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Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun

AFRINIC Board Chairman and Professor, Ahmadu Bello University

Public role: AFRINIC Board Chairman and Professor, Ahmadu Bello University
Country or region: Nigeria / Western Africa
Relationships: board member: CTO AFRINIC, employer: Ahmadu Bello University, board member: AfriNIC board

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Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun

AFRINIC Board Chairman and Professor, Ahmadu Bello University

AFRINIC Board Chairman and Professor, Ahmadu Bello University
Nigeria / Western Africa

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Public roleAFRINIC Board Chairman and Professor, Ahmadu Bello UniversityMedium confidence
Country or regionNigeria / Western AfricaMedium confidence
Relationshipsboard member: CTO AFRINIC, employer: Ahmadu Bello University, board member: AfriNIC boardMedium confidence

Basic information

NameEmmanuel Adewale AdedokunHigh confidence
Public roleAFRINIC Board Chairman and Professor, Ahmadu Bello UniversityMedium confidence
Country or regionNigeria / Western AfricaMedium confidence
Last verifiedMay 30, 2026High confidence

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board memberMedium confidence
employerMedium confidence
board memberAfriNIC board · AfriNIC board is connected to this record.Medium confidence
Coverage context

Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun now sits at AFRINIC's governance pressure point, Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun is a Nigerian computer-engineering professor whose public role now reaches AFRINIC's board. AFRINIC lists him as Board Chairman and Western Africa director after the 2025 board election, while Ahmadu Bello University places him in senior academic and institute leadership. The profile matters because AFRINIC's governance, African numbering policy, member confidence and technical-capacity debates now intersect with a Nigerian academic and operator-training network.

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Coverage contextAfriNIC board faces legitimacy test, The board's disputed path to office affects trust, continuity, and policy authority in Africa's internet governance.Medium confidence

Mentioned in coverageAfriNIC board: The Eight Who Govern Africa’s Internet, AfriNIC sits at the centre of African internet-number governance, and its board legitimacy affects registry trust, policy execution and resource governance.Medium confidence

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Primary articleEmmanuel Adewale Adedokun now sits at AFRINIC's governance pressure pointHigh confidence
Related articleAfriNIC board faces legitimacy testMedium confidence
Related articleAfriNIC board: The Eight Who Govern Africa’s InternetMedium confidence

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CTO AFRINIC · CTO AFRINIC is connected to this record. · AFRINIC lists Prof. Emmanuel A. Adedokun as Board Chairman and Western Africa director.

Ahmadu Bello University · Ahmadu Bello University is connected to this record. · AFRINIC candidate material identifies Adedokun as a professor affiliated with ABU.