Debo Onifade

Who is Debo Onifade?

Adebowale Olaiwola Onifade is a technology entrepreneur in Nigeria. He was one of the two Africans among the nine winners at the 2004 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers USA Worldwide History Paper Contest, organised by the History Committee. His paper - History of the Computer, was presented at the Conference of History of Electronics held at Bletchley Park, UK in June 2004. Bletchley park was the home of UK World War II Decryption establishment. Debo won the award while he was an Electrical Electronic Engineering student at Nigeria's premier university - University of Ibadan.

Debo also won National first prize awards in the 2007 All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools National Essay competition - organized for secondary school students across Nigeria. He won a plaque of honour by the National Orientation Agency and a certificate of merit by ANCOPSS for this feat. He has won several other essay awards, some of which have been published.

Debo took part as the University of Ibadan Student Team Lead in the 2004 UNESCO/DaimlerChrysler Mondialogo program contest, in collaboration with other students from University of Ibadan and Pennsylvania State University, USA. Their paper was titled ‘Solar Energy for Rural Nigeria’.