The Chief Executive Officer of New Horizons Technologies, Tim Akano, has been honoured with two alumni awards by Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Baptist Day School, Oluponna, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to education, mentorship, technology, innovation and community development at large.
  
Both awards were conferred in November 2025 and this marks a significant milestone in Akano’s lifelong commitment to human capital development and social impact.
  
Akano, a 1987 graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, was recognised by the university for his impact in entrepreneurship, technology and innovation as well as his sustained mentorship of students.
  
In 2023, he awarded 1,000 scholarships valued at N60 million to OAU students to study artificial intelligence (AI). Since then, he has consistently adopted five students from the Department of International Relations yearly under his structured mentorship initiative.
  
At Baptist Day School, Oluponna, Akano received a historic honour as the first alumnus to be decorated with a distinguished alumnus award since the school was established in the 1930s.
   
During a recent visit to the school, Akano inspected several infrastructural projects financed by him through the Tim Akano Foundation three years ago.
 
They include the construction of a borehole, modern toilet facilities for teachers and pupils and the erection of a perimeter fence and gate around the school, which has prevented incessant disturbance of pupils by herdsmen who previously engaged in reckless grazing within the school premises, polluted the environment with cow waste and exposed the children to security risk.