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 AFRIT in Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine (pp.24)
 

AFRIT seminar at Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria



AFRIT founder speaks at TED2010


Dr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is the keynote speaker in 2012 Brandeis University Africa Forum. The title of his talk is
Elements for Africa's Future Growth - a version will appear in Harvard Business Review Global Insight.


Our Founder will keynote Africa4IT conference in Lagos this March. More than 23 MNCs will be attending.


Dr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is congratulated by Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group for serving his continent (Kenya, Dec 2011)

 

New Book by Ndubuisi Ekekwe and Nazrul Islam from Middlesex University, UK 

Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Global Redesign: Emerging Implications



Join us and read our leadership and management insights at Harvard Business Review.


 

We have confirmed to speak at TECH4AFRICA, South Africa, 27-28 October, 2011


We spoke with BBC World Service on Oct 28, 2011 during the Tech4Africa.


We have confirmed to attend the Chinese Nano-S&T congress where we will deliver a talk, titled, Global Food Security, The Role of Nanotechnology on October 23-26, 2011
Invited To Speek At Chinese World EXPO Center On 1st Annual World Congress Of Nanotechnology




                 
Brown
University and the Rhode Island School of Design invited us to speak at 2010 annual conference on globally conscious design, "A Better World by Design" (2010)









 Wharton Africa Business Forum invited us to speak in a panel titled
Beyond natural resources: the future of knowledge-based industries in Africa




 

Our Founder spoke at Harvard Business School African Conference as a panelist.



UN Workshop in Freetown, Sierra Leone where our Founder presented a Roadmap for Economic Prosperity for Five African countries in West Africa.
 

 


We're re-invited to attend TEDxAmsterdam in November 2010

We will speak at
TEDxChange Amsterdam (Sept 20, 2010)










News

 

Our new book is on sale.   If you are a technology company in Nigeria, please help us complete this survey.





 

 

 

 

Our Founder wins "Book of the Year Award"

 

 

 

 

 

 



           

 

 

Selected Projects

           

IVC    IEEE Africa MentorNet
Internet virtual classroom portal which will power African Diasporas to remotely teach and lead labs in African schools. A mentoring program that will connect African students with IEEE members.






AddisEdge
This project focuses on documenting and archiving some endangered indigenous technologies in Africa. From local means of repairing bones to treating snake poisons, we hope to preserve technologies which have been refined by Africans over centuries of innovations.
Project is named after Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the headquarters of African Union.





  Services Mission


                                                                                            
Nominated to  Int'l Advisory Board of World Bank-Nigeria STEPB $180m  grant.
 
Reviewed the Knowledge, Productivity and Innovation in Nigeria: Creating a New Economy for World Bank Nigeria . Developed Microelectronics Thematic area of Nigeria Vision2020

Attends the AU Congress & Invitation of the World Economic Forum on Africa

 


 
The document which has been downloaded in thousands: Integrated Circuit Design.