How the LASU-trained lawyer clinched the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his creation of ShiVent, a low-cost, non-electric device ventilator that is efficient in its use of oxygen.
Meet Yusuf Bilesanmi, a Nigerian engineer who won the One to Watch Award at the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his creation of ShiVent, a low-cost, non-electric device ventilator that is efficient in its use of oxygen.
Yusuf came from a humble background. He had his first degree at Lagos State University where he studied Law before he switched paths later to science and engineering.
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Bilesanmi has used all his life to learn and become a master in his chosen profession. He has a Bachelor of Science in Information and Communications Technology from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (Oita, Japan) and a Masters of Science in Information Systems from Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan).
He has worked with multinationals – Panasonic Corporation as a Market and Life Research Analyst and with Mitsubishi Corporation as a Business Lead for Power and Infrastructure. He later had a post-graduate study at Cambridge University (CISL) on Corporate Sustainability. Presently, he is taking up a Ph.D. under the Energy Resilience and the Built Environment(ERBE) program at the University of Loughborough.
He addresses himself as an energy and infrastructure business developer and consultant, with the aim to enhance operational efficiency and maximize profitability for businesses and the wider society. He has close to 10years of working experience in cleantech, smart grid, and digital factories to foster decarbonization, decentralization, and digitization of energy across the value chain. He currently runs a start-up supporting power generation in the UK energy market.
Yusuf’s goal is to get the ventilator across to those who need it the most across Africa, Asia, and South America, according to the Royal Academy of Engineering.
