Adebunmi Adeola Akinbo

Affiliation:	AtLarge, I* Organization
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Region:	Africa
Country:	Nigeria
Email:	opomulero[at]akinbo.ng
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Twitter:	@aareakinbo
Featured in the ICANN 51 - Los Angeles playing card deck

Adebunmi Adeola Akinbo is a member of the Internet Society. He is currently the Public Relations Officer for the Internet Society (ISOC), Nigeria Chapter (2017). He is also the Secretary of the Association for Information Communication Technology Local Content (ICTLOCA).

He is a pioneer member of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association NiRA. He served as a pioneer member of the Board of Trustee (2006 - 2013), and was also elected to serve at the 5th Annual General Meeting to the Executive Board of NiRA (2013 - 2017), and was involved in the day-to-day coordination of events, policy, and training, as they are related to the multi-stakeholder association across his country.

A Disruptive Communication Technologist, Poet, Management Consultant, Dancer and Martial Art Practitioner, his signature is Akinbo A. A. Cornerstone .

Education

Graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. While in the University, he advocated for the introduction of Cyber Cafe's while serving as the Secretary General of the Students Union, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife. He pushed for the introduction of an ePortal as the Chairman/President of Telecoms and Internet Subscribers (TAIS) Forum. He was a known activist with a unique approach to Project and Conflict Management.

He also led the advocacy for Mobile Monitoring of Election, using Edo State as a pilot face during his Youth Service.Using My Nigeria Online (MyNOL), he wrote the first paper and need for the eNYSC in 2007. He had also worked with the Nigerian .ng ccTLD for some years, considering that he is a Pioneer Member of the Board of Trustee till April 2013 when he voluntarily resigned to accommodate a constitutional clause and decided to work with the NiRA Executive Board of Directors (2013-2017).

Expertise

He is Communication Technologist, Disruptive Technology Expert, Graphics, Logo and Branding Expert, Social Media Consultant, Web Design and Content Development. He is a seasoned journalist in the area of Education, Health, Agriculture, Reviews, Heritage, Tourism and Technology. An addict researcher and documentation professional. He is a poet and a writer with works covering ICANN, IGF, WSIS, HIV/AIDS, Climate Issues, to mention but a few, to his credit.

Career

He has been involved with ICANN as a member of ISOC's Nigeria Chapter for over seven years and ALAC for over three years, as of October 2016. Having run many ICANN | IGF Online Meeting for young people, he was part of the Nigerian Delegation to Singapore in 2011 advocating to host the World in Nigeria by 2013 and was in Argentina as well for Nigeria by 2015.

Akinbo Adebunmi was appointed as the Acting Secretary | Chief Operating Officer for the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) to manage the affairs of the Secretariat pending the appointment of a substantive Chief Operating Officer (July 23rd, 2013 to May 21st, 2014). He was saddled with the responsibility of improving the Public Relations and Re-organization of Information and Upgrades in Service, Secretariat Management and Business Development.

He was the pioneer Chief Operating Officer for DNS Africa, a new magazine that debuted at the ICANN 47 informing Africa all about the DNS Industry in the world with focus on Africa. He is the founder and pioneer of DNS Global Initiative Alliance (dgintal) the spring board of Domain Name System (DNS) Global Academy, created in 2014 to educate, expose and exchange information and opportunities for developing minds about the internet of everything. Collaborating and using Online tools, concentration is focused on like-minds to empower the enduser and the willing novice.

He ran ISOC NG-Satets Drive in Nigeria to advocate for the rebirth of the ISOC Nigeria Chapter and State Branches. He manages TRIACE Tech, a product of KOBOKINGs Limited. He is the lead-Manager of Local Creed, a local content initiative that contributed to the development and re-introduction of the DNS Africa Awards, created to grow,, develop and sustain Africa's global participation with equal opportunity across the region, promote an African Agenda and encourage Local Content GDS.

Professional Affiliations

He is a Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Diplomacy and Management (CIPDM). He is also an Associate Member of the Computer Professional Registration Council Of Nigeria (CPN).

Other Work

He is a member of various Boards; Yomm Kinboss Limited, TRIACE CONtractors, etc.

His other roles and projects include: Founder of Webmasters Guild Nigeria; Innovative Member of the Management of Successgate Foundation (Former Project Director); Founder of Webmasters Guild Africa; CEO of Change Channel Communications; Former Executive Director of Research, Relations, and Technology at Yomm Kinboss Limited; Innovator of My Nigeria Online (MyNOL), Project Director at Saving Lives Nigeria, President of the Young Internet Professionals (YiPS), member of Nigerian Professionals (NiPRO), to mention a few.

He currently runs KOBOKINGs Limited, an innovation and local content, content development channel and platform. It also runs consultancy platform for developing organisations, research and developmental tools, social media and management consulting, collaboration and partnerships. KOBOKINGs Limited is an African Concept Driven company that as created many intervention products and services for the average African. They are MyNOL Academy, Amuluyo, SmartAct, Sociogurus, TheAwardsCrew, MysteryShopCrew, Change Channel Communications, etc.

He intends to be a fellow in ICANN and hopes to study Management and Technology Innovations at Harvard University.

Fun Facts

He loves taking pictures. He believes that poverty can be eradicated with Knowledge Transfer and Mentorship. To him,"Consistency confirms credibility -akinbo 2002".