The Nigeria Prize for Science and the Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by the Nigeria Liquefied Pure Gasoline Restricted (NLNG) have opened submissions for his or her 2025 awards.
NLNG introduced this in an announcement issued yesterday, saying this yr, the Science Prize is in search of improvements in Data and Communication Expertise (ICT), Synthetic Intelligence (AI), and Digital Applied sciences that may drive growth.
It mentioned the Literature Prize is asking for entries in Prose Fiction.
The corporate defined that the concentrate on AI got here because the know-how continues to reshape world economies and industries, creating new job alternatives and reworking productiveness.
It quoted current research suggesting that AI may add between $2.6 trillion and $4.4 trillion to world company earnings every year.
“The speedy evolution of AI and digital applied sciences supplies a novel alternative for Nigeria and different creating nations to leapfrog conventional growth trajectories. Our aim is to have a good time groundbreaking options that may straight affect Nigeria’s journey towards sustainable growth,” Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Science Prize, Prof. Barth Nnaji, was quoted to have mentioned
“Synthetic Intelligence is not only a instrument; it is a game-changer. From optimising agriculture in various climates to enhancing public well being infrastructure and reworking Nigeria’s digital economic system, AI holds immense potential to drive inclusive and sustainable development,” he added.
With a $100,000 prize, the assertion mentioned the science competitors is open to world scientists and innovators whose accomplished works exhibit a proof of idea and tangible social affect.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature, reputed to be one of many nation’s most prestigious literary accolades, has shifted its focus to Prose Fiction for the 2025 version.
In accordance with the organisers, authors of Nigerian descent, resident anyplace on this planet, are invited to submit books revealed from 2022 onward for an opportunity to win the USD 100,000 prize.
“Prose literature is a mirror reflecting our society. Via storytelling, we discover methods to know our collective experiences and envision a greater future.
“This yr’s competitors guarantees to deliver ahead tales that resonate deeply with each native and world audiences,” Chairperson of the Advisory Board for literature prize, Prof. Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo remarked.
The assertion famous that Prose Fiction continues to draw one of many highest variety of entries because the inception of the prize in 2004, revealing that the final Prose Fiction cycle in 2000/2021 pulled over 200 entries for Nigeria authors.
It additional mentioned solely 4 successful entries have emerged within the Prose Fiction competitors because the inception of the literature prize in 2004.
The prize organisers additionally knowledgeable that previous successful entries embody Yellow Yellow by Kaine Agari (2008); On Black Sisters’ Avenue by Chika Unigwe (2012); Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar A. Ibrahim (2016); and The Son of the Home by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia (2021).
Complementing this, the assertion famous, “is the Nigeria Prize for Literary Criticism, which seeks crucial essays centered on up to date Nigerian literature, significantly new writings in prose, and the prize is price $10,000”.
Talking on the graduation of the prizes’ cycle, Basic Supervisor, Exterior Relations and Sustainable Improvement, NLNG, Dr Sophia Horsfall, emphasised the importance of the 2025 competitions.
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She said that analysis has proven the immense potential of ICT, AI, and digital applied sciences in reshaping world industries and societies, providing revolutionary options to a few of humanity’s most urgent challenges.
Horsfall said that because the world transitions from the Industrial Age to the Clever Age, these developments present new alternatives to drive financial development, foster social progress, and construct a sustainable future.
NLNG continues to contribute considerably to nationwide growth, by championing innovation, creativity and making certain that science and literature stay important pillars in shaping Nigeria’s future,” the assertion added.
