Dr. Chuks Ekwueme

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Dr. Chuks Ekwueme

CHAIRMAN UNICCON GROUP

Chukwudi Obinna Ekwueme is a technopreneur with technical expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), STEM, and other emerging technologies. The avid researcher leads a dynamic team with recorded success in creating Omeife– the first African humanoid robot, the first African blockchain technology, the first African marketplace with Web 3.0 integration, and other innovative projects.

Sitting as Chairman of the UNICCON Group of Companies with subsidiaries such as Chuksprime Organics, Uniccon International Limited, Baba Sky Technologies, Omeife Technologies, and Smartafri Labs Technologies, he has engineered groundbreaking innovations to put Africa on the global map. He envisions improving the livelihoods of Africans using indigenous technologies.

Fondly called Chuks, Dr Ekwueme is recognized and adorned with awards like

  1. Peace Achievers Award for  Excellence in Technology Development for technology impact on the continent
  2.  Thomas Sankara Leadership Prize as Pan African Technological Icon of the Year
  3. Leadership Prize for Integrity and Transparency
  4.  Emerging CEO of the  Year in the Africa-Dubai Global Honours category by the Leadership Without Borders Development Centre
  5. African CEO Award by the Pan African Youth Leadership Foundation (PAYLEF)

These awards recognize his distinguished contribution to the growth of the African tech ecosystem. His driving philosophy has been to solve the unique problems bedevilling the African region.

Dr. Ekwueme obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry. Current realities and the tasks of management have necessitated his earning a Professional Doctorate in Leadership and Management from the prestigious California Metropolitan University, USA. Broadening his trajectory, he has veered into mainstream and emerging technologies by training and certifying to meet industry standards.  He is an impactful member of the Nigerian Computer Society.

His participation and speaking roles at the Collision Conference (Toronto), Gitex Africa (Morocco), PMI South Africa Summit 2023, Tech Unite Africa, IoT West Africa, Cyber Resilience Switzerland, and other global conferences, workshops, summits, and seminars are testaments to his authority in the tech ecosystem.

Dr. Ekwueme is a philanthropist who believes in giving back to society and ultimately enriching Africa’s economy. Through the Chuks Ekwueme Foundation (CEF), he provides free scholarships to indigent students to accelerate their dreams of quality education. The CEF offers scholarship opportunities through the Uniccon Academy to basic and undergraduate education learners. His Summer STEM Camp programme is heavily subsidized to drive inclusion, stir and nurture interest in STEM and digital skills. He has also contributed to developing a STEM-based framework and curriculum through the Federal Ministry of Education and the World Bank initiative. To deepen digital literacy in Nigeria, he partners with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for emerging technology delivery.

Chuks has steered the ship of the UNICCON Group to national and global recognition. UNICCON has won industry awards under his leadership. The company, which is a member of the Defence Industries Association of Nigeria (DIAN), bagged the Top 50 Nigerian Digital Economy Enablers 2023 Award.  He envisions a world where Nigeria and Africa will be positive reference points in global technology discourse.