Recognition

Awards & press

The story is told by others. Award judges and national editors have followed the same thread: technology that widens access, builds real skills, and reaches young people where opportunity is thinnest. These features and shortlists sit alongside the work on Impact and Speaking.

AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards

Tech4Good Awards 2026 Finalist · Young Pioneer Category

2026 · Independent judging · People's Award shortlist

Among projects shaping how technology serves communities, this initiative reached the Tech4Good Awards 2026 shortlist in the Young Pioneer category. AbilityNet celebrates tech that creates measurable social good through digital inclusion, education, and local innovation. After independent judging, the work advanced to public voting for the People's Award, one of the UK's most visible honours for purpose-driven technology.

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THISDAY

Scaling Digital Skills Development: Emmanuel Umo Leads Multi-Level Technology Training for Young People in 2024

3 July 2024 · Featured

THISDAY traced how a training vision grew into a multi-tier programme for secondary students, undergraduates, and NYSC members. The piece centres curriculum design across product thinking, UX, AI literacy, cybersecurity, and career pathways: sustained capacity building, not a one-off workshop.

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The Guardian Nigeria

Initiative introduces digital skills to children in underserved Nigerian communities

Education · Programme launched 2023

The Guardian Nigeria spotlighted grassroots digital education for children aged 6 to 14 in underserved communities. For many participants, it was a first encounter with computers. The feature captures patient, age-appropriate facilitation and a clear ambition: narrow the digital divide at the earliest years of learning.

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