Prof. Olumide Babatope Longe
Academic City University College, Accra (Ghana)
Fall 2011
Prof. Olumide Babatope Longe is a Distinguished Professor of Information Systems Security and the Dean of the Faculty of Computational Sciences and Informatics at Academic City University College, Ghana. A Spring 2011 MIT-ETT Fellow (originally from the University of Ibadan), he is one of Africa’s most decorated cyber security scholars. His career is a testament to Pan-African academic mobility, having held leadership positions at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Adeleke University, and currently in Ghana. His research is globally recognized for its focus on Social Engineering and Cyber Criminology. He is particularly famous for his pioneering work on profiling “419” email scams and developing “outbound filtering” algorithms to mitigate spam at the source. His interdisciplinary research combines technical computer science with behavioral psychology to understand the causation of cybercrime among African youth, aiming to convert their skills into legitimate “white-hat” opportunities. Prof. Longe is a Fulbright SIR Fellow and an alumnus of the prestigious Heidelberg Nobel Laureate Forum. His time at MIT was a catalyst for his advocacy of “solution-driven” research. He has since supervised dozens of PhDs across the continent and is a vocal proponent of integrating ethical hacking and cyber defense into standard computer science curricula in West Africa. A prolific author and public speaker, Prof. Longe serves as a consultant to various government agencies on national cyber security strategy. He is a Fellow of the African Scientific Institute and actively leads initiatives to bridge the digital divide, ensuring that African universities remain at the forefront of the fight against digital fraud and cyber warfare.
