Joseph Olusola AKINYEDE
Federal University of Technology
Nigeria
Biography
Joseph Olusola AKINYEDE: Prof. Joseph Olusola AKINYEDE is currectly the Director, Centre for Space Research and Applications (CESRA), Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo state, Nigeria. He is charged with the responsibility of leading CESRA to complement the efforts of the Nigerian Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) in the implementation of the national space policy and programme. His administrative and technical expertise has assisted CESRA in pioneering international cooperation in university satellite technology development in Nigeria and space-based research in general, as well as capacity building in space science and technology at the postgraduate level. He has also served as a professor and Head of the Department of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geosciences Information System (GIS) in FUTA. Between 2009 and 2013, Prof. Akinyede served as the Executive Director of the UN-affiliated African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E), Ile-Ife, supervising the implementation of the UN mandate of research and capacity building in space science and technology for the Anglophone African countries. As the Director of space applications in NASRDA, from 2001 – 2009, he was instrumental to the production of the National Geoinformation Policy and the implementation of the Nigerian Space Policy and programmes, including the building and launch of NigeriaSats-1, 2 and X.
Abstract
Abstract : Emerging opportunities for space technology market growth in Africa