Nigerians from across the country and abroad will witness the investiture of Eburu of Ibaland, Oba (Prof.) Adekunle Adeogun-Okunoye Oyedeji II, as the pro-chancellor and chairman of Governing Council of the fast growing Atiba University, Oyo, Oyo State, on Friday, November 24.
The event will hold on the occasion of the combined maiden convocation of the university at its Main Hall at 9am.
Oba Adeogun-Okunoye is being honoured in appreciation of his giant strides in the education sector, particularly contributions to the information communication technology’s growth, rural integration and development and his brainchild Eburu Cultural Renaissance, which has consistently been galvanising frontline academics, media gurus, traditional rulers and culture connoisseurs in reawakening the Yoruba culture and tradition, using the Oriki Yoruba as a veritable tool.
Oba Adeogun-Okunoye is an endowed professor of ICT, Education and Community Development at ICT University, Yaounde, Cameroun and Associate Professor of Business Analytics and Information Systems (BAIS) at Williams College of Business, Xavier University, Cincinnati, USA.
He has received several competitive fellowships, including prestigious Fulbright Scholar Fellowship, Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, O’Connor Fellowship and many other awards of excellence.
Oba Adekunle is the pioneer executive secretary of the African Society for Information and Communication Technology (ASICT) and the executive director, training and international scholars programme at the International Centre for Information Technology and Development (ICITD.
He obtained Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) with distinction in Mathematics. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria with Second Class Honour (Upper Division), a certificate in Epidemiology from Liverpool School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, an M.Sc. in Computer Science (Group Technology) with Eximia Cum Laude Approbatur from University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland, an M.Ed in Educational Administration from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio USA with Summa Cum Laude and a Ph.D. in Computer Science/Information Systems from University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Oba Adekunle is a chartered information technology practitioner (CITP) of British Computer Society among others.
He is happily married to Princess Abidemi Tadese Okunoye and they are blessed with many children.