Oyeniyi Akeem Alimi is a researcher and chairperson of the the Innovation for Sustainability Research Group at the Department of Information Systems, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He obtained a B.Tech (Honours) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, an MTech in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His current research includes Modeling, estimation, prediction, control, optimization and automation for sectors such as Power Systems and Energy Security, Internet of Things, etc. He is a member of IEEE, ECSA and SAIEE.