“Design of a Reconfigurable Processor for NIST Prime Field ECC”

An electrical engineer with a broad history in Internet technology, Kendall Ananyi has been CEO of Tizet since founding this Lagos, Nigeria-based company in 2017. Over the course of his career, Kendall Ananyi has written multiple articles that detail new innovations in his field, including “Design of a Reconfigurable Processor for NIST Prime Field ECC.”

Co-authored by Daler Rakhmatov, this article first appeared in publication at the 14th Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines. The paper proposed a reconfigurable digital processor that supports basic ECC (elliptic curve cryptographic) operations to drive modular addition, multiplication, subtraction, and inversion. Users can program this processor for any of the five prime fields of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Generally considered the best approach to digital data protection, ECC issues the mathematic properties of geometric elliptic curves to encrypt and decrypt information. ECC owes its popularity to its ability to maintain exceptional security using a relatively small key size.

Tizeti Aims to Provide Affordable Internet throughout Africa

Kendall Ananyi has worked in telecommunications and information technology for over 18 years. At present, Kendall Ananyi serves as the CEO of Tizeti, a company he founded in 2012.

Tizeti is a wireless internet service provider (ISP) based in Lekki, Nigeria. The company provides high-speed broadband internet to businesses and residences, as well as public Wi-Fi hotspots to densely populated urban areas across Nigeria, using solar-powered internet towers. It offers its services at a cost that is 30 to 50 percent lower than traditional internet mobile data plans.

To build on its success in Nigeria, Tizeti is rolling out its internet service in Ghana, after which it plans to move to other West African countries before venturing to the rest of Africa. Due to its use of the sun to power its internet towers, Tizeti was named one of the 10 most innovative companies in Africa by Fast Company in 2020.

Cambium Networks Partners with Tizeti for Better Internet Service

Kendall Ananyi serves as CEO of Tizeti in Lagos, Nigeria. Over the past 15 years, he acquired engineering experience in major companies including Microsoft and ExxonMobil. Today, Kendall Ananyi leads Tizeti’s day-to-day operations and coordinates with the sales team to secure new customers for the company’s internet services.

Currently serving more than 1.5 million users, Tizeti is the leading Wi-Fi operator in Nigeria. Founded in 2012, the internet service provider aims to improve the poor internet connectivity endemic to Africa. Offering its users fast and unlimited Wi-Fi, Tizeti utilizes solar-powered panels in its base stations.

In October 2020, Cambium Networks announced its collaboration with Tizeti. Cambium agreed to provide Tizeti with an end-to-end wireless fabric solution aiming to boost internet service in light of the increased demand for fast connectivity, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Cambium’s CEO, Atul Bhatnagar, expressed his support for Tizeti’s endeavor to enhance wireless internet service in the region by incorporating Cambium’s wireless technology.