Sir Demola Aladekomo (born 31 December 1957) is a computer engineer from Lagos,

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. Aladekomo is the chairman of SmartCity Resorts Plc, Card Centre Nigeria Limited, Treasure-nest Limited, Crops Nigeria Limited, Chams Consortium Limited, Insider Concepts Limited, and the founder of Chams Plc. He is a Fellow of the Nigeria Computer Society (FNCS) and the Computer Professional Registration Council (CPN); a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), and the immediate past President of the Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA) and the Nigeria Computer Society, respectively. Aladekomo has also served as the vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of SmartCard Society of Nigeria. He is the founder of DATA Foundation and Volunteer Corps, non-governmental organizations engaged in corporate social investments in Nigeria.

Early life and family

Sir Aladekomo graduated from the University of Ife (now

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) in 1982 with a degree in computer engineering and obtained an

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from the

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in 1984. He was Chief Executive Programmer at the

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(LBS) from 1991 to 1992. He is married to Titi Aladekomo, an entrepreneur and philanthropist. They have four children and three granddaughters.

Professional life

Sir Aladekomo founded Chams Limited (now Chams Plc, and listed on the

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) as the first indigenous computer maintenance outfit in Nigeria in September 1985. Working as the chief engineer, he led the company to deploy Nigeria's first Wide-Area-Network WAN) on personal computers, and to deploy the country's pioneer card technology. Sir Aladekomo also contributed to the development of the first e-payment card in Nigeria: the Valucard project, working with a consortium of five local banks. Aladekomo helped transform Chams from a privately held company to public company listed on the

, differentiating itself in the Nigerian market by focusing on the business of identity management, ceding the increasingly cluttered card technology and transaction payments segments to its subsidiaries, ChamAccess Limited and Card Centre Nigeria Limited.

Philanthropic activities

Sir Aladekomo is the founder and past chairman of the Board of Trustees of Volunteer Corps, which he established in 1992 to offer educational opportunities to less privileged members of society, and the DATA Foundation; a non-governmental organization committed to professional volunteerism for public school education which has repeatedly awarded scholarships to students in public schools. Sir Aladekomo served in the following capacities: *Council Member,

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*Board Member,

Advancement Board *Board Member,

(OAUTECHEXCEL), the foundation implementing a knowledge park at the university *Patron, Lagos City Chorale Group *Member, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) from inception/Vision 2010 and Vision 2020

References

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