PHOTOS: Queen Of England Honours Young Nigerian Internet Guru
Congratulations to Nasir Yammama (CEO Verdant Agri-Tech), for yet another recognition.The Katsina indigene was honoured as one of thi...
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Congratulations to Nasir Yammama (CEO
Verdant Agri-Tech), for yet another recognition.The Katsina indigene was
honoured as one of this year's Queen's Young Leaders - outstanding and
accomplished young leaders across the world.
HRH Prince Harry and celebrities
including Liam Payne Mo Farah and Caspar Lee got the opportunity to meet
some of the Award winners and chat with them about their projects
at One Show broadcast where they were honoured.
Things you need to know about Nadir Yammama:
He is a Creative Entrepreneur with a bright future.
Nasir Yammama is a Creative Technologist
and Entrepreneur. He is the founder of Verdant, an Agri-Tech value chain
company that offers innovative solutions to farmers and other
stakeholders for improved food production using novel technologies. He
is interested in technology, design, enterprise, renewable energies, and
agriculture.
He hails from Malumfashi, in Katsina
state. He attended Government Secondary School, Minna, Niger State, from
where he won many IT competitions across the globe. In his teens, he
won Digital Peers International’s ‘Digitest’, a youth competition aimed
at showcasing digital excellence among youth (Abuja, Singapore and
Dubai).
He also represented Nigeria and won first
place in interdisciplinary category in Mtnadao Afrika, an IT youth camp
and contest for all African nations in Cairo, Egypt. He completed his
Secondary education in Government Secondary School Minna ( now Fr
O'Connell College )in 2008.