audience made up of top officials of the Commission, led by the Director of Research and Development, Mr. Ismaila Adedigba who represented the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta.
Floews, which was established by Bashir Abubakar as Founder and Chief Executive Officer, came second with a prize of N1.5 million, while Thronix Lab, comprising three young tech-savvy Nigerians, clinched the 3rd position with a prize of N1 million,. All the contestants were judged on the criteria of originality, innovativeness, simplicity of usage and commercialization potential of their IT products, among others
