AI & EN Education Foundation is a passion project and brainchild of Dr. Amanze Ikwu and Engr. Ezenwa Nwawudu – who are role models for young adults to support gifted children from poor and middle-class homes in Nigeria in their academic pursuit.
Founders
Dr. Amanze Ikwu is a trained Physician who works at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, United Kingdom. He has published several research work in reputable international journals. He has also written a book on the “Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Hypertensive Women”. He is an astute scholar with interest in cardiovascular diseases, emerging infectious diseases, digital technology application in medicine, telemedicine advancement in Africa, arrhythmia, geriatric medicine, and E-Health. He holds an MBBS certificate and Fellowship of the Medical College of Physicians in Internal Medicine/Cardiology. He is the Executive Director of NEUstars Partners Ltd.
Nwawudu is an astute scholar cum highly skilled entrepreneur, saddled with fervent zeal to provide simple solutions to complex problems. Nwawudu has championed myriads of projects that have given hope to the common man. He is a humanitarian, gospel preacher, sustainable future advocate, and human rights crusader.
His professional portfolio includes Innovation Project Manager, IT Engineer (Information Technology), Educational Technology Consultant, Consultant Computer Vision Systems, Biometric Systems, and Identification Systems, IT Application Developer (WEB oriented, “Smart-Systems”), Expert in a team R & D, Advisor Identification Systems, Time and Attendance Systems, Developer of Vision Systems and Automatic Pattern Recognition, and Digital Health Consultant.
He is the Founder/President, Institut des Besoins Global (Global Needs Institute), the Founder of Sixkon – A Smart technology/ Biometrics Technology Startup based in France, and many others.
He is a manuscript reviewer for international reputable research journals. He has served as a project reviewer to research and development donor agencies. He is also a member of many professional bodies. He has earned recognition as a distinguished Information Communication Technology (ICT) professional from local and international bodies such as the Australian Government, European Commission (EC), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), etc.
He holds Master’s degree in Science, technologies and health with specialization in Optics, Image, Vision, and Multimedia from Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France and Master of Science degree in Digital health from Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany respectively.