Ndubuisi Ekekwe

Ndubuisi Ekekwe holds two doctoral and four master’s degrees, including a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore and MBA from University of Calabar, Nigeria. During this MBA and Doctor of Management program, he specialized on Technology Management and Competitiveness. He founded Ultinet Systems - telephony and IT firm- and later joined Diamond Bank, Lagos where he last held the title of Banking Executive. He is the founder of the US based non-profit African Institution of Technology. Author of two books on microelectronics and electrochemistry, he co-invented a microchip used in robotics. He has organized more than thirty five seminars and workshops on technology design, innovation and diffusion across the world. Dr Ekekwe currently works in the US semiconductor industry. Well published, featured in Marquis Who’s Who in America (2010 ed), and an invitee to major meetings like World Economic Forum and African Union congress, he has lectured (adjunct) in three African universities. He served in the United States National Science Foundation ERC/CISST E&D committee for four years. A TED fellow, he graduated top of his class with BEng in electrical and electronics engineering (Aug. 1998) from Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.

Publications

Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Global Diffusion, Economics and Policy
Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Global Diffusion, Economics and Policy
Ndubuisi Ekekwe. © 2010. 538 pages.
Modern technology has positioned us in the midst of a new revolution. Together, nanotechnology and microelectronics are the engines of modern commerce, and are directly or...
Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: The Science, Trends and Global Diffusion
Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: The Science, Trends and Global Diffusion
Ndubuisi Ekekwe. © 2010. 25 pages.
For many centuries, the gross world product was flat. But as technology penetrated many economies, over time, the world economy has expanded. Technology will continue to shape...