About Prof. Adeyanju
Professor of Computer Engineering and Managing Director/CEO of Galaxy Backbone Limited.
Prof. Ibrahim Adepoju Adeyanju is a Professor of Computer Engineering specialising in Intelligent Systems, and the Managing Director/CEO of Galaxy Backbone Limited — the ICT and shared-services provider to Nigeria's Federal Government under the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy.
His journey runs from a First Class degree at LAUTECH through a PhD in Computing at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, an EPSRC postdoctoral fellowship, an MIT teaching fellowship, and a professorship at Federal University Oye-Ekiti — where he served as pioneer Director of Quality Assurance.
Appointed MD/CEO by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in February 2024, he leads the institution trusted with Nigeria's sovereign cloud, national fibre backbone and government cybersecurity.
At a glance
- Current role
- MD/CEO, Galaxy Backbone Limited (since February 2024)
- Academic post
- Professor of Computer Engineering, FUOYE
- Doctorate
- PhD Computing, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
- Specialisation
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning and NLP
- Fellowship
- MIT Empowering the Teachers, Fall 2014
COREN
Registered Computer Engineer
Fellow, NYA
Nigerian Young Academy
MIT-ETT
Empowering the Teachers Fellow
Top 100
Leading personalities in Nigerian telecoms
Education
Honours and fellowships
Appointed MD/CEO of Galaxy Backbone by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (2024)
Named among the Top 100 leading personalities in Nigeria's telecoms industry
Blueprint Newspapers Enhanced Digital Infrastructure Award (2025)
MIT Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Fellowship
UK Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (ORSAS)
Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Scholarship
Stephen Awokoya Scholarship for Science Education
Fellow, Nigerian Young Academy (NYA)
Registered Engineer, COREN