UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN’S TEAM ADOBE EMERGES WINNER IN THE 2016 UNILEVER NIGERIA’S IDEATROPHY COMPETITION

Ideatrophy 2016 Winners, Team Adobe

Friday August 26th, 2016, was another great opportunity for Nigerian undergraduates to showcase unique creativity and great initiative during the grand finale of the Unilever Nigeria’s annual IdeaTrophy Undergraduate National Business competition.

Ideatrophy 2016 Contestants

Now in its 5th edition, the boot camp for the competition opened in Lagos on Tuesday, August 23rd 2016, where contestants were exposed to the wonderful world of Unilever, and were assigned mentors who are seasoned business professionals, to guide them in the development and delivery of their presentations. They were also part of personal development and team building sessions, and had the opportunity to meet and interact with Unilever top executives. It wasn’t all work, as the contestants also enjoyed fun activities like talent shows, aerobics and games.

This year, out of thousands of entries from various Nigerian universities, six teams made it to the grand finale, the teams were tasked with the responsibility of developing creative ideas to market Unilever’s Close Up.

After a keenly contested competition, Team Adobe from University of Ibadan was crowned winner and the team couldn’t contain their joy. They jumped and hugged with so much excitement. Each member of the team was presented with an Iphone 6s, while the team will also represent Nigeria at the Africa rounds in South Africa, and then proceed to next year’sUnilever Global Future Leader’s League competition in the United Kingdom.

Here are some photos from the competition:

Guest Speaker – Dr. Christopher Kolade

 

 

Judge-De-Robbert Vreede, Vice President Brand Building

 

L-R: Farrukh Iqbal, Head CD Route to Market and Capability, Flake Awe, Head CD Customer Marketing,

  Yaw Nsarkoh, MD Unilever Nigeria

 

 

Brand Manager Close Up, Sarah Adoki

 

 

Leadership Development Manager, Marilyn Maduka

 

 

Team presentation

 

Winners..

Events Compere, N6 with games winner

 

 

The winners, Team Adobe with their Mentor, Aruosa Osemwegie

 

CV Clinic, Career Counselling, Mock Interviews

 

 

Judges Deliberations

 

 

Olu Maintain

 

 

Audience Games

 

 

Robbert with finalists

 

 

Judge – Ugonwa Nwoye

 

 

Judge – Bunmi Adeniba, Category Manager Oral Care

 

 

Judge – Eniola Onimole, Human Resources Director

 

 

Unilever product packs for the audience

 

 

Ideatrophy 2016 Contestants

 

 

Ideatrophy finalists

 

 

Marilyn with Student Delegates from UNN

 

 

With Unilever Student Ambassadors

 

 

The Audience 

Tomiwa Asaolu, External Affairs and Sustainability Manager

 

 

Yaw Nsarkoh with finalists

 

 

Judges, Guests, Employees