Joseph Okpaku
Dr. Joseph O. Okpaku, Sr.為Telecom Africa International Corporation總裁兼執行長，因明確定位電訊發展的危機、轉機與策略而聞名世界，除曾擔任聯合國資通訊科技小組顧問外，亦為世界經濟論壇數位落差工作小組成員，做為發展議題、電子政府治理、長期策略規劃與未來學權威，他曾於聯合國多個機構、世界銀行、世界智慧財產組織、多國政府與團體發表演說與提供諮詢。
Okpaku 興趣廣泛，遍及科技、全球策略發展、文學、藝術等，原籍奈及利亞，為西北大學土木工程學士、史丹佛大學結構工程碩士、史丹佛大學戲劇與劇場史博士，畢業後創立The Third Press出版社，曾為諾貝爾獎得主索因卡、前美國總統福特出版作品。
他本身為人與社會未來的專家，亦為知識、創新與21世紀挑戰的權威，是當代重要知識份子，並與全球多位重要人士合作創立Project R&D計畫，動員大專院校、研究機構與企業人才 ，與非洲本地專家合作，在當代社會經濟各領域建立研發能力，為非洲科技建立世界級水準，對開發中國家與非洲助益良多。
Mr. Joseph Okpaku, a national of Nigeria, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Telecom Africa Corporation, a company dedicated to building a globally competitive indigenous African industrial capacity in information and telecommunications technologies. He also consults for Governments and international organizations in the fields of development, governance, long-term strategic planning and futures studies.
Mr. Okpaku made his international debut as the founder, editor-in-chief and publisher of The Third Press, a New York-based book publishing company whose authors included Africa’s leading writers, scholars and policy-makers.
He has devoted much of his professional life to the advocacy for, and design of, strategies for the development of Africa towards global competitiveness within the framework of her cultural priorities. Mr. Okpaku has become a leading thinker at the cutting edge of the development of information and telecommunications in Africa as strategic tools for furthering the continent’s advancement. In this regard, Mr. Okpaku has crafted initiatives by Telecom Africa to build manufacturing, research and development, software and applications capacity in Africa through strategic partnerships and joint ventures with global and regional technology companies.
Mr. Okpaku holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University, a Master of Science Degree in Structural Engineering from Stanford University and Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Dramatic Literature and Theatre History, also from Stanford University.
