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| Akindele Oyeyemi |
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Akindele Oyeyemi, a developmental strategist, an advocator with a passion as a changemaker in his environment, trained as an Electronics and Electrical Engineer at Ladoke Akintola University Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State. As an advocator, he was a member of the Nigerian Red Cross, Junior Chamber International Nigeria, Lautech Chapter and during his National Youth Service Corps Community Development Service in Ebonyi State, where he led the Engineering CDS against all odds to create a group that seeks to equip young people (Youths), tomorrow’s leaders in Ebonyi State with appropriate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills to carve out a better future for all, where he pioneered as the Chairman, Infotechcorps group. Akin (as he is fondly called) has completed Education Training Programs from Helwett-Packard, Graduate Entrepreneurial Training through Information Technology and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management and an associate member of Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria.
Akin was inducted as a Youth Ambassador, Microsoft Internet Safety, Security and Privacy Initiative for Nigeria (MISSPIN) in October 2008 with the expedition to redirect the energies of Nigerian Youths from Cybercrime towards positive engagements which he engaged in Capacity Building programmes for youths at all level illustrating the prospect of ICT, organizes the print newsletter ‘iTechie’ which focuses on career path in ICT sectors), Akin (as he is fondly called) organized cybercafé‐based advocacy to stop the indiscriminate use of services at cybercafés for Internet‐based fraud and through his Tell Them Young (TTY) programme, has held series of discussions among groups of secondary school and tertiary school students in Ijebu Ode (where he resides), Ogbomosho (where he completed undergraduate studies) and parts of Ebonyi State (where he completed his National Youth Service), and which ended remarkably with the collaboration by PIN, Microsoft, BLING, EFCC, pop culture soundtrack release “Maga no need Pay” which featured MI, Banky W, Mowunmi, Modele, Rooftop MC’s Bez, that complemented the MISSPIN campaign in Ebonyi State. In the several group meetings with students of tertiary institutions, he introduced them to resources and tools such as the Microsoft Student to Business Program (s2bprogram.com), career channelling and so on. He also featured on radio talk show programme in his service year.
Akin fit into places as a member that support and aids technology and Innovation, economic development and social enterprising such as Taking IT Global, International Young Professional Foundation, Ashoka Changemaker to mention a few. As service to humanity is the best work of life, he volunteers to NGO’s like Paradigm Initiative Nigeria events & functions. In June 2009, he co-ordinated the launch of Microsoft Local Language Programme (LLP) of Vista in Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba in Ebonyi, attended the Microsoft NGO Connection Day at University of Lagos in December 2009.
Akin maintain a blog post on www.akindeleoyeyemi.wordpress.com and can be reached on +2348063965326
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