Meet Saheed Adepoju, computer engineer who invented INYE, Africa’s first tablet computer

A Nigerian computer engineer, Saheed Adepoju, invented INYE-1 and INYE-2 computer tablets specially designed for the African market.

Saheed Adepoju is a computer engineering graduate from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State since 2005, who has become a well-known engineer at Intel in California, US.

He is the co-founder of Encipher Limited, a Nigerian-based technology company that introduced the first android-powered tablet into Nigeria.

At the age of 28, Saheed Adepoju unveiled INYE-1, a 7-inch resistive screen tablet in April 2010. The device runs Android 2.1 and allows users to connect to the internet using its inbuilt WIFI card and to use an external 3G modem from GSM networks. It also offers about 3 hours of battery life and enables HDMI output to HDMI capable devices.

Meanwhile, INYE-2, which was unveiled in May 2011, is an 8-inch capacitive screen tablet. It operates Android 2.2 and allows users to link to the internet using its inbuilt Wi-Fi card as well as its inbuilt SIM. It gives about 8 hours of battery life and allows users to connect to other USB devices.

According to Good Nigeria, Saheed Adepoju developed an Android Software which he meant to test run its functionality on compatible software in 2009.

Unfortunately, he could not find a suitable device to do this, so sourced until he traveled to China where he later got hardware components useful for this purpose which later birthed a product called the Inye Tablet, first Africa’s tablet device.

All of this formed the basis upon which he co-founded Encipher Limited with Anibe Agamah, the tech firm established to add value to the technology world with the primary mission as customer satisfaction and products affordability.

He later contracted the production process with a manufacturer in China but has the product patent to their company’s name.

The INYE tablet was designed for GSM service and provides the consumer with means of surfing the web, robust multimedia functions, resistive touch screen, WiFi connectivity and other basic functionalities of a modern-day tablet.

The tablet also serves as hardware in which software developers can place their apps for tablet users.

Speaking about his feats in the tech world, he said, “The ABC of making money is not necessarily about brick and mortar, an office and staff, it is about the net. In the next two years, the number of people pulling information from the web will tremendously increase. This is where the business world is constantly evolving and the direction business owners should follow.”

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Nah our pikin! Mr developer? Come and c?

Now this is an inventor.

The purpose of going to the university/college to study is to understand the basis upon which things work. Example, an engineering student is to study the principles upon which machines operate. Then from that knowledge, a graduate of engineering can modify, subtract or add to modify the operation of the machine for a purpose. The genius among these graduates can now invent new machine.

Despite all these, one idiot who doesn't know jack about anything will tell you he invented a generator which doesn't require fuel to generate electricity. Ask him to prove it, he goes under to do some tricks, which can't even sustain beyond the battery he hid somewhere. Next he asks for govt support.

This is not even annoying. What annoys me is that some so called graduates of engineering will start attacking you for not supporting or dare to question the rubbish. They tell you how you hate condemn the "invention" because the "inventor" is black.

Now, energy is one of the greatest problems of the world and countries pay heavily for it. Electricity is a form of energy. Anyone who can create energy from nothing doesn't have to beg for any assistance because you are already a billionaire in dollars within 2 days. Scientists are currently in various laboratories all over the world researching on how to address this energy crisis.