Recognition
Honours & awards
Scholarships, fellowships and national recognition — for the man, and for the institution he leads.
Personal honours
- Appointed MD/CEO of Galaxy Backbone by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (2024)
- Named among the Top 100 leading personalities in Nigeria's telecoms industry
- Blueprint Newspapers Enhanced Digital Infrastructure Award (2025)
- MIT Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Fellowship
- UK Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (ORSAS)
- Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Scholarship
- Stephen Awokoya Scholarship for Science Education
- Fellow, Nigerian Young Academy (NYA)
- Registered Engineer, COREN
Galaxy Backbone under his leadership
- NET5.5G Pioneer Award2025
- Inaugural Artificial Intelligence Award2025
- Best IT Service Provider Company of the Year — International Standard Excellence Awards2025
- 1st Overall, Federal Government Website Performance Scorecard2025
- BPSR Website Performance Award2025
- Nigeria @ 65 Independence Kitty — Overall Winner2025
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awards won by Galaxy Backbone in the first two years of his tenure — including ranking 1st overall in the 2025 Federal Government Website Performance Scorecard.
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