Errandly wins the Development Bank of Nigeria third-place prize.

The Errandly team was awarded four million naira as the third-place prize in the Nigerian Bank of Development Techpreneur Summit 5.0 on June 11, 2026. The Development Bank of Nigeria invited Yusuf Abdullah Olalekan and Adesokan Emmanuelr runner-up winners in the Hult Prize. They were invited on the 26th of May to participate in the Techpreneur Summit 5.0.

They were among 800 startups (forty of which were from the Hult Prize) in Nigeria. The competition began with an online pitch session that resulted in them being among the 10 teams to physically go to the Continental Hotel to pitch their startup, errandly.net. They travelled and came 3rd winning the sum of 4 million naira. 

When asked how they felt about their 3rd position after coming in as the ninth runners-up in the Hult Prize, Lekan revealed that they were privileged to speak with the judges after the Hult Prize nationals competition. They were given advice that was very helpful to them in their presentation. “We used the advice we got from the Hult Prize to better our pitch and improve our traction. It was very gratifying for us to hear the judges acknowledge that our pitch in this competition was good and that our traction is good. When we consider that the Hult Prize is just for students, the Development Bank of Nigeria Techpreneur Summit, on the other hand, is for people between the ages of 20 and 35. Coming in third place in a competition like that was very exciting”. 

A key talking point that was raised in the competition was security and the deliverables of the runners. The question was answered by Adesokan Emmanuel, who stated that theft is illegal in any school. So there are discussions with the security agencies and personnel in all schools that Errandly goes to. As such, running away with the delivery items of another person is a crime with an established pathway for reporting and punishing such.

When asked about the future, Adesokan said, "We plan to add 4 more schools to our current reach and soon include all the universities in the Southwest and soon Nigeria. There is a timeline for that and we are taking it one step at a time”.

Errandly also revealed that they are in the process of ensuring that an app they developed is going to be available for download soon on the Google Play Store and the iOS App Store.

When asked for advice from the founders, Adesokan said, ”Start anyhow. You just have to start anyhow. The pathway of Errandly was validating an idea, building an MVP, and then improving on the MVP. From the start, an app would have been best, but we don't have that infrastructure yet, so we just had to use the web with some manual labor behind it. But now, our app will be ready in a few days. But we didn't wait for funds or... We just started anyhow. So just start anyhow. Eventually, you'll correct and get back on track with feedback from people. Also, feedback is very very important. So just do your best and keep track of everything."

Lekan said, ”Basically just start it. I hate how I sound like a motivational speaker right now but in retrospect, it's just to start. I am someone who thinks quite a lot about stuff before doing it. I'm very grateful that when I had this idea, I just said 'you know what, I'm not even going to think about the negatives of this, because it's a lot: I'm a student, I don't have money, a lot would have hindered me if I thought too much about the idea. Don't think so much about it that you start having doubts about it."

"It started as a really simple idea that I didn't need money to start. Basically, create a WhatsApp group, add a lot of people to it, and if they start using it, then at least the idea is validated. Starting from there, with the help of Femzy, we were able to build a web app. As we went on, we got feedback from people that helped us refine the idea as well. Even the negative points were able to be refined so that we could use an alternative way of doing things instead of not doing it at all. So just start, and be consistent at it, even if there's no support or whatever. It's hard as a student entrepreneur to actually talk to people who believe you can run the company while being in school as well. So there's that kind of discouragement from investors who think they can't give you money as a MEDICAL STUDENT, not just a student for that matter. So just start, and the people who see your vision will resonate with it."

"I think we still have a long way to go. We will continue to progress and refine the startup as we get feedback, as we keep pushing to become the number one logistics and errand service in school campuses across Nigeria," at which point, Adesokan chipped in, "across the world".

Salami Wisdom 

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