Philip Emeagwali

The rise

Born during the colonial era, Emeagwali's education was interrupted by the Biafran War. Self-taught, he earned scholarships to study in the United States. In 1989 he won the Gordon Bell Prize for using a Connection Machine to perform 3.1 billion calculations per second — a breakthrough in petroleum reservoir modeling.

What they did

The full picture

Why it matters

What citizens said

Afrobarometer Round 9 (2021–2023) — Nigeria

Trust in president

27%

Trust in parliament

19%

Trust in courts

28%

% who say 'trust somewhat' or 'trust a lot' · Afrobarometer Dispatch No. 891

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