Institute Rewards Best Software Entrepreneur

The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) has announced the 2021 edition of the Simeon Agu Prize for the Best Software Entrepreneur of the Year.
The award was established in 2012 in collaboration with the family of Late Simeon Agu to keep alive his contributions to the software profession and industry.
The award which is presented yearly at the National Information Technology Merit Awards (NITMA) of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), was targeted at software startups to recognise their entrepreneurship as they build a fledgling software business. 
This year’s award is expected to reward startups for work done from September 2020 to September 2021.
Consideration of the award would be made based on the following criteria: what is the general idea behind the startup? How good is it and how does it make the startup rank better than other existing solutions and that of innovation?
ISPON stated that for consideration, all investor funding must be local. 
The software body said that the winner of the award this year would emerge through an open process where people can nominate a startup they feel deserves the award and has fulfilled the set criteria.
It also said that the panel of judges would shortlist three finalists, who would be voted for by the general public. 
“A combination of the number of votes garnered as well as points scored from the technical review of the startup by the judges would determine the winner”, it said.