Ndani TV as well as YNaija are set to host this year’s #YTech100 which will hold as part of the official events for the Social Media Week Lagos 2015.
Additionally, Nigeria’s best 100 innovators in technology will be honored at the event with the theme “What’s Africa’s Next Wave?”.
This year’s event will focus on the future of Africa’s technology industry and is billed to hold on the 27th of February, 2015 at Terra Kulture.
Obi Asika, Chairman of Social Media Week Lagos commended last year’s edition of the event; “the event played a central role in bringing together and celebrating the giants and players that power social media and that is why the event had to be brought back this year”.
Isime Esene, Editor of YNaija, also spoke on the importance of the event; “the outstanding contributions of these individuals to Nigeria’s technology industry has made it imperative for us to give them the recognition they deserve”.
The #YTech100 is hosted by Y!/YNaija.com and presented by Ndani TV’s digits is an annual cocktail and networking event honoring the brightest and best in Nigeria’s technology eco-system.
Past honorees include Jason Njoku of iROKOtv and Sim Shagaya of Konga, to emerging visionaries like Opeyemi Awoyemi of Jobberman and Bosun Tijani of Co-Creation Hub, among others.
The honorees at this year’s event will feature tech innovators from Education, E-Commerce, Enterprise, amongst other areas. They were chosen after careful considerations by the brilliant team at Y!/YNaija.com.