Saminu is Software Engineer at REEEP, concentrating primarily on the Beyond the Grid for Africa programme. He is responsible for creating functional tools for data visualisation using state-of-the-art techniques and processes.

Before Joining REEEP, Saminu worked as a Visual Analytics Researcher at Middlesex University London and Danube University, Krems. He also has software engineering experience in the public and private sectors.

Saminu is currently undertaking a Ph.D. programme at the Vienna University of Technology, Austria. His research interests are in information visualisation, visual analytics, uncertainty visualisation and spatio-temporal visualisation. He holds a Masters Degree in Digital Forensics and Information Systems from Middlesex University, London.