Ross Alabo-George

CEO of PROXY LOGICS NIGERIA

What is the future of Nigeria as a nation? In this highly evocative talk, Ross takes us through a brief history of the country, its colonialism, independence and valuable natural resources. He encourages a shift from the current valued natural resource – oil – to knowledge and creativity, as that is what the successful economies are focusing on. Ross Alabo-George is the founder and chief executive officer of Proxy Logics Nigeria. Previously a geospatial systems programmer, he is one the earliest pioneers the digital mapping for mobile in Nigeria. He is a specialist in the development in decision support and modelling systems. He designed and developed the first enterprise geospatial information system on enterprise platform in Nigeria. He has worked on environmental models, big data analytics and geo-information system. His works are tailored to enhance sustainability, pragmatic development and business performance. He is a blogger, a contributor and columnist in several national newspapers and a public policy analyst. In 2010, as Lead Data scientist and developer at his company, he led the team that developed Nigeria’s first Oil and Gas database on interactive geospatial platform. He holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering respectively from the Colorado University, USA.

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