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Adebowale Olaiwola Onifade is a technology entrepreneur in Nigeria. He was one of the two Africans among the nine winners at the 2004 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers USA (IEEE) Worldwide History Paper Contest, organised by the History Committee. His paper – History of the Computer, was presented at the Conference of History of Electronics (2004) held at Bletchley Park, UK in June 2004. Bletchley park was the home of UK World War II Decryption establishment. Debo won the award while he was an Electrical Electronic Engineering student at Nigeria's premier university – University of Ibadan. Debo also won National first prize awards in the 2007 All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) National Essay competition – organised for secondary school students across Nigeria. He won a plaque of honour by the National Orientation Agency (Ogun State) and a certificate of merit by ANCOPSS for this feat. He has won several other essay awards, some of which have been published. Debo took part as the University of Ibadan Student Team Lead in the 2004 UNESCO/DaimlerChrysler Mondialogo program contest, in collaboration with other students from University of Ibadan and Pennsylvania State University, USA. Their paper was titled 'Solar Energy for Rural Nigeria'. Debo has a Master's degree in Engineering Management from the Tufts University in Massachusetts. After working for a few years in both Nigeria and the USA, he started a technology and consulting business at the age of twenty-five. He is a certified corporate member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and holds other international IT certifications. He has consulted for big companies in Nigeria – offering business and technology solutions. He has also featured on several television programs in Nigeria and England. He is an ardent follower of political economy and sports, and has been guest speaker at many programs. ==Early life and education== He was born in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, West Africa. His parents were Dr and Mrs Adewale Onifade. He attended the Ogun State Polytechnic Staff Primary School, Abeokuta from 1987 to 1993, Ijemo Titun High School, Abeokuta from 1993 to 1998, University of Ibadan, Nigeria from 1999 to 2005, and Tufts University, USA from 2007 to 2009. He has certifications from compTIA (2002), Microsoft (2003), Cisco (2004) and Diebold (2007). He also completed a Certificate course in Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage from Stanford University in 2011. Debo is a USSF soccer licensed coach. At Ijemo Titun High School, Debo was Editor-in-chief of the Career Press Club, and the Social Prefect. He regularly featured at the Ogun State Television (now Gateway Television) on sport programs from the age of sixteen. He also published a small book, ''The Computer as a Word Processor'', at sixteen. Eight years after leaving the school, the school's computer centre was named after him.〔 At the University of Ibadan, Debo was IEEE Student Branch Chair at the institution for two years, and functioned as the branch mentor for about three years. He was an Editor at the Departmental Press. He won a co-winner at the IEEE 2004 Worldwide History Paper Contest. He was also Soccer Coach for the Electrical Electronic Engineering Departmental Team, as well as the Mechanical Engineering Departmental Team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Debo Onifade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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