Awards

1) The MBB Grant Winner 2024

2) The MBB Grant Winner 2022

3) Bertelsmen Scholarship for AI 2020 & 2021

4) NUESA Engineering Bowl Competition 2019

5) Hult Prize for Innovation 2018

Co-developed a product that allows retrieval of patient's medical information using fingerprints in hospitals. The idea was designed to employ over 2000 rural youths in a decade. This idea won OAU campus edition of the competition

6) EEESS OAU Innovation Competition 2017

Developed an Internet of Things Solution to help farmers track environmental parameters for improves crop growth and sales maximisation. Built the prototype during the 24hrs competition and won the pitch contest.

7) AOJF Scholarship of Academic Excellence 2014

Won a scholarship for academic excellence due to my West African School Examination Result in 2012. I had A1 in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Technical Drawing and Economics. Other subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English and Yoruba language) were B grades.

8) FCEMSS Best Student (2006 - 2012)

Consistently maintained being the overall best student in my secondary school for 6years carting away most of the prizes at the yearly prize given day.

Electric Drives

For my masters thesis, I am working on control of electric drives. Electric drives powers electric vehicles, modern robotics and gadgets. Ongoing research are to reduce power consumption, heat disspation and size of these systems so effective control can be achieved at high reliability and efficiency. With existing controllers, we could develop algorithms that can help us achieve dextrity with machines. Electric drives helps us achieve precision in control at the hardware level. Next, we can integrate AI or mobile apps for monitoring and customised agent control.

Conveyor Belt Simulation Control

In this simulation, I showed how the conveyor belt for Dangote Cement Factory can be modelled for effective control using matlab and simulink.

Review of 2024

Building AI solutions for Africa requires more than just technical expertise - it demands persistence, vision, and a deep understanding of local challenges. 2024 proved that combining technical innovation with practical solutions can drive real change in African markets. As we advanced our work on identity verification systems, each challenge reinforced why local context matters in AI development. Key milestones that shaped our impact: • Won 2024 MBB Grant Award (2x winner) for Ojumi platform • Promoted to Head of AI at Gamol Studio • Began MSc in Electrical/Electronics Engineering at University of Lagos • Led development of AI-powered identity verification solutions Most impactful developments: "Ojumi AI-Powered Identity Verification" Designed to address fragmented identity systems and expand financial inclusion across Africa https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7276479942123540480/ "Advancing AI Research in African Markets" How local context shapes...

AI Grant 2024

I am happy to announce the recipient of an AI grant for project Ojumi. This award makes me a two times MBB grant winner. All praises to God and those who truly believe in us towards building ai driven solutions in Africa. To the organisers, I am truly greatful for this award.

Temperature and Pressure Control Simulation

We considered an interacting loop and process fermentation. Models the fermentation tank temperature and pressure dynamics. Uses PID control for both temperature and pressure. Simulates the system's response to heat (yeast) and CO₂ disturbances. Plots real-time regulation toward setpoints.

Ojumi

Ojumi is an ai powered identity recorgnition software. It identify faces, fingerprints, passports and NIN documents. Oju means eyes. Ojumi means my eyes. It is an intelligent eyes for verification. As a verification layer, it can be synced with fintech, security, education and entertainment platforms (tickets).

Building for Africa

That is why I focus on building AI solutions for Africa, irrespective of whether the Western version already exists. It is a fact that Western tools often don't perform well with local feature detection or deployment realities in Africa. In Africa, however, we like to talk and watch others do things for us. With my AI works, I hope it inspires more innovators to build for Africa and iterate till it fits our local contexts. Individually, this will give us confidence that we are not spectators and allow us to contribute significantly to the league of AI research. Africa should not just be a deployment zone. It can also be the building zone that prevents AI solutions from being biased in Africa. No GPT of the future can guarantee that without us. I believe that the key contribution is our work to do.

CrealityXR

Crealityxr is an ai powered XR technology aimed at resolving bank complains through automating customer service interactions with AR and AI. This idea came from the ARVR hackerton organised by meta, arvrafrica and imisi3D in Lagos Nigeria from Dec2 to Dec 4 of 2022. Our team didn't win but we are glad for the opportunity to show what we can build with XR tech in a short timed hacker-ton.

Induction Machine Simulation

Induction Machines are quite useful in industrial designs because of their variable speed control and applity for easy configuration.

Ibrahim is a multi-award winning innovator whose expertise interconnects hardware, software and AI development in Africa. Ibrahim is an AI expert with over half a decade experience in the African tech space. He is all about growth and greatness with innovation in Africa. He works as the Chief AI Scientist at Gamol Studio.