Africa Career Expo - Philip Emeagwali

Philip Emeagwali helped create the supercomputer, the technology that spawned the Internet. In recognition of his contributions to technological innovation, Emeagwali won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, also known as the "Nobel Prize of Supercomputing." He is profiled in the book "History of the Internet" and has been described by CNN as "one of the fathers of the Internet." In a televised speech, former president Bill Clinton hailed Emeagwali as "one of the great minds of the Information Age." The September 2004 issue of New African magazine ranked him as history's 35th greatest person of African descent. (Please visit emeagwali.info for a 30-page biography)

Philip Emeagwali Inventor, Innovator, Winner of the prestigious Gordon Bell Award.

Philip Emeagwali helped create the supercomputer, the technology that spawned the Internet. In recognition of his contributions to technological innovation, Emeagwali won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, also known as the "Nobel Prize of Supercomputing." He is profiled in the book "History of the Internet" and has been described by CNN as "one of the fathers of the Internet." In a televised speech, former president Bill Clinton hailed Emeagwali as "one of the great minds of the Information Age." The September 2004 issue of New African magazine ranked him as history's 35th greatest person of African descent. (Please visit emeagwali.info for a 30-page biography)