A Nigerian man identified as Adebayo Alone has made the country proud by winning the 2019 BNP Panbas group deep tech prize for inventing handheld nano scanners that can detect fake drugs.
The award under the umbrella of Hello tomorrow global challenge is a renowned global startup competition designed specifically to address the needs of deep-tech entrepreneurs across several different industries and technologies.
The Hello Tomorrow global challenge gives scientists and deep tech entrepreneurs from across the world a platform for their research and projects, providing equity-free prize money as well as other funding opportunities, global visibility and connections with key players in the deep tech innovation network.