Prof. Francisca Onaolapo Oladipo

Thomas Adewumi University

Spring 2014

Dr. Francisca Oladipo, FNCS is a Professor of Computer Science and current Vice-Chancellor of Thomas Adewumi University, Oko, Kwara State, Nigeria. She is the Secretary-General of the Consortium of Universities in Kwara State (KU8+) and also serves as Vice-President and Secretary to the Board of VODAN Africa. She previously served as pioneer Director, Quality Assurance, and the first female Head of the Department of Computer Science at the Federal University Lokoja Nigeria. She was a Consultant at Tilburg University, Netherlands, and served at Kampala International University (KIU), Uganda. Francisca is a Fellow of the Nigeria Computer Society and one of the inaugural Fellows of the Pan-Africa Scientific Research Council. She has won many grants including Google ExploreCSR, Philip’s Foundation, and Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Orange Knowledge Program.