Total telecommunications solution provider – Globacom – has won the ‘Africa’s Beacon of ICT Excellence/Leadership Award’ in recognition of its pioneering innovations in the industry.
At the ceremony held in Oriental Hotels, Lagos, Glo’s Director of Customer Care, Catherine Bomett; Head of Gloworld Operations, Oladipo Olusanwo, and Obumneme Ikechebelu of the Technical Department received the prestigious award on behalf of the company.
Founder and CEO of Communication Week Media Limited, Mr. Ken Nwogbo, whose firm organised the award, explained that Globacom won the award for its outstanding contributions in the last 20 years, including the 3G and 4G technologies, Glo 1 submarine cable, as well as unique products and services.
“The Beacon of ICT Award, which was instituted to celebrate outstanding brands and the visions that birthed them, has become one of the most prestigious annual awards in the nation’s ICT industry in the last 14 years,” he noted.
According to him, the award was also conceptualised to celebrate individuals who have made outstanding contributions in commerce and industry as well as government officials whose policies and programmes have had positive impacts on their jurisdictions.
Key players in Nigeria as well as African telecom sector including the President of the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Mr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, Director of Public Affairs, Nigeria Communication Commission, (NCC), Mr. Reuben Mouka, Regional Executive, (West Africa) at the Africa Data Centre (ADC), Dr. Krishman Ranganath and Digital Architect Manager and representative of Nigerian Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Falilat Jimoh.