Mr Adesola Akinsanya
President, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA)

Akinsanya had his first degree in Engineering and holds a Postgraduate Degree in Computer Science from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and the University of Lagos respectively. He is the President, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), and currently the Chief Operating Officer/Executive Director at Upperlink Limited. He also doubles as the Director of Upperlink Cloud subsidiary where he spearheads business and strategy for the company’s cloud services. He brings to bear several years of professional expertise, competence, and experience in the Information Technology industry with a focus on infrastructure and cloud services. He has been involved and participated in panel discussions organized by ICANN Africa, African Union and AFTLD both as a panelist and moderator in several fora such as the Africa Domain Name System Forum, Multistakeholder Internet Governance in Africa thereby contributing to the development and adoption of African CCTLDs. In line with his passion for service, he was a member of the team selected by Google that launched the GABO and GNBO initiatives.