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NASENI SEPTEMBER 2026 IN RETROSPECT!
September was a month of innovation, impact, and remarkable milestones as the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (@NASENIHQ ) advanced Nigeria’s industrial transformation through cutting-edge technologies, strategic partnerships, and groundbreaking initiatives. From metal 3D printing and solar-powered irrigation to innovation grants worth ₦162.5 million, the Agency continued to turn research into practical solutions for national development.
Empowering People, Transforming Communities! Through its Sustainable Empowerment Programme and skill acquisition initiatives, NASENI trained and empowered youths, women, and communities across Kano, Anambra, Benue, and Oyo States in electrical installation, tailoring, clean energy, and other practical skills. The Agency also celebrated three years of strategic repositioning under its EVC/CEO, Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu (@KSHalilu ), earned national recognition as the 2026 Best Federal MDA in Digital Transformation, and celebrated three senior engineers elevated to Fellows of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
From strengthening institutional learning and fostering strategic collaborations to showcasing Nigeria’s homegrown innovations at the 81st United Nations General Assembly, NASENI continued to position Nigerian ingenuity for greater industrial and global impact. Stay connected as we spotlight more innovations, partnerships, and milestones shaping Nigeria’s future through science, technology, and engineering!
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How NASENI’s N435.5m Investment In Nigerian Innovations Is Strengthening Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda
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Watch and Celebrate NASENI empowering young innovators creating homegrown solutions to everyday Nigeria’s socio-economic challenges. NASENI is supporting their ingenuities with ₦435.5M in grants to winners of its maiden InnovateNaija, Future Makers and Intra-Inter Agencies Innovation competitions.
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@NASENIHQ Clean Fuel Innovation from SEDI Enugu! Scientific Equipment Development Institute (SEDI), Enugu, a division of NASENI, has developed a high-efficiency briquette-making system that converts agricultural waste into clean fuel.
@NASENIHQ Taking NSEP to communities across Nigeria! NASENI's mandate is to ensure science, engineering & technology translate into practical benefits.
NASENI Awards N435.5m to Winners of InnovateNaija, Future Makers & Intra-Inter Agency Innovation Competitions
…As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (@officialABAT ) Reaffirms FG’s commitment to Support Innovation
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (@NASENIHQ ) has awarded N435.5 million in grants to innovators across Nigeria under its maiden innovation competitions.
The grants were presented to winners of the #InnovateNaija, #FutureMakers, Intra-Agency and Inter-Agency competitions at an award ceremony held on Wednesday, 7th October, 2026, at the State House Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The national winner of the Innovate Naija competition received N100 million, while the first and second runners-up received N30 million and N20 million, respectively while the 37 state champions including Abuja got N2.5 million each.
Similarly, the top six winners of the NASENI Intra-Agency and Inter-Agency competitions received a combined N162 million. Of this amount, N140 million went to the three winners of the Inter-Agency competition, while N22.5 million was shared among the three winners of the Intra-Agency competition.
The top six finalists in the Future Makers competition received a combined N23 million in prize money, with the overall winner receiving a N5 million grant prize.
Presenting the awards, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, represented by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh (@KingsleyUdehSAN ), reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to promoting innovation and developing home-grown technological solutions toward Nigeria’s industrialization.
Udeh described the NASENI innovation competition as a demonstration of the government’s support for Nigerian innovators and urged the beneficiaries to deploy the grants responsibly to improve their solutions and contribute to national development.
He said the Federal Government believed in the capacity of the innovators to contribute to Nigeria’s future, urging them to use the grants to refine their products, test their assumptions and build sustainable businesses. Earlier, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NASENI, Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu(@KSHalilu ), charged the award recipients to continue developing innovations that would address everyday challenges confronting Nigerians.
Halilu urged the innovators to protect their intellectual property, understand their finances, build strong teams and seek partnerships that would complement their capabilities. He also advised them to remain focused on the problems their innovations seek to solve, listen to their target users, test their products, learn from failures and continually improve their solutions.
Also speaking, the Director of Programmes, @AfriLabs , Nanko Madu, commended the Federal Government and NASENI for recognising innovation as a critical driver of national development and applauded the award recipients for developing solutions to some of the country’s pressing challenges, urging them to remain creative, resilient and entrepreneurial.
She said young Nigerians were increasingly developing solutions tailored to the country’s infrastructure, power challenges, climate and local operating conditions, while reducing dependence on imported technologies and foreign expertise.
The joint awards presentation marked the completion of the maiden edition of NASENI’s innovation competitions, organised to identify innovative ideas capable of being transformed into commercial ventures, creating jobs and contributing to Nigeria’s technological and industrial development.
The event was attended by other dignitaries including Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Ayodele Olawande (@ayowisdom_); Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe (@DrHadiza); Director-General, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Prof. Matthew Adepoju; and members of the NASENI management, among others.