Vital Sounouvou
Vital
Sounouvou is an inventor and entrepreneur from Benin. He envisions
a future as a world of innovation and technology, where every human
being
is touched by personalized applications.
Vital is committed
to promoting
his own inventions as well as the technological and entrepreneurial
innovations of his peers. As a telecommunications major at the Haute
Ecole de Commerce et de Management in Porto-Novo (Benin), he began
his study of automated systems and digital electronics. He then went on
to study Computer Sciences and Network Engineering, earning his License
Professionelle from the Université du Littoral-Cote d’pale.
Vital
focuses his energy on his bionics research, as well as his business
interests. He is founder of
exportunity.com and cofounder of eworbiz.com,
two firms engaged in online and international trade.
Exportunity is a social network created to unify producers and traders,
using online social capital to establish trust between importers and
exporters, and providing a forum to networking, exchanging information,
and sharing opportunities. By tailoring their social platform to the
needs
of international trade, they facilitate business relationships in a
rapidly globalizing world.
Vital was awarded
Ambassador of the Global Youth Innovation Network, in which capacity he
has been invited to speak at numerous international conferences for the
promotion of African innovation and youth
entrepreneurship.
As inventor and promoter of the
HCFS (High Compression Flying System)
Smart Flying
Car Project, he was invited to speak about the Bionics
Revolution at the Global Future 2045 congress in Moscow in 2012. He also
promotes the Africa 2045 Movement (part of Dmitry Itskov’s GF2045
Initiative). He presently seeks to situate his ideals and activities
within the larger Big History framework.
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GF2045: Vital Sounouvou.
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