Deborah Ajakaiye
An haifi Deborah Enilo Ajakaiye a shekara ta 1940 a Jihar Filato a Arewacin Najeriya, kuma kwararre ce ta Najeriya geophysicist. Ita ce mace ta farko farfesa a fannin kimiyyar lissafi a Afirka kuma aikinta a fannin ilmin lissafi ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen hakar ma'adinai a Najeriya.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Ajakaiye a shekarar 1940 a garin Jos babban birnin jihar Filato a yankin arewacin Najeriya. Ita ce ta biyar a cikin yara na shida. Iyayenta sun yi imani da daidaiton ilimin jinsi kuma sun rarraba ayyukan gida a tsakanin yara maza da mata. A shekarar 1962 ta sauke karatu a jami'ar Ibadan inda ta yi digiri a fannin kimiyyar lissafi. Ta sami digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Birmingham a Ingila, kuma a cikin 1970 ta sami Ph.D. Ta karanta Geophysics University of Ahmadu Bello University Nigeria. Asali tana sha’awar ilimin lissafi, Ajakaiye ta ce ta zabi yin karatun geophysics ne saboda ta yi imanin zai iya taimakawa kasarta.

Ajakaiye ta halarci taron kasa da kasa na biyu na mata injiniyoyi da masana kimiyya da aka gudanar a Cambridge a 1967. An buga hotonta a wurin liyafar taron, tare da ɗan ƙwararren masanin kimiya na Najeriya Ebun Adegbohungbe, a cikin rahoton The Woman Engineer na taron a watan Yuli 1967.

Sana'a 
Ajakaiye ta zama Farfesa mace ta farko a fannin kimiyyar lissafi a Afirka a shekarar 1980. Ta yi koyarwa a jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da Jami’ar Jos, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar kimiyyar dabi’a ta karshe. An yi amfani da aikinta tare da nazarin halittu don gano ma'adinan ma'adinai da ruwan karkashin kasa a Najeriya. Ta kuma kirkiro taswirar kasa da kasa na Najeriya, aiki tare da dalibai mata da dama. Bayan ta yi ritaya ta sadaukar da lokacinta ga wata kungiyar agaji mai suna CCWA wadda ta kafa a shekarar 1991.

Kyauta 
Ajakaiye ta samu karbuwa ne saboda ci gabanta na kimiyya da taimakon da take baiwa kasar Najeriya. Kungiyar Ma’adinai da Geosciences ta Najeriya ta karrama ta saboda aikin da ta yi, inda ta zama mace ta farko da ta samu lambar yabo. Ita ce kuma bakar fata ta farko da aka nada ta a matsayin 'yar kungiyar Geological Society of London.

Littattafai da Wallafa

 Manual Course da Atlas of Structural Styles on Reflection Profile from Niger Delta
 Taswirar Matsayin Bouguer na Najeriya
 Fassarar Harshen Ƙarƙashin Ƙasa na Arewacin Najeriya

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

 https://twitter.com/glo_debo?lang=en
 https://www.linkedin.com/in/professor-deborah-e-ajakaiye-phd-mni-2031bb19b/?originalSubdomain=ng
 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105317
 https://books.google.com/books?id=uPRB-OED1bcC&dq=Deborah+Enilo+Ajakaiye&pg=PP1

See also 

 Timeline na mata a kimiyya

Manazarta 

Yarbawa
Haihuwan 1940
Rayayyun mutane
Yarbawan Nigeria
Tsofofin daliban jami’a
Haihuwa 1940
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