Dr. Collins Agu
Director, Research and Development (R&D). National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
Dr Agu Collins Agu (born March 1969) is the Director of Research and Development (R&D) Department of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). He is a strong proponent of opensource technology, indigenization and adaptation of technology and has many years hands‐on real industry experience in upstream ICT products design and development, specializing in development of IoT Systems, Advanced Embedded System Design and Programming, PCB Design and Manufacture, SCADA & HMI Systems, Design & Integration of Renewable Energy Systems, R&D and Innovation Management.
His working experience includes Nigerian Communication Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT), Obasanjo Space Centre where he established the Research & Development Department and also Microelectronics Centre with strong focus on embedded systems design & programming, electronics design and manufacture.
He is a player in the Nigerian ICT industry where he develops indigenous innovative products such as OBUNO IoT Engine; Amadioha IoT Platform (co-designed with Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami), Ruwatronik, short range RFID Y-Reader; RFID Biometric e-voting System for Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE); RFID Biometric Staff Attendance & Access Control System (RFID BioSAACS) for the Presidency, ICPC, Ministry of Transport; Intelligent Launch Control System (INTELCOS-1) etc. He also researches in Cyber Physical Systems and Applications