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NII NARKU QUAYNOR: AFRICAN FATHER OF THE INTERNET Did you know that Professor Nii Narku Quaynor, from Ghana, pioneered Internet development and expansion throughout Africa for nearly two decades, establishing some of the continent’s first Internet connections and helping found key organizations, including the African Network Operators Group, to advance Internet connectivity and use in Africa? …

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ALUMNI PORTRAIT: DR. NII NARKU QUAYNOR ’72 TH’73 – AFRICAN INTERNET PIONEER Nii Narku Quaynor ’72 Th’73, the “African father of the Internet,” navigated academic, industry, and government spheres to conquer first doubt and later intense resistance to his pioneering efforts to connect a continent. One of the first computer science PhDs in sub-Saharan Africa, …

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DR NII NARKU QUAYNOR INDUCTED INTO THE INTERNET HALL OF FAME He earned a PhD in Computer Science in 1977, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and helped establish the Computer Science Department at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, where he has taught since 1979. He was the first …

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