Nigeria’s 31-year-old Silas Adekunle is the World’s Highest Paid Robotics Engineer.
He built the world’s first intelligent gaming robot, Mekamon at the age of 24 in 2016. It sold 500 units that same year.
He signed an exclusive deal with Apple in 2017.
Silas Adekunle was included on the 2018 Forbes Europe 30 Under 30: Technology list.
He has First Class Honours in Robotics.
He has an honorary degree from the University of the West of England.
He was on Financial Times’ Top 100 Minority Ethnic Leaders in Technology list.