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Researcher

Ndubuisi Ekekwe

Ndubuisi Ekekwe is an engineer and researcher whose career spans microelectronics, medical robotics and AI. Born in Ovim, Abia, he earned eight distinctions at Secondary Technical School and graduated from Federal University of Technology, Owerri, in 1998 as its top electrical and computer engineering student. By February 2009, he was due to graduate from Johns Hopkins with a PhD in microelectronics and medical robotics, and he had founded AFRIT to support technology education and policy in Africa. A TED Fellow in 2010, he described microelectronics as a basis for communications products; by 2015, he held a U.S. patent for a chip used in minimally invasive surgical robots. His writing addressed an AI doctor for African health care in 2018, AI and business in 2025, and Fasmicro’s university AI labs in 2026; as of October 2026, he is chairman of Tekedia Capital and Lead Faculty of Tekedia Mini-MBA.

Now at
Tekedia Capital
Born
1975
Works
29
Citations
147
h-index
6
Badges

Years link to their sources. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1998

    An engineering degree at FUTO

    Born in Ovim, Abia, he attends Secondary Technical School, Ovim, and earns eight distinctions. In 1998, he earns an engineering degree from Federal University of Technology, Owerri, as the top student in its electrical and computer engineering department.

  2. 2009

    PhD research and AFRIT

    In February 2009, he is due to graduate in March 2009 from Johns Hopkins with a PhD in electrical and computer engineering focused on microelectronics and medical robotics. His research includes integrated circuits for alternative energy and biomedical systems; during the PhD, he founds AFRIT to support practical technology education and policy in Africa.

  3. 2010

    A TED Fellowship

    In 2010, he is a TED Fellow. He describes microelectronics as a basis for communications products from cell phones to computers.

  4. By 2015

    A chip for surgical robots

    By 2015, he holds a U.S. patent on a microchip used in minimally invasive surgical robots.

  5. August 2018

    An AI doctor for Africa

    In August 2018, he writes that an AI doctor shows promise for health care in Africa.

  6. February 2025

    Tekedia Capital Open on AI

    At Tekedia Capital Open in February 2025, he discusses AI’s role in business efficiency and innovation.

  7. March 2026

    AI labs for universities

    In March 2026, he describes Fasmicro and Tekedia Institute’s work to help universities establish labs in embedded systems, robotics and AI. The program includes AI development, physical AI, electronics fabrication and cloud AI infrastructure.

  8. As of October 2026

    Tekedia Capital chairman

    He is Chairman of Tekedia Capital and Lead Faculty of Tekedia Mini-MBA.

Career

  1. NowTekedia CapitalChairman
  2. AFRITFounder

Education

  1. 2009Johns Hopkins UniversityPhD
  2. 1998Federal University of Technology OwerriEngineering degree

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Power dissipation sources and possible control techniques in ultra deep submicron CMOS technologies2006 · Microelectronics Journal · 42 citations
  2. Power dissipation and interconnect noise challenges in nanometer CMOS technologies2010 · IEEE Potentials · 18 citations
  3. A wide speed range and high precision position and velocity measurements chip with serial peripheral interface2007 · Integration · 15 citations
  4. Incremental Encoder Based Position and Velocity Measurements VLSI Chip with Serial Peripheral Interface2007 · IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings · 14 citations
  5. Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Global Redesign: Emerging Implications2012 · 12 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 21 October 2026.

  1. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes Johns Hopkins University. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Johns Hopkins University. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  3. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Johns Hopkins University. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.
  4. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Johns Hopkins University. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. How to develop Africa’s infotech policy, by Ndubuisi Ekekwe naijatechtalk.wordpress.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Ndubuisi Ekekwe: inventor, businessman and founder of the African Institution of Technology trueafrica.co. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. TED Fellows as Makers blog.ted.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. How New Technologies Could Transform Africa’s Health Care System hbr.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Unlocking Africa’s Abundance in AI Era – Ndubuisi Ekekwe – Tekedia Capital Open [Video] tekedia.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Building Africa’s Hardware Future: Embedded Systems & Artificial Intelligence Laboratories for Universities tekedia.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Chairman and Legal Custodial capital.tekedia.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. Ndubuisi Ekekwe, Author at Tekedia tekedia.com. Checked 20 October 2026.