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The Engineer Who Secured Nigeria’s Democracy

Summary by ieee.org
In October 2000, when electrical engineer Steve A. Adeshina joined Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as director of information and communication technology, the country had just held its first successful democratic general elections in 17 years. The 1999 elections were generally peaceful, if not entirely reliable, according to independent observers. They were also technologically old-school: “When I arrived, things were…

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ieee.org broke the news in on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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