page_title: Jimson Olufuye
hierarchical_section_title: Jimson Olufuye
caption_attribution_description: Dr Jimson Olufuye cropped photo from ICANN61.png
context_page_description: Jimson Owodunni Olufuye is a Nigerian chief executive officer. Olufuye has more than 25 years experience in the national and global ICT industry. He is a strategic thinker, analyst and a multi-tasking development specialist focusing on people, process and technology. He is passionate about the use of technology to transform lives, create wealth and accelerate development in Nigeria and generally in Africa.
  He is the CEO of Kontemporary, a leading ICT solution company based in Abuja, Nigeria. He is also the founder/ 1st Chair of the concerned private sector-led and over 30-nation strong Africa ICT Alliance – AfICTA. He has distinguished himself at the United Nations Commission for Science and Technology for Development Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum and on the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation on public policy matters pertaining to the Internet.
  He was the ICT Consultant for the World Bank-Office of the Auditor General for the Federation, Nigeria Economic Reform and Governance Project 2012-2013. He thereafter continued to consult for the OAuGF.
context_section_description: Jimson Owodunni Olufuye (Born December 16, 1966) is a Nigerian chief executive officer. Olufuye has more than 25 years experience in the national and global ICT industry. He is a strategic thinker, analyst and a multi-tasking development specialist focusing on people, process and technology. He is passionate about the use of technology to transform lives, create wealth and accelerate development in Nigeria and generally in Africa.
  He is the CEO of Kontemporary, a leading ICT solution company based in Abuja, Nigeria. He is also the founder/ 1st Chair of the concerned private sector-led and over 30-nation strong Africa ICT Alliance – AfICTA. He has distinguished himself at the United Nations Commission for Science and Technology for Development Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (2011-2012) and on the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation on public policy matters pertaining to the Internet (2013-2014 & 2016-2018).
  He was the ICT Consultant for the World Bank-Office of the Auditor General for the Federation, Nigeria (WB-OAuGF) Economic Reform and Governance Project 2012-2013. He thereafter continued to consult for the OAuGF.
  He is actively involved in policies for cybersecurity assurance, broadband as a right, intellectual property right, internet freedom and the management of critical internet resources. He is directly involved in energizing and transforming the Nigerian Information Technology industry through diverse ICT policy framework advocacy. Some of his efforts in collaboration with other stakeholders resulted in the establishment of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Galaxy Backbone Plc and the Ministry of Communications, Nigeria. He was formerly the vice-chairman of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) and the president of the Information Technology (Industry) Association of Nigeria (ITAN). He is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Business Action In Support of the Information Society (BASIS) and the chair, finance and operations of the Business Constituency of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (BC-ICANN).
  He was also until 2012 the chair of the National IT Public-Private Forum – a peer review and development forum of IT administrators and CEOs in the Public and the Private sectors in Nigeria. He was a council member of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and the Computer Professionals’ (Registration Council) of Nigeria (CPN). He has authored four books including Sincere But Sincerely Wrong, Mohammed My Brother, The Transformation and Information Technology Applications. Olufuye is a recipient of the United Nations Youth Ambassador Award for Peace in 2007. He was inducted into the Fellowships of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) in 2003 and the Institute of Chartered Management Auditors in 2004. He is a member of the Information System Audit and Control Association (ISACA), United States.
  Olufuye has attended Advanced Leadership & Professional training courses in Sun-City, South Africa; Silicon Valley, Virginia, Las Vegas and Hawaii in USA & United Kingdom Telecom Academy. He has also attended professional conferences in London, Senegal, Malaysia, UAE, India, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, South Korea, Brazil, Argentina, Singapore, China, Ireland, and in Nigeria.
  He has served on many Federal Government of Nigeria Committees including Y2K (1999), IT Think Tank (1999), IT Policy (2000 & 2008/2009), IT Harmonization (2004); and on the board of many companies.
caption: Dr. Olufuye at ICANN61
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