The Founder of Tekedia Capital is Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe. He is an entrepreneur and a technology thought-leader in the domain of African technology business. He discusses the ecosystems daily at tekedia.com and social media including LinkedIn. Also, he coordinates one of the largest business schools in Africa, Tekedia Institute. Through these activities, he stays close to the pulse of markets, picking patterns, and investing on them. He will lead his team to source deals, filter them and present them to investors. You can read more about him here.
Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe invented and patented a robotic system which the United States Government acquired assignee rights. Dr Ekekwe holds two doctoral and four master’s degrees including a PhD in engineering from Johns Hopkins University, USA. He earned an undergraduate degree from FUT Owerri where he graduated as his class best student. While in Analog Devices Corp, he co-designed an accelerometer for the iPhone. A recipient of IGI Global “Book of the Year” award, a TED Fellow, IBM Global Entrepreneur and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Prof. Ekekwe has held professorships in Carnegie Mellon University and Babcock University, and served in the United States National Science Foundation Committee.
The South African press called him “a doctor of innovation” for helping organizations on the mechanics of business innovation, strategy, and growth. Since 2009, the Chairman of Fasmicro Group which controls many startups and entities has been writing in the Harvard Business Review. He was recognized by The Guardian as one of 60 Nigerians Making “Nigerian Lives Matter” on Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day.
