#MEET S-Home Dev
This is a short interview we conducted with Ayobami Adedokun, the creator of S-Home Dev. If you like this project and would like to vote for it, click here.
1. Please, tell us a bit about yourself: where are you from and what is your background?
Adedokun Ayobami, 29 years old, a native of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. He had a distinction grade in Ordinary National Diploma with a Second Class Upper (Hon) in Electrical Electronics Engineering at Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State and a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) in the same discipline at the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo state. He is a dynamic young entrepreneur, with a penchant for innovation. Ayobami is versed in electronics design for solar inverters, embedded system, and smart home innovations. He has served in various leadership positions both at the local and state level. He was a recipient of the NYSC State award in Anambra for innovative contributions to the technical education sector of the state. He is also a devoted Christian. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Sinnot Technologies and is a member of several reputable bodies - Tony Elumelu Foundation Alumni, IEEE, NSE, NIEEE, ISMN, and YALI. He is currently based in Akure where he runs his Masters’ program at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) with his research focused on Renewable energy impacts and Communication protocols in Smart Home and Smart Cities.
2. Can you describe your idea or project in two sentences?
S-HomeDev is an electronics device that interconnects home mechanical and digital devices to form a network which communicates with each other through an interactive user interface with the aim of improving the standard of living, security, energy optimization, water management, reduction in environmental emissions.
3. How did you get your idea or concept?
I am an innovative and enthusiastic mind with proven leadership skills and always seeking a challenging task where personal qualities could be put in utmost utilization and where advancement and positive life impartation are assured.S-HomeDev concept was conceived via various electronics projects design and researches done on Solar Energy Inverter, Embedded system and Home Automation with curiosity in combining all this project components together to tackle various challenges (security, environmental pollution, stress, water and energy problem) facing my Country (Nigeria) and other related Africa Countries that I have visited in the course of my research work.
4. What is unique about your idea/project and how does it benefit mankind?
The unique thing about S-HomeDev is the major and prevailing challenges it tends to solve in the country. Since most Nigerians (other related Africans) lives stressful life and with our products S-HomeDev, some of their repetitive daily activities will be taken care of and they can have more time to relax and improve their standard of living with the mind that their homes and offices are secure in their absence.
5. Describe yourself as an entrepreneur in one sentence
21st generation entrepreneur: Technology for self-reliance
6. How do you deal with people that doubt your abilities/initiatives?
To advance in life, I need those who will encourage me and those who will criticize me and this makes my life balanced. Those who encouraged make me feel better, and in them I find the courage that I can do beyond my ability. And those who criticized me make me remember that I still have a long way to go that I can still do more. But in everything, I fall forward in every attempt in life. Nobody doubt results. Instead,I focused on getting the results because I love telling people what I have been doing rather than telling them what I want to do. My conclusion is that I am born to break limiting barriers most especially in the area of technology.
7. Where does your passion lie?
Electronics Design: Embedded System, Smart Homes/Cities, Solar Inverters and raising young tech-entrepreneurs
8. What are you afraid of or what keeps you up at night?
How to achieve my Dreams and Meditation on new ideas and innovations
9. According to you, money is a synonym for.....
Money is part of TOOLS needed for dream fulfillment
10. If you could rid the world of three things, what would they be?
Stressful life most especially for disable in society, environmental pollutions and ignorance
11. What are the benefits you take from the Entrepreneurship Campus?
I am so blessed with this great platform, its quite fulfilling and since my goal is to tackle various challenges (security, environmental pollution, stress, water and energy problem) facing my Country (Nigeria) and other related Africa Countries. A platform to meet with great minds and investors around the world. The training platform had enhanced my strategic leadership skills and business management and easy way raise other tech-entrepreneur that will arise and solve the power challenges facing the Africa Continents and the World at large.
12. What do you like more about the Entrepreneurship Campus?
Its gathering of great minds and a platform for unending learning.
13. Which idea/project do you like most?
All projects and ideas on the platform transform the World
14. Please, include a link to a video if you have one
https://youtu.be/WcfjpkYYVZg
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