By Goodluck Ikiebe
A Nigerian born naturalized American, OSATOHANMEN OSEMWENGIE, is a godfather of drones in the United States Army.
Osemwengie is the
First African to design artificial intelligence robotic machines for surveillance to take out terrorists. A scholar, who possesses seven Masters degrees, recently bagged the fourth Ph.D.
The Edo born Nigerian American is a software genius who creates drones on missions to Jupiter and Mars from the Earth, worked with National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Osatohanmen Osemwengie is the CEO of ‘Ubiquity Interface Inc.’, hires a team of experienced foreign engineers in his firm. He was a former administrator at Benin College of Education and had earlier won award at World Robotics Championship.
“OSATOHANMEN OSEMWENGIE is an embodiment of success”, Mr George Elijah a publisher said.
“This drone genius is known and highly sought after around the world due to his extensive skills in Artificial Intelligence technology” .
According to him, “This Edo State born Nigerian educator always in searches for knowledge and so passionate in engineering design, ans now celebrated as the ‘godfather of Drones’ in United States Army.”
“This engineer made a name for himself at the world robotics championship in 2008, having been a software engineer to various robotics teams as well as coaching robotics. Also, he worked with National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, and made a couple of drones that were sent on missions to different planets, including Jupiter and Mars.
The Edo State born Nigerian engineer left Nigeria in the early 1980’s after many years of learning about engineering.
Osemwengie is the owner and CEO of a famous drone company called ‘Ubiquity Interface Inc.’ where he works with a team comprising of foreign engineers including his brother, Ken, who served in the U.S. Army.
Nigeria recently joined other nations like the US, the UK, Israel, Iraq, and more who have begun using drones in modern warfare. The former administrator at Benin College of Education had earlier received award as ‘Educator of the Year’ and has helped secure funding for the school.
Other African countries are using drones to solve various challenges, particularly in agriculture and health. In 2016, Rwanda launched the first ever commercial drone delivery service to deliver medical supplies to various remote villages in the country.
In Malawi, drones are used to deliver HIV test kits in various areas while in other countries like Kenya, Namibia and South Africa, drones are used to track illegal activities such as poaching and more.