• Dr. Tunde Adegbola

    Education — Development or Title?

  • Dr. Tunde Adegbola

    Engineer

    With an ever-increasing number of degree-awarding institutions available, Nigerians steadfastly continue their ‘mad rush’ for education. But what is the quality of this education we are receiving? Is it worth something, or nothing more than a means to an end? Dr. Tunde Adegbola is a research scientist, consulting engineer and cultural activist with wide ranging experience in information and communication media systems. One of his numerous contributions to that sector is the development of Cellular Automata Transform (CAT), one of the most advanced compression technologies employed on the global information infrastructure today. He is currently a member of the Digital; the group overseeing the transition to digital broadcasting and actively lectures in University of Lagos and University of Ibadan, two prestigious educational institutions in Nigeria.