Dr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is the founder of First Atlantic Semiconductors & Microelectronics Ltd (Fasmicro) which is developing medical devices, microchips and other technologies in Nigeria. He holds two doctoral and four master’s degrees including a PhD in electrical & computer engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, USA and MBA from University of Calabar. He graduated as his class best student from Federal University of Technology, Owerri (Nigeria), in 1998, and spent years in Diamond Bank Lagos. An Adjunct Professor of engineering, Babcock University (Nigeria), Ndubuisi authored Nanotechnology and Microelectronics that received IGI Global 2010 Excellence in Technology Research ‘Book of the Year’ Award
He has authored three books, filed patents and received more than 15 fellowships. Last two years, the Nigerian government nominated him to the World Bank–Nigeria STEPB International Advisory Board. As Founder of non-profit African Institution of Technology, he has organized more than 42 technical workshops/seminars on microelectronics in Africa. Prof Ekekwe, ex-Chair IEEE Boston Gold and now IEEE Boston PACE Chair, blogs regularly at Harvard Business Review.
