{"id":120937,"date":"2025-07-24T07:47:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=120937"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:30:29","slug":"uk-parliament-celebrates-nasenis-role-in-africas-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uk-parliament-celebrates-nasenis-role-in-africas-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Parliament Celebrates NASENI\u2019s Role in Africa\u2019s Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Daniel Adaji<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The UK Parliament has honoured Nigeria\u2019s Khalil Halilu for leading the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to the forefront of Africa\u2019s industrial and technological transformation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The agency disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Halilu, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of NASENI, received the prestigious African Achievers Award during the 15th edition of the ceremony held on July 11, 2025, at the House of Lords in London.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The award recognised his contributions to advancing Africa\u2019s innovation ecosystem, industrial growth, and technological infrastructure through NASENI\u2019s repositioning under his leadership.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The event was attended by royals, global leaders, policymakers, and innovators from across the continent and beyond.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hosted by Baroness Sandip Verma, Chancellor of the University of Roehampton and a member of the House of Lords, the ceremony showcased African excellence and visionary leadership.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The NASENI boss\u00a0 joined a select group of honourees, including business leaders, public officials, and philanthropists making significant impacts on Africa\u2019s development.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In his acceptance speech, Halilu reaffirmed Africa\u2019s capacity to lead in innovation and sustainable development. \u201cIt is a great honour to receive this award alongside fellow visionaries committed to Africa\u2019s future. At NASENI, we are bridging the gap between ambition and access, turning ideas into industries, empowering indigenous solutions, and driving forward Nigeria\u2019s and Africa\u2019s industrial transformation. Africa is not just rising, it is ready,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement noted that under his leadership, NASENI has become Nigeria\u2019s leading technology transfer agency, playing a central role in President Bola Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda. The agency is focused on local production in key sectors such as clean energy, agriculture, transportation, and digital infrastructure.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It stated that through strategic partnerships and its Accelerated Technology Transfer and Adaptation Strategy, NASENI is positioning Nigeria as a hub for sustainable innovation and industrial self-reliance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Halilu expressed his gratitude to the organisers and supporters of the award: \u201cI thank the African Achievers Awards team, Baroness Sandip Verma, and all those across the continent and diaspora who continue to champion African solutions. This recognition is a motivation to do more and a reminder that the future we seek is one we must build ourselves.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Now in its 15th year, the African Achievers Awards is recognised as one of the continent\u2019s most prestigious platforms celebrating leadership and excellence. This year\u2019s edition featured goodwill messages from dignitaries including King Misuzulu kaZwelithini, Queen Olori Atuwatse III, and Dr. Fatou Bensouda, reinforcing the call for unity and self-driven progress in Africa.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daniel Adaji The UK Parliament has honoured Nigeria\u2019s Khalil Halilu for leading the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to the forefront of Africa\u2019s industrial and technological&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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