He currently leads three innovative firms that are gradually making their way to become references in innovation training and in the fabrication industry. His efforts have been rewarded with national and international awards. 

Tochukwu Clinton Chukwueke (photo) is a Nigerian industrialist and an expert in Computer-aided design and manufacturing. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Clintonel Technology, an engineering company specializing in research, technology product development, and manufacturing.

He founded Clintonel Technology, in 2014, to contribute to tech development in Africa and create attractive products useful both for local and international consumers. Through the tech company, he also devotes part of his time to training since he is well aware of the importance of education for sustainable development. 

To efficiently share his expertise, he created Clintonel Innovation Center (CIC) in 2017. The CIC, which includes a fablab, a business incubator, and a tech incubation center, builds the youth’s innovation and product development capacity by providing training, mentoring, and equipment to create local products and start new businesses. With the CIC, Tochukwu Clinton Chukwueke claims more than 870 engineering students and over 1,000 secondary school students trained. 

The industrialist is also the founder of Clintonel Advanced Engineering Center (AEC), an advanced precision manufacturing company that designs and manufactures industrial tools and equipment mostly. 

In June 2022, thanks to AEC, Tochukwu Clinton Chukwueke received the award of the most outstanding MSME in Nigeria. A few months later, in September, thanks to the CIC, the Nigerian industrialist won the Autodesk Excellence Awards for his Nigerian Genius Engineering Challenge, a competition created “to encourage tertiary institutions [...] to equip engineering students with essential industry and manufacturing skills, and boost local technology to result in employment opportunities and economic development.” 

“This international Award of Excellence is a great honor for our organization. It is an appreciation to all who contributed to the success of the Nigerian Genius Engineering Competition 2022,” Clinton said welcoming the excellence award.  

The same month, Clintonel Innovation Center signed a partnership with the multinational software company Autodesk to promote Computer-aided design and manufacturing and encourage the local production of industrial equipment.

In 2018, Clinton  founded the Hardware Nigeria Community (HNC), a “national network of Nigerian Inventors, Makers and hardware Entrepreneurs.” He started his professional career in 2012. At the time, he was hired, as a finance officer, by Brilliant Model Schools. That year, he was also selected by the Nigerian Ministry of Trade and Investment as one of the Nigerian Innovators. 

Melchior Koba