Professor Nii Quaynor, a Ghanaian scientist and engineer, or better known as Africa's ‘Father of the Internet.’ He manages the first training workshop for the African Network Operators' Group in which his efforts put a great impact on how internet will grow in the continent.
Quaynor graduated from Dartmouth College, the Thayer School of Engineering and the State University of New York. When he returned home to his country, he continued his studies to Adisadel College and Achimota School in Ghana.
This was when he established some of Africa's first internet connections.
During the early 1990s, as internet technology developed across the world, Quaynor established some of Africa's first internet connection by setting up key organisations, including the African Network Operators Group, as well introducing Value Added Networks, Swift (global financial telecommunications), AfriNIC, the African internet numbers registry. and other burgeoning commerce technology systems.
These were all integral in making the internet more accessible and above all, more secure.
For his efforts, Quaynor received many recognition and awards throughout his career. He was the first African to be elected to the board of the Internet Corporation ICANN where he then became its Director for the African region.
Named into the Internet Society's Hall of Fame in 2013, Quaynor joined other World Wide Web pioneers where he specialized his technological skills that contribute to an evolving modern supply chain.
