IEEE Blockchain Africa Industry Panel

IEEE Blockchain Africa Industrial Panel is organized under the IEEE Blockchain Initiative[1], US by two scientific groups from Valley View University[2], Ghana and Babcock University[3], Nigeria. The event will give the opportunity to the participants to get acquainted with the latest developments of blockchain from industry and also with the research from academia that can be applied in industry. The presentations will be focused to the situation in Africa and also internationally.

Blockchain is an impenetrable technology that has application in several domains such as money transfers, financial exchanges (cryptocurrency), lending (collateralized loans), insurance, real estate, secure information (personal and medical), Non-fungible tokens, logistics and supply chain, data storage and secure Internet of Things (IoT).

Blockchain applications in digital identity prevents inaccessibility, data insecurity and fraudulent personalities with key benefits to organizations, users, and IoT coordination systems. Businesses are continually investigating new ways to use blockchain technology to support their operations, despite the fact that it has only been around for a dozen years. With the increasing usage of digital data in our lives, the data security, access, openness, and integrity that blockchain can provide is becoming more important.

This workshop will be hosted by Babcock University, Nigeria in collaboration with Valley View University, Ghana.

[1] https://blockchain.ieee.org/

[2] https://vvu.edu.gh

[3] https://www.babcock.edu.ng

Conference Committee

Honorary Chair: Prof. Gora Datta, UC Berkeley, US, IEEE Blockchain Initiative Conferences/Events Chair

Co-Honorary Chair: Prof. Nicolae Goga, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Chair of IEEE Blockchain Romania

Chair: Prof. Oludele Awodele, Backcock University, Nigeria

Co-Chair: Prof. Dominic Damoah, Valley View University, Ghana

Agenda

Virtual Event • 19 May 2022 at 15.00 -19.30 PM WAT

15:00-15:05 Intro

Prof Oludele Awodele, PhD, Chair, IEEE Blockchain Africa Industry Panel

Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Nigeria

Dominic Damoah, PhD, Co-Chair, IEEE Blockchain Africa Industry Panel

Valley View University, Oyibi-Accra, Ghana

Keynote

15:05-15:30, Prof. Goga Dattap and Prof. Nicolae Goga

Honorary Chairs, IEEE Blockchain Africa Industry Panel

Session 1

Session Chair: Prof Oludele Awodele, PhD

15:30-15:50 EHIWE Dominic (PhD, FFIS), Consultant, Cyber Forensics & Open Source Intelligence, “Addressing Social Network User Privacy Concerns By Leveraging Blockchain Technology”

15:50-16:20 CHIGOZIE-OKWUM Chioma, Director of ICT, Spiritan University Nneochi, Abia State, Nigeria “Beyond The Financials; An Exposé On The Non-Financial Affordances Of Blockchain Technology”

16:20-16:40 AKINSOLA, Jide Ebenezer Taiwo Ph.D. (MNCS, MCP, CITP, MITSSP, FCBA, FCKM), Researcher, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics, “Application of Blockchain Technology For Secure Messaging Using Hybridized Cryptography Techniques”

16:40-17:00 ABUAH, Ifeoma (B.sc. )Information Resource Management, Data Scientists, Developer, Inventor of Cypherthron AI, “Leveraging Blockchain food Business”

17:00-17:10 Q&A

Session 2

Session Chair: Dominic Damoah, PhD.

17:10-17.30 Kwame Opuni-Boakye Obour Agyekum Ph.D. Lecturer, Researcher – Blockchain | Applied Cryptography | Cyber Security | Wireless Communications, “Blockchain-Based Approach To Secure Data Sharing In The Internet Of Things Environment “.

17:30-17.50 Emmanuel Ahene PhD, Lecturer, Researcher KNUST, Cybersecurity consultant & Co-founder Cyberpassconsult, Research Area: Information Security| Blockchain Technology| Cryptographic Applications, “Blockchain For Electronic Health Record Systems Using Heterogeneous Signcryption With Proxy Re-Encryption”.

17:50-18:10 Dr. Ramona Popa Lecturer at University Politehnica of Bucharest and CS architect at Ericson. She is Vice Chair of IEEE Blockchain Romania & & Mr. Mihai Butolo of University Politehnica of Bucharest, “An NFT Blockchain E Commerce System”.

18.10-18:40 Chioma Chigozie-Okwum, Director of ICT, Spiritan University Nneochi, Abia State, Nigeria, “Beyond the financials; an expose on the non-financial affordances of blockchain technology”

18:10-18:20 Q&A

Closing Remarks

18:20 -18:30 Honorary Chair Prof Gora Data

EHIWE Dominic (PhD, FFIS)

Consultant, Cyber Forensics & Open Source Intelligence | Investigator, Software & Tech IP Rights Violation | Information Systems Researcher

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linkedin.com/in/ehiwe-dominic-phd-70ab2686

Dr. Ehiwe practices as a digital forensic investigation & advisory consultant. He is principal partner of EON-PeaceConsult Limited, a digital forensic investigation, information security consulting, open source intelligence (OSINT) and IP rights violation investigation and litigation support services provider.

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CHIOMA CHIGOZIE-OKWUM

Director of ICT, Spiritan University Nneochi, Abia State, Nigeria.

[email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/chioma-chigozie-okwum-376793122/

Chioma Chigozie-Okwum, indigenous to Nigeria, is a cybersecurity researcher, educator, content creator and advocate. Chioma is a serial tech enthusiast and is passionate about cyber safety awareness propagation and that has earned her many national and international recognitions. She is pursuing cyber-psychology and human factor security frontiers.

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AKINSOLA, Jide Ebenezer Taiwo Ph.D. (MNCS, MCP, CITP, MITSSP, FCBA, FCKM)

Researcher, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics |

Developer, Blockchain and Cryptography Algorithms |

Cyber Threat Modeling, Data Security and Digital Forensics Specialist

[email protected]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jet-akinsola-ph-d-84077a6/

Dr. Akinsola is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Sciences at the First Technical University, Ibadan, Nigeria. He is the Director of ICT at the Institute of Business Administration and Knowledge Management.

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OBOUR AGYEKUM, KWAME OPUNI-BOACHIE Ph.D.

Lecturer, Researcher – Blockchain | Applied Cryptography | Cyber Security | Wireless Communications

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwame-opuni-boachie-obour-agyekum-7071a840/

Dr. Kwame Opuni-Boachie Obour Agyekum is a lecturer in the Department of Telecommunication Engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He is the head for the Data Science, Computational Intelligence and Cyber Security (DSCICS) section in the department. He holds a BSc. in Telecommunication Engineering (2014) from KNUST, an M.Eng.

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Emmanuel Ahene (PhD, MEng)

Lecturer, KNUST, Cybersecurity consultant & Co-founder

Cyberpassconsult

Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eahenecybersecurity/

Emmanuel Ahene is a lecturer with demonstrated research and professional expertise in cyber security at the Department of Computer Science, KNUST. He is the Co-founder of cyberpassconsult, an international cybersecurity consulting firm that offers IT security consultancy services and training for public and private organizations.

In his quest to build human capacity against cybercrime activities in Ghana, Dr. Ahene has over the years been involved in running and facilitating several hands-on training programs in cyber security for both public and private institutions in Ghana.

He has several research articles published in high-impact journals and conferences.

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Ramona Popa, PhD

Lecturer at University Politehnica of Bucharest and CS architect at Ericson,Vice Chair of IEEE Blockchain Romania

Email:[email protected]

Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/popa-ramona-cristina-8aa229bb

Mihai Butolo

Lecturer University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania and CEO at MBM

Software

Email: [email protected]

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihai-butolo-3136777

Dr. Ramona Popa is lecturer at University Politehnica of Bucharest and Computer Science architect at Ericson. She is Vice Chair of IEEE Blockchain Romania. Her research interests include blockchain, semantic web, distributed systems, AI.

Mihai Butolo is Lecturer University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania and CEO at MBM Software. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Networking, blockchain, distributed systems.

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ABUAH DEBORAH IFEOMA

(Data Scientists, Researcher, Inventor, Developer)

Director of Artificial Intelligence solutions, Azap Coordinate Digital ltd, Lagos State Nigeria.

Director of ICT, RIMCO Inc. Oyo State Nigeria.

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Abuah Ifeoma is an entrepreneur, inventor, and an investor. she is a co-founder at Azap coordinates digital, a rising tech organization that started it operations in 2019 and has since been developing growth extensions in Nigeria she obtained a bachelor of science degree in information resources management from Babcock university in Nigeria she has worked with various companies as an it business analyst in 2012 to build strategic goals with attainable achievements, she also worked in the banking sector in the customer representative department in 2014 she designs structural digital solutions to recreate customer interactive platforms. she builds and develops brands as a brand manager , she worked as a project manager with various companies in 2018.

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