Agbolade Omowole

Agbolade Omowole

Agbolade Omowole

Agbolade Omowole
Born Lagos
Pen name Mascot
Occupation Computer programmer
Citizenship Nigerian
Notable works Nigeria ICT Fest

Agbolade Omowole is a technology researcher,[1] writer, blogger, life coach and businessman. He is a contributing writer at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies[2][3][4] and a member of the Christian Transhumanist Association.[5] He is the founder of Nigeria ICT Fest, whose goal is to bridge the technology gap between Nigeria and the developed world. He believes that the only way Nigeria and other developing nations in Africa can catch-up with the developed world is by leveraging emerging technologies. He is one of the stakeholders that seek enabling environment for tech village in Nigeria.[6] He is the author of the book "Program like Bill Gates" which is available on Amazon.[7]

Career

Agbolade's articles have been published by Punch, Vanguard, Guardian, ThisDay, Daily Independent, Tribune, The Sun and Daily Times Newspaper. He maintained a column with Guardian Newspaper, Nigeria from 2009–2010 on human capital development, teaching people how to live better lives using principles centered around mind management and Neuro Linguistic Programming. In 2015, he maintained a column with the Vanguard Newspaperon society and social media.[8]

According to the report on the World Lumen Congress 2016 website, Agbolade was invited to speak at the international scientific conference in Romania on the topic "Physical, Digital, and Religious Immortality." He described himself an ace technology researcher and human capital development expert in an IEET article. His research interest includes digital media, scientific transhumanism, and artificial intelligence. He is working on connecting the dots between religion and science.

He is the founder of Nigeria ICT Fest.[9] According to an article on the Public Relations Nigeria website, Nigeria ICT Fest was described as an initiative to engender economic development in Nigeria by leveraging information and communications technology, specifically emerging technologies – robotics, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, bio-technology, nanotechnology, virtual reality, and 3D printing, among others. In the article, the author stated that the vision of Nigeria ICT Fest is to bridge the technology gap between Nigeria and the developed world.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Robosapiens – merging with machines will improve humanity at an exponential rate". Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Agbolade Omowole". Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Christians Should Embrace Transhumanism – Four Reasons Why". Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Digital, Physical, and Religious Immortality – is there Common Ground?". Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "AGBOLADE OMOWOLE". Christian Transhumanist Association. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Women, stakeholders seek enabling environment for tech village in Nigeria". Vanguard Roundtable Conference 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Program like Bill Gates programming ebook". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Omowole, Agbolade (18 March 2015). "SOCIETY & SOCIAL MEDIA: Cracking new science of search engine optimization".
  9. ↑ Oladeinde, Kayode (1 December 2015). "Nigeria ICT Fest holds December to 'bridge tech gap'". Technology Times. Technology Times. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Nigeria ICT Fest: How to Bridge the Technology Gap between Nigeria and Developed World". publicrelations.ng. Public Relations. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Bamgbola, Oyindamola (26 January 2016). "NIGERIA ICT FEST: HOW TO BRIDGE THE TECHNOLOGY GAP BETWEEN NIGERIA AND THE DEVELOPED WORLD". idafrica.ng. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  12. ↑ Tega, Evabeta (23 November 2015). "Nigeria Set To Witness Revamp in Cutting Edge Technology". omujawa.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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