Hailed from the second-largest city in Nigeria, Kano State, Abdullateef is the General Manager of projects in Phase 3 Telecom, an aerial fiber-optic network infrastructure provider in West Africa, and also the Vice President of  IEEE Smart Village Africa Working group. He received his bachelor’s degree from Bayero University Kano (BUK), and master’s in ICT from the Northern University of Malaysia with Honors. He is an Alumnus of the United States telecommunication training institute (USTTI), Washington DC.

He worked as a business solutions manager with Suburban West Africa in 2010 and joined phase 3 Telecom in 2013. He has deployed numerous high-profile projects in Nigeria and across Sub-Sahara Africa for Mobile Network Operators (MNO) and led the implementation of the Phase 3 telecom 100G transmission network.

He has held various administrative and technical leadership roles for organizations as a professional and as a volunteer comprising his roles as a Board Member of IEEE Smart Village, President- Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley Smart Village, Vice President-IEEE Smart Village Africa working group – 2020-2022, where he built a community of Africa representatives now in 41 countries out of the 54 in the continent providing the underserved community with solutions in line with sustainable development goal (SDG) with clear plan to reach the entire continent. He’s also a member of Power Africa Conference Steering Committee 2022, Chair IEEE Region 8 (EMEA) Humanitarian Committee 2021-2022, Pioneer Secretary of Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley Smart Village 2020-2022, Regional Lead-Region 8 (Africa) IEEE Day 2019-2020, Executive Member IEEE Region 8 Entrepreneur Initiative where he mentors young entrepreneurs across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Member-IEEE R8 Young professional Subcommittee 2019-2020, Chair- Local Organizing Committee IEEE PES/IAS Power Africa Conference 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria, Chair-Membership Development IEEE Nigeria Section 2018-2021, Chair-IEEE first African Student and Young Professional Congress (ASYP) 2017, Abuja Nigeria.

Abdullateef is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Project Manager Professional (PMP), Certified Business Analysis Professional, Certified Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA) and STEM Education Advocate. He is a recipient of several awards and recognitions that include and are not limited to Excellence in leadership Award 2022 by IEEE Smart Village, Award of Excellence by IEEE Nigeria Section 2022 for NIGERCON 2022, Award of Excellence by the NSE Maitama branch 2021, MGA Board Young Professionals Achievement Award 2019, Recipient of Outstanding Volunteer of IEEE R8 ASYP Congress 2017 (EMEA), and IEEE Nigeria Section Merit Award 2017 (NG).
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