By Zeenat Sambo

TECHDIGEST – Young Arewa tech experts have called on northern stakeholders to empower the youth more in digital innovation and digitalise local content to facilitate digital marketing.

The Arewa youngsters spoke at the “30 Under 30 Arewa Stars,” award ceremony in Kano which celebrated the best brains from the North who are making impact and inspiring others.

The digital panel section themed “Convergence of technology for youth enterprise” highlighted the progress, promotion and sustainability of technological awareness in the north to facilitate digital inclusion and economic prosperity.

Speaking at the event, the Managing Director of Phoenix Renewable Energy, Mustapha Abubakar Gajibo said technology is built to solve problems.

“To solve all these problems, we came up with solar powered vehicles to reduce the cost of transportation due to high prices for petrol and global warming. I am proud to say that as an Arewa youth, we have been able to build electric vehicles to address societal challenges. Within a month, we have saved over one million naira in transportation fares, easing the transport mode of our locals.

“As an innovator, I will call on youths to harness the opportunities in tech and build a problem solving invention because problems are opportunities”.

A software engineer, Bello Sani, explained that technology is the future and there is a huge market for software developers, and the stakeholders and government should provide the youths with resources to practise, learn, and relearn.

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Sani noted that, “In technology, things move very quickly, so we must keep up and catch up. You cannot succeed if you do not stay on top of trends. It is therefore imperative for the federal government and stakeholders to exert unrelenting effort in the North as the level of interest among Arewa youths in technology innovations is encouraging.”

Similarly, Maryam Abbass Bichi, a digital marketer, spoke on digital marketing and the response of Arewa youth in small and medium businesses transformation to digital marketing.

She said she has trained more than 2000 people in digital marketing, which has improved their businesses.

She Said, “It is amazing how many people turned up. When I began I didn’t get much response, but when I began to translate my training into local content (Hausa), a lot of people began to participate. Thus, when I became aware that localising awareness would aid digital transformation, I integrated my training and made my own market strategy to help my people and help them take advantage of online trade.”

She further encouraged the youth to delve into digital solutions by localising trade to foster tech inclusion and encourage digital marketing.

The 30 superstars were selected from over 300 nominees by a team of judges led by Dr. Kabir Sufi and made up of scholars, senior journalists, business leaders, and tech icons assembled by the organisers.

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TECHDIGEST – Thirty youngsters  from northern Nigeria who are under the age of 30 have been honoured by Arewa Agenda a publication of Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR) – publishers of PRNigeria and other titles in a collaboration with Daily Nigeria for their outstanding success in various areas which include innovation, arts, technology, sports, entertainment, activism, humanitarian work, social media impact etc.

Tagged “30 Under 30 Arewa Stars,” the maiden award ceremony was held in Kano on Saturday to celebrate the best brains from the North who are making impacts and inspiring others.  

The 30 superstars were selected from over 300 nominees by a team of judges led by Dr. Kabir Sufi and made up of scholars, senior journalists, business leaders, and tech icons assembled by the organisers.  

Speaking at the colourful ceremony, the Chief Host and Managing Director of IMPR, Yushau A. Shuaib said that the essence of the event was to honour young, talented, and productive professionals and individuals who are making positive  impacts not only in the country and beyond.

“Arewa is occasionally underrated and underreported on many giant strides undertaking by young minds. This is, therefore, to recognize outstanding contributions and promote excellent performances by these roles models from this part of the world.

In his remarks, the PRNigeria’s Head of Investigation and chairman of the organising committee, Mohammed Dahiru Lawal, told the audience that the essence of the ceremony was not only to honour greatness and inspire Arewa youths but also to create a point of convergence for potential mentors and mentees of northern origin so that more young people can find their ways to the top.  

The event also witnessed a presentation by Aisha Bashir Tofa, the founder of Startup Kano, who spoke on Convergence of Technology for Youth Enterprise. 

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Aside honouring the best 30 under 30 Arewa youths with different awards, the event also witnessed musical and comedy interlude, motivational sessions and an interactive panel discussion that focused on how to elevate the thinking capacity and living standard of the the Arewa youth. 

Mustapha Abubakar Gajibo, Borno-born prodigy was honoured as Innovator of the year for blazing a trail in producing electric vehicles; Dr Khalid Sunusi Khani on Public Health category for championing the implementation of Tertiary Institution Social Health Insurance Program and hostiing Medical Outreaches in Rural Communities and Sagir Koki on Engineering for running a successful engineering firm in Nigeria as the founder of Forte GCC Innovative Solutions. 

Fintech: Abdulrazak Rogo on Fintech as an accomplished Creative Designer, Software Developer behind several startups; Bello Ahmed on Interior Decoration for his Deco Studio, one of the best interior companies in Kano State and Salim Yunusa for Social Activism through literature. 

Other winners included Usman Usman  on Arts and Printing, Ahmed Rufai Maiyaki on Legal Profession, Amina Umar on Event Management, Adnan Muktar Adam on Politics, Zainab Bala as media personality, and Dr Naima Idris as Social Media Influencer and Salahudeen Muhammed as Sports personality of the Year. 

Others  are Josiah Innoccent on Entertainment, Ibrahim Datti on Architecture, Lawan Mu’azu on Education, Yusuf Dauda Kargi on Entrepreneurship, Aishatu Alhaji Kabu on Humanitarian, Sulaiman Musa Daitu as Fashion Designer, Aminu Dauda Barau craftsman (Handcraft) and and Zuliahat Ibrahim (Zpreety) as actress of the Year.

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“Inaugural Arewa 30 Under 30 Superstars Emerge” https://arewaagenda.com/arewa-superstars-emerge/

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