IHS, MTN Foundation, and Zoho emerged as major winners at the 8th annual Tech Innovation Awards (TIA), held at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. The event, organized by Instinct Wave Group, has become one of the highest honors in Nigeria’s ICT sector, celebrating pioneering organizations, government entities, and individuals driving digitization and innovation.

Major wins:

• IHS secured several awards, including:
  • Tower Leadership Award
  • Telecom Infrastructure Provider of the Year
  • Telecom Infrastructure Team of the Year
• MTN Foundation was also honored with:
  • Transformational Solutions in Education and Skills Acquisition Award
  • Foundation Team of the Year
  • Corporate Social Investment Personality of the Year – Odunayo Sanya, Executive Director, MTN Foundation.
• Zoho received the Best Unified Cloud Software Product of the Year for Zoho One, while Kehinde Ogundare, the Country Manager, won IT Personality of the Year.

Other notable winners include 

• Open Access Data Center – Fastest Growing Data Center of the Year
• Ayotunde Coker, CEO, Open Access Data Center – Technology Person of the Year
• Ike Nnamani – MD, Digital Realty – Data Center Leader of the Year
• Digital Realty – Data Center Provider of the Year

Other winners include IMBIL for Telecoms Support Solutions Company of the Year, Zoracom as Auxiliary Telecom Infrastructure Support Provider of the Year, and Data Mellon for Best Cloud Consultant of the Year.

Recognitions extended to Ecobank (eProcess) as Best Bank in Cloud Adoption, Martina Ogbebor, Head, Marketing, inq as Telecom Marketing Personality of the Year, Lola Fafore, Deputy Director, Public Affairs and Communications, Huawei for Telecom PR Personality of the Year, Hakeem Ogunkoya for Telecom Personality of the Year and Wale Adedeji, CEO, DataMellon for Cloud Personality of the Year

The TIA has reaffirmed its role as the leading event recognizing the telecom industry’s advancements, applauding those who continue to push the boundaries of technology, infrastructure, and customer-focused solutions in Nigeria and beyond.