Dr. Abimbola Salako holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science and Doctorate Degrees in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

Back home, he joined the University of Lagos in 1977 and served as the Director of the Computer Centre (now Centre for Information Technology and Systems) from May 1979 until he retired in December, 1994.

On the global and national levels, Dr. Salako was consultant to UNESCO, UNDP, UNICEF, WORLD BANK and several government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He was also the principal consultant who designed the first National Identity Card system which was eventually implemented by government in 2003.

As one of the founding members and a subscriber to the Articles and Memorandum of Association of the Computer Association of Nigeria (COAN), now Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Dr. Salako served in various capacities in both COAN and NCS and was the pioneer editor of the Journal of Computer Science and Its Applications.  He is a Fellow of the Nigeria Computer Society and a former Provost of the College of Fellows of the Society in addition to other services at the Council of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) between 2005 and 2012.

At the private sector, Dr. Salako, a traditional chief, an ordained minister of the Gospel and recipient of several awards of merit and excellence in service and philanthropy also retired as the Chief Executive Officer of Infonet Ltd., a multi-purpose ICT company among whose focus is the promotion of e-learning. He is on the board of a number of companies and has several academic and professional publications to his name.