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Olaposi Olakunmi Abiola's family name is Eluwole.
They come from a tribe in Ile-Ife known as Yoruba in
the southwest of Nigeria, West Africa.
His knowledge in Electrical/Electronics Engineering
from the Federal Polytechnic in Ede
coupled with the computer knowledge from both Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and University
of Ibadan and has helped me to perform better
in the vision of building ICT tools to enable people
to learn and communicate.
He has been a member of Institute
of Electrical Electronics Engineers (IEEE), since
2001 and a member of Association
for Computing Machinery (ACM), since 2002. Olaposi
has made contributions in several International student
festivals like ISWI, and OFW. In addition to his expertise
on ICT issues, he also has a level of understanding
on cultural and religious diversity in the global village.
He was recently invited to lecture on this topic.
He founded the Global Resource Information
Technology Network (GRITEN) in 2001. This organization
includes people from various fields who use or see the
need to use Information Communication Technology (ICT)
as a major tool in promoting access to information,
both regionally and internationally through a variety
of means and approaches. It also assists in exposing
potentials in various fields of disciplines. GRITEN
see the benefits of ICT in promoting environmental sustainability,
improving ties between corporate bodies and other non-governmental
organizations and to empower people in marginalized
communities both urban and rural throughout Nigeria
via information sharing.
- The
"Clean-up Abuja Campaign" workshop and
seminar on the needs for maintaining healthy environment
was organized in November 2002.
- Survey on
Information Technology awareness in Oyo State like
Oyo township, Iseyin and Okeho.
- Routing demonstrative
workshop on importance of information technology in
chosen schools in Ibadan.
In October 2003, a concluded arrangement was made with
OneVillage Foundation to combine our efforts to achieve
our shared vision in building a socially just and sustainable
world for humanity. Until the agreement of this merger,
GRITEN has renamed itself as oneVillage Foundation-Nigeria
(OVF-Nigeria).
Contact Information
Olaposi Abiola
[email protected]
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