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The Enterprise of the Future
Enterprise of the Future Thought Leader: Dr. Joseph Okpaku
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Dr. Joseph Okpaku, a national of Nigeria, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Telecom Africa Corporation, a company dedicated to building a globally competitive indigenous African industrial capacity in information and telecommunications technologies. He has devoted much of his professional life to the advocacy for, and design of, strategies for the development of Africa towards global competitiveness within the framework of her cultural priorities. He is recognized as a leading thinker at the cutting edge of the development of information and telecommunications in Africa as strategic tools for furthering the continent’s advancement. In this regard, Dr. Okpaku has crafted initiatives by Telecom Africa to build manufacturing, research and development, software and applications capacity in Africa through strategic partnerships and joint ventures with global and regional technology companies. Dr. Okpaku made his international debut as the founder, editor-in-chief and publisher of The Third Press, a New York-based book publishing company whose authors included Africa’s leading writers, scholars and policy-makers. He consults for Governments and international organizations in the fields of development, governance, long-term strategic planning and futures studies. Dr. Okpaku holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University, a Master of Science Degree in Structural Engineering from Stanford University and Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Dramatic Literature and Theatre History, also from Stanford University. |
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