Meet Shehu Tijjani, a Leading Hardware Development and Manufacturer of Consumer Electronics in Nigeria
Shehu Tijjani Abdullahi STA, Born in June ,1987 is a Nigerian Technologist, Innovator and Businessman with a background in software engineering and electronics. He is the founder and C.E.O of Amal technologies Ltd, a leading hardware development and manufacturer of consumer electronics in Nigeria and Africa.
Early Life:
Shehu Tijjani was born into a Muslim Hausa family in kwara state. He attended his primary education in Illorin kwara state, and madrasa in kaduna where he memorized the Quran at the age of 13 before going to secondary school. He attended Aptech in Lagos, an institute for learning coding and IT and graduated with Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering. Shehu Tijjani Holds a First Class Degree in Information Technology and Business Information Systems from Middlesex University where he graduated in 2013. Over the years Shehu Tijjani has completed different independent courses and received certificates of training and education in software engineering, hardware development and electronics from different institutions in Cairo Egypt as well as Nigeria in places such as Bayero University.
Business Career:
Shehu Tijjani established Amal technologies Nigeria limited an indigenous hardware manufacturer and company founded under the Nigerian content development and monitoring board(NCDMB)’s R&D incubation process in 2018. Amal technologies is revolutionizing research and development in the area of semiconductor as well as production of hardware and embedded systems. In 2021 Amal technologies Ltd signed a partnership with NCDMB to set up a multimillion dollar state-of-the-art factory in Idu industrial area Abuja which is the first fully commercial printed circuit board (PCB) /Assembly (SMT) manufacturing plant in the entire Subsaharan Africa. The Amal tech plant is also locally producing a device called “Amal IoT Gas Detector” a smart gas/smoke detector alarm. It is an advanced innovative solution to that monitors smoke and gas leakages and triggers an alarm as well as alert the end user via text message or phone call depending on the intensity of the leakage or smoke.
Additionally Amal technologies is working to bridge the metering gap in Nigeria by producing smart meters.
Shehu Tijjani is also working on developing a device that will revolutionize digital transactions in Nigeria by easing electronic money transfers and payments using POS.
In 2016 Shehu Tijjani founded RFID & security solutions, an indigenous company in Nigeria that provides security solutions, such as personnel, vehicle, documents and weapons tracking etc. RFID has provided various security consultancy around Nigeria and has provided home, vehicle and personnel security solutions to different individuals, governments and companies in different parts of Nigeria. In 2018 Shehu Tijjani participated in the Nigerian army research and innovation summit as the CEO of RFID& Security solutions.
Personal Life:
Shehu Tiijani lives in Nigeria, and is married with children. He works from 7am to 5pm everyday even on weekends and uses any free time he gets for research and development. He exercises three times a week doing weight lifts and heart conditioning and focus exercises.
