Philip Emeagwali — war survivor, supercomputer pioneer, and according to readers
of London-based New African magazine, history’s 35th greatest person of African
descent — has been described by President Bill Clinton as “one of the great
minds of the Information Age,” as well as “the Bill Gates of Africa.” He has
been called “a father of the Internet” by CNN and TIME. Emeagwali won the 1989
Gordon Bell Prize, the Nobel Prize of supercomputing.
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his energy, emotion and passion.
His lectures on incisive contemporary, technological and futuristic issues that
affect the African Diaspora receive standing ovations and have a sense of
longevity that finds expression in newspaper headlines and rave reviews on
thousands of Web sites long after they are delivered.
Most requested topics: brain drain, intellectual capital, poverty alleviation,
Internet, youth motivation, assemblies, black history, Martin Luther King,
Independence and Africa Days Lectures.
A famed pioneer of the Supercomputer and Internet that was recognized by CNN and Time magazine as "a father of the Internet" and by then president Bill Clinton
"one of the great minds of the Information Age," as well as "the Bill Gates of
Africa."
TESTIMONIALS
"One of the great minds of the Information Age"
— Bill Clinton, The White House
"A Father of the Internet"
— CNN
"Unsung hero ... The Web owes much of its existence to Philip Emeagwali"
— Time magazine
"History's 35th greatest African"
— New African magazine poll
“I have never come across such a speech concentrated on solving the problem of
Africa.” — Aster Sagai (born in Eritrea), London, England
“Sir, I must say that your speech on that faithful day have enabled me to
rediscover myself, and also reminds me that Africa has great potentials that
can make Africa rise to its glory.” — Sunday Isoni
“Your article [speech transcript] is the most inspirational document I have ever
come across my whole life.“ --- Born in Ghana, living in Minnesota, USA.