Funke Opeke

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Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

Germany

Active from

1958-12-10

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,617x

2. Atezolizumab and Nab-Paclitaxel in Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

   · 2018 · cited 3,762x

3. Dulaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (REWIND): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

   · 2019 · cited 2,657x

4. Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass: A summary and discussion of chemical mechanisms for process engineering

   · 2010 · cited 1,812x

5. Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

   · 2018 · cited 1,596x

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Quotes

• “CNBC All Africa Businesswoman of the Year (2012)”
• “Africa's Most Powerful Women In Technology (2013)”
• ““I came back from the US and the Internet had been exploding over there, but in Nigeria there was no Internet and no infrastructure. So we decided to put the pieces together and make this happen."Funke speaking on her vision to bridge the Digital divide in west africa”
• ““If we’re going to transform our society, our society needs to be developed. It’s a youth population, it’s education, access to information, it’s the ability to innovate. It’s giving young people access that is going to bring about the full benefits of this.”Speaking on her vision and the importance of internet connectivity for the African youths”
• ““It’s not really that you are innovating new technologies, but you’re innovating processes. You’re innovating deployment methodologies. You’re being very resourceful in terms of how you get things done to deploy what is already known and established practice in other markets.”Funke speaking in an interview with Harvard business school”
• “When you look at the original vision and the potential and where we are, you will know that there is so much to do. If I get complacent I may have to step aside so that the vision can move forward.Funke speaking on the need to stay motivated”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

Nigeria

Place of birth

Ibadan

Occupation

engineer

Languages spoken

Nigerian Pidgin

Academic degree

Master of Science

Field of work

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Image

Funke Opeke - ITU Telecom World 2016 - Industry Leaders Roundtable.jpg

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