1) HISTORY & MOTIVATION:
PROFESSOR ADEMOLA OJO EMMANUEL “(AOE) FOUNDATION” is an initiative and creation of Professor Ojo Emmanuel ADEMOLA, a foremost Cyber Security technocrat of repute. The Foundation is born out of the promoter/proprietor’s long stints in the academic world of research and the corporate world of professionalism which clearly identifies genuine human and material aids for technical education in developing countries. It was (and still) reasoned that adequate/sufficient assistance for acquiring more profound knowledge in technical sciences is capable of bridging the disconnect between teaching and practice, mostly in pure sciences, and ensuring an an-all-round developmental model of education at the tertiary level.
AOE Foundation is persuaded that a quantum push by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in the stated field would accelerate the much-needed development of human capital and management of non-human resources in Nigeria.
2) VISION & OBJECTIVES:
As envisioned by the proprietor, AOE Foundation has the following vision and objectives:
THE VISION: supporting and promoting technical studies at the highest levels of human endeavours.
THE OBJECTIVES: The vision entails, among other objects/intents:
a) To help and improve in providing good quality education to the people through the award of scholarships and supply of educational materials
b) To provide a platform and continuous support for all qualified and willing individuals to use improved means of education to solve society’s problems, making meaningful and transformative contributions to society
c) To provide free educational relief materials to deserving students for laboratory experiments and tests
d) To help and support education and vocational training by providing tutors, lecturers and teachers, and other educational materials for the growth of our educational system and also for the betterment of the society
e) To provide and promote research laboratories and experimental workshops, seminars, conferences, symposia and meetings for schools/colleges
f) To raise funds in such manner as the Foundation shall deem fit to support the needy and less privileged students and,
g) To partner with governments and other educational sectors in delivering good and quality education to the people in the Society.
All these are contained in the charter of PROFESSOR ADEMOLA OJO EMMANUEL (AOE) FOUNDATION, approved by Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in March 2021.
This Vision, no doubt, couldn’t have come into being without the guardian of the Almighty God whose benevolence has piloted the founder/promoter, Professor Ojo Emmanuel, Ademola through life’s journey, the process which has produced valuable expertise, exposure and experience that must be impacted into future generations in the form of professional knowledge.
It is based on the Foundation’s Vision that the UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES (UNIPRO) was established to enliven the desires of the Founder partly.
The Foundation’s Vision will also be translated to reality through a central CODING VILLAGE concept in the field of Information-Communication-Technology (ICT). The idea of a Coding Village is a prototype for the mass development of expertise in digital technologies among the teeming youths in developing countries like Nigeria. Ditto, the Foundation will push for establishing a maiden DIGITAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE; one meant to play a critical role in the country’s food security.
Together with other initiatives of the AOE Foundation, a timely vision is about to be birthed, and a clarion call is being made to well-meaning and high-net-worth citizens of the world, multinational institutions, donor-agencies and the advanced world to assist in living a worthwhile Dream.
3) THE PROFILE OF THE PROMOTER/PROPRIETOR:
Professor ADEMOLA OJO EMMANUEL is a highly motivated Cyber Security professional with a wealth of leadership and technical experience gained from a variety of consultancy, leadership and senior technical roles over the last 30 years. He has extensive experience working under pressure in fast-paced environments, covering Cyber Security training, System design, implementation and support of enterprise ICT/Networking infrastructures that include but are not limited to Physical/Virtual Server environments, Endpoints, Mobile devices, Firewalls and IPS/IDS systems. Skill sets include Network & System Security, Risk Management, Vulnerability Assessments, Authentication & Access Control, System Monitoring, Regulatory Compliance, System Integration Planning and Multitier Network Architecture. Over the years, Prof ADEMOLA has led and managed teams in various business environments that include Universities on Teaching, Course/Curriculum Development and research. He has also published in reputable peer-review journals, Books and Chapters. Also, he is currently on various Committees on BCS and Fellowship, Supporter and Mentor. He is a reliable and conscientious individual who has been described as a confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and rapidly builds successful relationships at every level. He holds a PhD in Cyber Security, among other qualifications, and he is a Fellow of relevant professional bodies.
4) LOCATION OF AOE FOUNDATION
The Foundation is strategically located in the heart of Western Nigeria, in the present State of Osun. With a view to accommodating its Vision, it will operate from acres of land assigned to the proprietor as a benevolence to being a prince of Ijesaland.
SPECIFIC LOCATION (address):
NO. 6, ORI-OOKUN STREET, BESIDE ARINGBAJO PALACE
IGBAJO-IJESA
ORIADE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OSUN STATE
NIGERIA
5) THE PROSPECTIVE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE FOUNDATION:
The Foundation is primarily set up to cater for the interest of:
a) Young school leavers with the quest for professional skills/training
b) Graduates with a genuine desire for advanced technical knowledge acquisition
c) The civil servants in the local community with the quest for high education
d) Top government functionaries with desires for on-the-job training
e) Others with desires for quality professionalism in career modelling.
f) International and local Donor-Agencies with desires to propel technical, science-based education in developing countries like Nigeria.
On behalf of the erudite and highly esteemed Board of Trustees (BOT) of the PAOE Foundation, it is my most incredible privilege to welcome you on board our journey to the fulfilled future of advancement in the Developing World.
PROF. O.E ADEMOLA
(Chair, PROFESSOR ADEMOLA OJO EMMANUEL FOUNDATION)