Ade Abayomi Olufeko (b. 1980) is documented as a Nigerian-American technologist, designer, and interdisciplinary systems practitioner whose work spans digital infrastructure, cultural archiving, and embodied martial arts discipline. His record reflects a consistent investigation of how human, technical, and physical systems organize, adapt, and endure.
A Builder of Foundations
Olufeko’s early career was deeply embedded in the consolidation of global internet infrastructure, spanning broadband architecture, enterprise reliability, and digital transformation across telecommunications and finance. These were not advisory roles. He actively shaped the evolution of persistent network systems during the late dot-com period. This work instilled a philosophy grounded in resilience, efficiency, and continuity of information.
In 2007, he extended these principles from technical systems to cultural infrastructure, founding Visual Collaborative, a platform documenting interdisciplinary voices across art, technology, and social development.
Embodied Systems: Martial Discipline
Parallel to his technical career, Olufeko pursued long-term martial arts study, developing a parallel discipline rooted in structure, timing, and embodied awareness.
His foundation is Moy Yat Wing Chun Kung Fu in New York City, a discipline of geometry, economy of motion, and perceptual timing. These are not metaphors. They are the same principles he applies to system design. His practice later expanded to include Tai Chi, Five Elements Qigong, and Wudang internal arts under the Zhang Sanfeng lineage in Mainland China, as well as Aikido Ryu Takeru and Musō Shinden-ryū Iaido in Tokyo, Japan.
Today, most of his martial students are in West Africa. Instruction there integrates community resilience, mental discipline, and preventative health. This mirrors his global mentorship of postdoctoral and humanities researchers.
Martial arts are structured research into human performance under constraint, a living laboratory of efficiency, feedback, and adaptability. The same axioms govern technical systems, social infrastructure, and the body.
Convergence
Across both domains, Olufeko’s work demonstrates a recurring thesis: Edurable systems emerge from alignment
between structure and flow.
Recognition
- 2003 – IBM Gerstner Award, United States
- 2018 – NABF Youth Entrepreneur Achievement Award
- 2019 – Special Recognition Award, Grand Finale Judge, University of Lagos PAADC Design Competition
Speaking Engagements & Lectures
- 2025 – World Trade Point Federation, CIFTIS, Beijing, China
- 2023 – Global Alliance for Trade in Services, Beijing, China
- 2019 – Columbia University, New York City, USA
- 2019 – Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- 2018 – TEDx Lagos, Muson Centre
- 2018 – Rotary Club of Lagos, Ikoyi
- 2018 – London Business School, United Kingdom
- 2018 – The Funding Space, Victoria Island, Lagos
- 2018 – Sycamore Africa (Formerly Toogedar), Lagos
- 2018 – WordPress Technology Conference, Lagos
- 2018 – Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA
- 2018 – NABF (Nigerian American Business Forum), Tampa, Florida, USA
- 2017 – World Economic Forum – Abuja Global Shapers
- 2017 – TEDx Ikeja
- 2017 – Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences, Algiers, Algeria
- 2017 – Oxford University, United Kingdom, OAC
- 2016 – WeThinkAfrica, Lekki, Lagos
- 2016 – Covenant University, Ota, ICT e-Governance Conference
- 2016 – Lagos Business School, Business Conference, Technology & Infrastructure Panel
- 2015 – American Chemical Society, Summer Institute
- 2015 – Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
- 2014 – Harvard Business School, 16th African Business Conference
- 2013 – United for Kids Foundation, Washington D.C., USA
- 2013 – Social Media Week, Video Art Network, Lagos
- 2011 – America Meets North Africa Conference (New York Chorus Ensemble & Harlem Arts Alliance)
- 2006 – Macromedia Flash Group, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Interviews
- 2025 – CNBC Africa
- 2022 – ARISE TV
- 2022 – Berendzen Bond Podcast, Houston, Texas (Episode 90)
- 2021 – Never An Afterthought Podcast by Afolabi Imoukhuede (Episode 27)
- 2019 – The Omenka Pod
- 2018 – Voice of America, Upfront Africa, Washington D.C.
- 2018 – Spice TV on DSTV
- 2018 – Soni Irabor Live
- 2018 – African Music Law, Podcast feature
- 2018 – Ebonylife TV
- 2018 – NABNTV, Mini Documentary
- 2017 – Smooth 98.1FM Radio, Victoria Island
- 2017 – TVC News, Lagos
- 2015 – Voice of America, Washington D.C.
- 2013 – SaharaFM Radio, New York City
- 2013 – Impact Africa Radio by VoiceAmerica
- 2013 – The Africas Amplified Podcast Series
- 2007 – AIT (Africa Independent Television)
Selected Press & Features
- 2022 – The Sun News Online
- 2020 – Business Day Newspaper
- 2018 – London Business School
- 2018 – BellaNaija
- 2018 – New Telegraph, Career Retrospective
- 2018 – PM Express News
- 2018 – Punch Newspapers
- 2018 – Vanguard Newspaper
- 2017 – African Music Law
- 2017 – Diaspora Quarterly Magazine
- 2017 – Vanguard Newspaper
- 2016 – Pambazuka News
- 2015 – Ladybrille
- 2015 – The Guardian
- 2012 – MADE Lifestyles Lagos, Vol. 4
- 2008 – NewWebPick Issue No. 37
Education, Academia & Internships
- Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul – Computer Science & Multimedia
- St. Gregory’s College, Lagos
- Camden, North Minneapolis
- Helmbridge Study Centre, Surulere
- Hinshaw and Culbertson, Minneapolis (Law + Technology Intern, 1997)
Affiliations, Past or Present
- Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lagos, Nigeria
- International Moy Yat Ving Tsun Federation
- Society for Neuroscience – Washington, D.C.
- St. Gregory’s College Alumni Foundation Inc., Miami, Board of Directors
- Adobe Software Prerelease Groups
- NPF Supernumerary
- IACP
Group Exhibitions
- 2015 – VANITY, Visual Collaborative, Lustine Center, Gateway Arts, Hyattsville, Maryland
- 2013 – ENCORE, Visual Collaborative VII, Modern Contempo, Columbia, Maryland
- 2013 – Brave is Beautiful, Hudson Terrace SM Foundation, New York, NY
- 2012 – Visual Grandeur Series, Washington, D.C., USA
- 2011 – Black White + Monochrome & Color, Wonderland Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 2008 – Visual Collaborative, Miami, Florida, Undercurrent Arts Gallery
- 2007 – Visual Collaborative, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Center for Independent Artists
Solo Exhibitions
- 2014 – Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Boston, MA
- 2014 – The Urban Marketplace, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- 2013 – United For Kids Foundation, Passion Ball Civic Center, Lagos, Nigeria
- 2011 – Queens Gambit Series, Multiple Locations, Queens, New York City, USA
The Immutable Archive
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