Ndubuisi Ekekwe: Nigerian scientist, creator of robots with significant achievements

Professor Ekekwe is another Nigerian scientist with provable scientist inputs in the world. He has been described by some media outlet as rare Nigerian tech genius with many incredible inventions around the world.

According to the Vanguard, one of his numerous contributions was an invasive medical robot that was acquired by the US government.

He was the head of the team that worked on a very significant chip used by iPhone. In an interview with the same newspaper, he said he is from Abia state and did had his undergraduate education from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.

It should be noted that the Nigerian scientist has two doctoral degrees and four Masters degree, and a doctoral degree from John Hopkins University, USA.

Another thing to know about the scientist is that he was the best graduating student when he finished his degree education in Owerri.

He got a very important award called the IGI Global Book of the Year Award. Others he got are the Forum Young Global Leader IBM Global Entrepreneur and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.

Ibekwe is the head and founder of Zenvus, a leading global tech company and also a member of the board that select winners for Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program.

Igwemezie is the head of TransGlobim International, the engineering company that the contract was awarded to. The Nigerian engineer received his training in Canada and is well known in the engineering world.