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Mr. Adesola Akinsanya

Mr. Adesola Akinsanya is the President, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), and currently the Chief Operating Officer/Executive Director at Upperlink Limited. He also doubles as the Director of Upperlink Cloud subsidiary where he spearheads business and strategy for the company’s cloud services. He brings to bear several years of professional expertise, competence, and experience in the Information Technology industry with a focus on infrastructure and cloud services. He was part of the team which aided the accreditation of Upperlink Limited as the first Nigerian company to be accredited as Global Registrar by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 2014 and has led the Domain team to date. He was also a member of the evaluation team which appraised the Company on Level 3 for CMMI Assessment, ISO 27001, ISO23301, Data Protection Compliance Organization (DPCO), and PCI DSS certifications. He recently participated and completed the Standford Seed and African Management Institute sponsored Aspire Business growth (A 6 month intensive training program). He has taken several courses on Domain Registry and Advanced Domain Registry Operation. He had attended several conferences including ICANN and AFRINIC within and outside Africa. He has been involved and participated in panel discussions organized by ICANN Africa, African Union and AFTLD both as a panelist and moderator in several fora such as the Africa Domain Name System Forum, Multistakeholder Internet Governance in Africa thereby contributing to the development and adoption of African CCTLDs. In line with his passion for service, he was a member of the team selected by Google that launched the GABO and GNBO initiatives. This helped to increase awareness and adoption of the .ng domain brand, he also mentored young IT professionals during that period. Adesola Akinsanya had his first degree in Engineering and holds a Postgraduate Degree in Computer Science from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and the University of Lagos respectively. He is a Chartered member of Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) and a member of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA). GLG council member. He is currently an EBOD on NIRA and belong to several committee where he participates actively. His passion and commitment to NIRA over the years cannot be overemphasized.

Mr. Murtala M Abdullahi

Murtala M Abdullahi serves on the Executive Board of NiRA as the Vice President. He is an entrepreneur, founder Smart Web Nigeria Ltd, Director at Terox LLC in USA and Terox Limited in Nigeria. He is presently serving as the CEO at Smart Web Nigeria Ltd where he has been involved in developing high quality business strategies and plans ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objective and oversee all the operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired result and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission. His journey began with NIRA as a member since 2011 and in 2018, he was elected as Executive Board Member Of NIRA, over the past 5 years he served at various committee such as Member at Technical Committee, Chair at Accreditation Committee, Member at Finance and Establishment Committee and presently the Chair of the Domain Name Policy Committee He holds a Diploma in Computer Science at University of Jos, BSc in Computer Science at National Open University of Nigeria Currently Pursuing his Masters on Information Technology, he obtained Professional Certification in Linux Administrator, DNS Administration, Network Engineer, VMWare Cloud, Virtualization, Accounting Foundation, Advance Data Privacy, IT and Cyber Security Risk Management and he is a member of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and CPN.

Mr. Chukwuemeka Agbata, Jnr.

CFA is a renowned and multi-award winning tech media personality, visible in the print, broadcast and new media.
He co-produces and presents Tech Trends, a weekly Tech show on Channels Television, as well as Tech on Wheels, a nationally syndicated radio show airing across multiple States in Nigeria.
CFA also doubles as a Sunday Punch Columnist, where he writes the ICT Clinic column, and the Founder of CFAtech.ng, a technology blog designed to transform Africa through tech education and advocacy. He is recognised as a vibrant stakeholder and respected influencer in the ICT industry reaching out to millions of people through multiple platforms, coupled with his strong membership of several local and international organizations. He organises the monthly CFA’s Startups Hangout, designed to help startups learn and grow from the experiences of successful entrepreneurs.
CFA is a Member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the body responsible for managing the .NG, Nigeria’s country code Top Level Domain, (ccTLD).

Mr. Destiny Amana

Mr. Destiny Amana is the Managing Director & CEO of Icecool Contracts Limited, an ICT firm registered in 2003 with the mission to increasing the digital footprint of Nigeria one business at a time. The business became a Pioneer Registrar with NIRA and has exclusively for the past 3 years been the undisputed Best Registrar in the Gold Category. Destiny is also the current President of the Nigeria Internet Group which was founded in 1995, as a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization,
promoting the Internet in Nigeria. To achieve its mandate, the Group engages in a number of activities which include; policy advocacy, awareness creation and education. Awareness creation and education tasks of the Group are carried out through conferences, seminars, exhibitions, workshops and newsletter publication while policy advocacy is done by actively engaging the Government during and after policy formulation processes.
Mr. Destiny Amana is a graduate of Imperial College London where he studied Engineering and then decided to diversify into Computer Science at the University of Bath at Masters Level. Since then Destiny has taken numerous programing courses in ASP.Net, DNS Management and IT Support before starting his own business. Destiny has been a member of NIRA since 2007 and has served on various committees to date.
Mr. Destiny has many hobbies which include photography, music, travelling, dancing and socializing. He has been a professional D.J. for the last 20 years and is happily married with 4 Children.

Mr. Oluwaseun Kehinde

Mr. Oluwaseun Kehinde, a graduate of the University of Lagos with a degree in Electrical Engineering, is the founder of QServers Network Limited, a leading .NG registrar and web hosting company. With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, Mr. Kehinde has worked as a networking tech, a software developer, and an IT training executive. He started his first company, Netbuilder Ltd, during his NYSC days and has since developed numerous software applications. He is a self-taught Linux administrator, which has contributed to the success of his managed companies. Apart from being an IT professional, Mr. Kehinde is also an entrepreneur with interests in other industries. He is married with children.

Mr. Ebenezer Dare

Ebenezer Dare is a leadership coach who is passionate about business technology management. He is the co-founder and CEO at Hostlag Limited, a domain name and web hosting company. Ebenezer started Hostlag Limited with 200 dollars in 2018 and as at 2021, Hostlag had acquired two other hosting companies in Lagos. Ebenezer has certifications in computer science from Lagos State University (B.Sc) and certifications from the University of Alberta Canada in Software Product Management and India School of Business in Business Technology Management. He is also a certified Project manager from University of Irvine USA, he also has certificates as a software tester and software test manager from International software test institute, Germany. He is also a Certified Network Security Specialist (CNSS) by the International CyberSecurity Institute. Ebenezer is the current National ICT Director for the Youth Alive Fellowship of the Living Faith Church WorldWide (a.k.a Winners Chapel), a position he has held since March 2022. Ebenezer was awarded the Africa ICT Champion Award 2021 by the Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA) in recognition of his sterling contribution to ICT enabled growth and development in Africa. As part of his giving back to the community, Ebenezer currently serves as a volunteer consultant and coach with some of the leading online platforms where he trains business owners, aspiring entrepreneurs and youths on a monthly basis on Business, Internet and Digital Marketing. He is happily married to his beautiful wife Oluwatosin and blessed with wonderful children.

Mr. Peter Ikenna Oluka

Oluka, Peter Ikenna (@peterolukai) is a multi-award winner practicing ICT Journalist. Peter started his mainstream journalism in 2010 working with the Nigerian NewsDirect Newspaper. His penchant for newsworthy events and stunts registered NewsDirect’s presence in the league of Property & Environment and Labour pious media outfits.

He is currently the Editor In-Chief of TechEconomy.ng; Co-Founder/Ag., Editor, GrassRoots.ng, a news platform rooted in Speaking for the Global Citizen. Peter also Co-founded Njalo.ng; an online marketplace for ‘Easy sell & Easy Buy’ or new and used products. Prior to that, he worked at the Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, as a Senior Reporter; a medium with fad in ICT reportage. Peter’s articles have attracted interests from both international and indigenous ICT/Technology giants.

Peter’s quest for journalism, PR and media practices is exceptional. For many years, he contributed to ‘Communications’ pullout in the Guardian Newspapers.
Peter was a Nigeria Youth Merit Award (NYMA) nominee 2013, which was viewed by many in the industry as a leap in the right direction and a notch to punch and gun for more glories in the industry he represents.
He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Information Management (IIM-Africa) and was awarded the Records and Information Management Best ICT Reporter of the Year by the Institute of Information Management-Africa (IIM-Africa) in year 2014.

As a rising gem in the Nigerian Online journalism space, peter is a .ng Domain Name Brand Ambassador (2015 till date). He received Special Recognition Award at the 2017 Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) National Information Technology Merit Awards (NITMA) for Excellence in IT reporting. He also won Nigerian Women in Information Technology (NIWIIT) Best IT Editor of the Year 2018.

Peter is a certified Customer Relations Management Personnel by the Nesburg School of Business and Management (NESBG-Nigeria), Africa’s foremost Persuasion School of Business based in South Africa (2015). He obtained PGD (Mass Communications) from NOUN in 2015; HND (Mass Communication) from the Institute of Management and Technology, IMT, Enugu in 2008.

Peter has attended several trainings such as the MTN Nigeria Media Innovation Programme curated by the School of Media and Communications (SMC) Pan Atlantic University (PAU), ‘Multimedia, Mobile and Social Media Journalism Programme Facilitated by renowned new media experts Dan Mason Media (2017)’ hosted by Journalism Clinic, Lagos, Nigeria, among other trainings and achievements.
Peter’s media practice cuts across Speech Writing, Public Relations, Advertising, other Communications interests.

Mrs. Mary Omotola Olaseni

Omotola is a highly accomplished and result-driven executive with a proven track record of driving business growth, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction, leveraging expertise in administration, operations, and customer support to propel success.

Omotola career spans over 7 years, starting as an intern and receptionist at GO54 Limited (formerly Whogohost) in 2016. She rapidly grew into various roles, including Administrative Manager, Abuse and Compliance Manager, Executive Assistant to the CEO, and Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

As General Manager at GO54 Limited, Omotola oversees the company’s overall operations and strategies, driving success in Nigeria and Africa. She leverages her expertise in developing and implementing operational strategies, leading cross-functional teams, building strong customer relationships, and streamlining processes for optimal effectiveness.

Omotola holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Bowen University, is currently pursuing her MBA at Babcock University, obtained a certification at Operations Nations, and is a member of the Nigerian Internet Registrars Association.

Omotola is dedicated, disciplined, focused, and committed to continuous learning. She is happily married to Olajuwon Olaseni and has two lovely daughters.

Mrs. Abibat Olatunji

My name is Abibat Olatunji. I am a native of Oyan in Odo-Otin Local Government Area, in Osun State of Nigeria. I am married and blessed with children.

I had my first degree from University of Ilorin and had a Master degree from the University of Lagos. I am an affiliate member of Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) [CPN].

I am a Legal Practitioner with over fifteen years working experience in the Information Technology (IT) sector. I am a member of Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Internet Society of Nigeria (ISOCNG), also a member of the Governing Board of Association of Information Communication Technology Local Content (ICTLOCA).

I am the Secretary to Lagos Chapter of Association of Orphans and Vulnerable Children NGOs in Nigeria(AONN). I am also the Assistant Legal Adviser to Legacy 1995, The Historical and Environmental Interest Group.

I am a member of the Nigerian Content Consultative Forum in ICT (NCCF-ICT). NCCF-ICT is established by Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

I am an author and publisher. I have published several children’s storybooks. I am the Founder of Society for Orphans Welfare (SOW), an NGO established for the promotion of educational and social development of Orphans and Vulnerable Children.

I am the CEO of Adehabb Resources Enterprises(ARE), an educational consulting and training firm.

I am passionate about self development and building capabilities. I enjoy using the IT knowledge I have acquired in the industry and professional skills to contribute to the advancement of people with disabilities, young people and women.

My work Experience has been centered on Information Technology in the educational and Professional Sector from 2008 till date.

Mr. Ahmad Mukoshy

A Nigerian entrepreneur, technology advocate, and visionary leader dedicated to building Africa’s digital future. As the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GigaLayer, he has led the company’s transformation into a premier provider of domain registration, web hosting, and cloud services, supporting over 14,000 businesses across Africa with secure and scalable online solutions.

With over a decade of experience in internet infrastructure development and digital innovation, Ahmad is recognized for his pursuit of excellence, sustainable growth, and transformative leadership. Under his leadership, GigaLayer received the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) “2019 Best Startup Company in Nigeria” and again “2020 Best Company of the Year” awards, reinforcing its critical role in strengthening Nigeria’s digital economy.

Beyond GigaLayer, Ahmad has made significant contributions to Nigeria’s civic and digital advancement. He served at ConnectNigeria, helping to grow one of Nigeria’s largest business platforms; collaborated with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on election management initiatives; and played a foundational role at Afrovision Group, leading key technology projects during its formative years. His commitment to professional excellence in technology is further demonstrated through his service on the Accreditation Committee of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), where he contributed to upholding high standards in IT practice.

Ahmad also plays an active role in shaping Nigeria’s internet governance. As a member of the Technical Committee of NiRA, he contributes to the strategic development of the .NG domain ecosystem. Through his speaking engagements and training sessions at the NiRA Academy, he remains committed to mentoring the next generation of digital leaders.

Ahmad is passionate about building enterprises that not only address today’s challenges but also lay the foundation for Africa’s digital and economic transformation.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, a Master’s degree in Information Technology from the University of Lagos, and is currently pursuing an MBA, further strengthening his global leadership and business management expertise.