By Kuwam Babarinde
A professor of Artificial Intelligence and e-market service, Professor Alaba Akingbesote has advocated traditional market to bidirectional AI - cloud e-market place.
Professor Olatunji, who is a professor emeritus of the faculty of computing, made the call while addressing Adekunle Ajasin University 66th inaugural lecture, titled, “ From Traditional Markets To Bidirectional AI - Cloud E-Marketplaces: Emergence, Challenges, and Expectations,” on 16 June 2026.
He stated how his journey began as a computer graduate assistant, who was employed in the then Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti in 1995, and now, a professor of Artificial Intelligence and e-marketing service.
In his speech he described this 66th inauguration ceremony in the university as the second of its kind in the faculty of computing. While the first lecture was delivered by Prof. S.O. Olatunji, who served as the first Professor of Artificial Intelligence in AAUA.
He further stated that Prof Olatunji served as an inspiration to him as he stands before the audience today, as the first Professor of Artificial Intelligence and E-Market service in AAUA, and delivering the second inaugural lecture in the Faculty of Computing. Consequently, this is the first in the Department of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in AAUA.
According to him, this lecture focuses on examining the various marketing strategies that have evolved and some of the challenges of each marketplace. He therefore stated that this gives him the opportunity to present to the audience his contributions to the body of knowledge in addressing some of these challenges.
He believed that this lecture also looks beyond 2027 by forecasting or predicting some of the expectations that service consumers are awaiting in the bi-directional AI-Cloud e-marketplaces. He appeals to the audience to pardon him because there is the risk that some of the technical terms that he must inevitably use may still be tricky for the lay-man to understand.
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