Industry Recognition
100 Leading Telecom & Digital Economy Personalities in Nigeria
A third-party industry honour roll compiled by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), unveiled at ATCON's 31st Anniversary event in Lagos on 6 December 2024. It spotlights operators, regulators, founders and policymakers shaping Nigeria's telecoms and digital economy sector — including 3R's own founder and CEO.
Source: ATCON's “100 Leading Telecom and Digital Economy Personalities in Nigeria”, unveiled at ATCON's 31st Anniversary, 6 December 2024, Lagos. This is ATCON's recognition, not a 3R Consortium ranking. Names, titles and order are transcribed from ATCON's published booklet, which lists honorees in no specific order; the one-paragraph summary below each name is written in our own words from facts in that booklet — not copied from it — and titles reflect each person's role at the time of publication and may have since changed. ATCON's booklet holds a full photo, company logo and multi-page profile for every honoree; follow the links below for those.
100 honorees
#1
Tony Izuagbe Emoekpere
President, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON); CEO, Anchor Telecoms
Elected ATCON President in 2023, Emoekpere also founded and leads Anchor Telecoms, a pan-African TMT group. He began his career at pioneering ISP Linkserve before joining MTN Nigeria's 2001 launch team, where he oversaw deployment of the operator's first base stations.
#2
Dr Aminu Maida
Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission
As Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the NCC, Dr Maida heads Nigeria's telecoms regulator. He previously served as Executive Director of Technology and Operations at NIBSS, modernising the country's digital-payments infrastructure, and held engineering roles at British Telecom, Cisco and EE.
#3
Engr. Abraham Oshadami
Executive Commissioner (Technical Services), Nigerian Communications Commission
Nominated by President Tinubu and confirmed in 2024, Oshadami serves as the NCC's Executive Commissioner for Technical Services. A Kogi State native and chartered engineer, he was earlier honoured with the CIO of the Year award for government MDAs in 2021.
#4
Rimini Haraya Makama
Executive Commissioner – Stakeholder Management, The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
Makama serves as the NCC's Executive Commissioner for Stakeholder Management. Before joining the Commission, she was Government Affairs Director for Microsoft's MEA emerging markets, helping shape public-sector cloud-adoption policy across the region.
#5
Karl Toriola
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), MTN Nigeria Communications Plc
Karl Toriola has led MTN Nigeria as CEO since March 2021, steering its 5G rollout and integration of AI and blockchain into the network. Under him, MTN launched MoMo Payment Service Bank to extend financial services to unbanked Nigerians.
#6
Obafemi Banigbe
Chief Executive Officer, 9mobile
Obafemi Banigbe leads 9mobile as Chief Executive Officer, bringing over two decades of experience in digital transformation and strategy from earlier leadership roles at Celtel/Airtel Nigeria and Millicom Ghana.
#7
Mohamad Darwish
Executive Vice President, CEO, and Co-Founder IHS Towers
Mohamad Darwish is Executive Vice President and CEO of IHS Nigeria — IHS Towers' largest market — after more than 20 years across finance, technical and business-development roles that took him to the top of the tower company he co-founded.
#8
Engr. Abiodun Omoniyi
Group Managing Director and CEO of VDT Communications Limited and Bitflux Communications Limited
Omoniyi built VDT Communications from a computer-supply and software business, founded in 1989, into a leading broadband operator, and in 2014 launched Bitflux Communications as Nigeria's first Wireless Wholesale Access Service provider.
#9
Mr. Mohammed Rudman
CEO, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN)
As CEO of the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria, Rudman has grown the share of internet traffic exchanged domestically from under 5% to 50–60%, connecting local ISPs directly to global platforms like Google, Meta, Amazon and Netflix.
#10
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani
Chief Executive Officer of Digital Realty Nigeria (formally Medallion Data Centres Limited).
Nnamani has led Digital Realty Nigeria (formerly Medallion Data Centres) for over 17 years, building its Lagos facility into one of West Africa's most interconnected data centres, including hosting the 2Africa submarine cable's landing infrastructure.
#11
Dr. Tunde Coker
CEO, Open Access Data Centres
Dr Tunde Coker is CEO of Open Access Data Centres (OADC), the connectivity arm of West Indian Ocean Cable Company, building wholesale data centres in Lagos and expanding into South Africa and the DRC.
#12
Mr. Wole Abu
CEO, Liquid Intelligent Technologies
Wole Abu leads Liquid Intelligent Technologies Nigeria, part of a pan-African group operating a 110,000km fibre network. He previously served as CEO of Pan African Towers and held senior roles at Airtel Nigeria, Vee Networks, Celtel and Zain.
#13
Sade Dada
Head of Public Policy, Anglophone West Africa and Connectivity & Innovation Policy Manager, Africa at Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook).
An attorney by training, Sade Dada leads public policy for Anglophone West Africa and connectivity policy for Africa at Meta, working across government, civil society and industry on internet-access and digital-policy issues facing the continent.
#14
Evbuomwan Nosakhare Philip
Chief Pricing & Strategy Officer at Vezeti
Nosakhare Philip is Chief Pricing & Strategy Officer at Vezeti, a digital and telecoms company he has helped expand into new markets. He spent 16 years at Globacom, rising to Senior Manager of Business Planning, Pricing & Strategy at Glo Gateway.
#15
Tobechukwu Okigbo
Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer, MTN Nigeria
Okigbo serves as Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer at MTN Nigeria, having joined via Smile Communications in 2015 after earlier holding the equivalent corporate-services role at Vmobile/Airtel.
#16
Prince Oyekanmi Elegushi
CEO, Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency (LASIMRA)
Prince Elegushi heads LASIMRA, the agency regulating infrastructure and technology deployment across Lagos State, driving smart-city, 5G and digital-infrastructure policy from a background spanning law, real estate and fintech.
#17
Dr. Veronica Ogwa Babayemi
Managing Director at Telko Managed Service
Dr Babayemi co-founded and now runs Telko Managed Services, a VoIP and interconnection provider, after a 22-year career that included senior roles at Airtel Africa spanning finance and telecommunications.
#18
Yahaya Ibrahim
Chief Technical Officer (CTO), MTN Nigeria
Yahaya Ibrahim has served as MTN Nigeria's Chief Technical Officer since October 2024, having joined the operator in 2002 and risen through network-implementation leadership roles; a two-time recipient of MTN Group's CEO Award.
#19
Fernando Fernandes
Managing Director and CEO of TelCables Nigeria Limited
Fernando Fernandes has led TelCables Nigeria, an Angola Cables subsidiary, as Managing Director and CEO since 2023, steering its fibre, cloud and next-gen telecom services across Nigeria and West Africa.
#20
Branka Mracajac
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at 9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB)
Branka Mracajac has led 9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB) as CEO and Managing Director since 2020, driving a bank-agnostic, telco-agnostic digital-banking platform aimed at Nigeria's unbanked and underserved population.
#21
Lanre Kolade
Founder and CEO of Koltronics Nigeria Limited
Lanre Kolade founded and leads Koltronics Nigeria, expanding fibre-optic networks and edge data centres across Africa. He also chairs ConnectedCompute, a Dubai-based data-centre advisory firm, following earlier leadership roles at Vodacom Business Nigeria and Gateway Communications.
#22
Prof. Obadare Peter Adewale
Founder & Chief Visionary Officer (CVO), Digital Encode Limited
Dr Adewale founded and leads Digital Encode, a cybersecurity, forensics and digital-trust firm. Holder of over 58 professional certifications, he was named Forbes Africa's Digital Trust Leader in 2023 and is a widely cited cybersecurity thought leader.
#23
Akeem Adewale Ogunkoya
CEO, IMBIL.
Akeem Ogunkoya leads IMBIL and is a certified Project Management Professional whose career spans telecommunications, energy and hospitality investment, reflecting a diversified approach to business development in complex markets.
#24
Adesuwa Imasekha
GCEO, TAI Corporation
Adesuwa Imasekha is Group CEO of TAI Corporation and the first female founder of TAI Corp and TAIMA Technologies, working across telecoms, energy, agriculture and fintech; she also founded Women Impacting Nigeria (WIN) to close the sector's gender gap.
#25
Engr. Morenikeji Aniye
CEO, Hotspot Networks Limited
Engr. Aniye founded and leads Hotspot Networks Limited, a wireless-network company, drawing on 22 years across telecommunications planning, ICT project management and rural digital-inclusion initiatives.
#26
Dr. Krishnan Ranganath
Regional Executive for West Africa and Morocco, Africa Data Centres (ADC)
Known as "Dr Krish," Ranganath is Regional Executive for West Africa and Morocco at Africa Data Centres, a Cassava Technologies business, where he has spent over a decade expanding the company's pan-African carrier- and cloud-neutral data-centre footprint.
#27
Prof. Engr. Ibrahim A. Adeyanju
CEO. Galaxu Backbone
Appointed by President Tinubu in March 2024, Prof. Adeyanju is Managing Director and CEO of Galaxy Backbone, Nigeria's government-owned ICT infrastructure provider, having previously served as its Executive Director of Digital Exploration and Technical Services.
#28
Dr. Francis Osita-Chuks
Managing Director and CEO, RAPIDLINK Telekoms Limited
Dr Osita-Chuks has led RAPIDLINK Telekoms for over 15 years, driving the company's growth and its adoption of 5G and IoT solutions to expand connectivity across Nigeria.
#29
Cynthia Harb Ige
Chief Executive Officer, Internet Solutions Nigeria Limited (ISN)
Cynthia Harb Ige leads Internet Solutions Nigeria (ISN) as CEO, overseeing its internet, cloud-hosting, cybersecurity and ERP services; she also founded the Stella Harb Foundation to support community and education initiatives.
#30
Rabie Jarmakani
Chairman & Executive Director, Internet Solutions Nigeria Limited
Rabie Jarmakani founded Internet Solutions Nigeria in 1997 as its first Managing Director and now chairs the company, credited with introducing Nigeria's first scratch-card internet payment system and a national Network Operations Center.
#31
Deepak Mehta
Founder and Managing Director, TecPoint Global Solutions Ltd.
Deepak Mehta founded and leads TecPoint Global Solutions, an ISP recognised as one of Nigeria's fastest-growing, drawing on over 23 years spanning telecommunications, business-process outsourcing and events management.
#32
Mr. Ladi Okuneye
Chief Executive Officer of UniCloud Africa
Ladi Okuneye is CEO of UniCloud Africa, a pan-African edge cloud platform operating in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, bringing over 20 years of operations, consulting and finance experience across telecoms, technology and entertainment.
#33
Mr. Soji Maurice-Diya
CEO, ATC Nigeria (a subsidiary of American Tower Corporation)
Soji Maurice-Diya leads ATC Nigeria, a subsidiary of American Tower Corporation, after more than 20 years in telecommunications including senior roles at Etisalat, Ernst & Young and ExxonMobil.
#34
Mr. Ekeng E. Ekeng
Managing Director, NGCOM
Ekeng Ekeng is Managing Director of NGCOM and a founding partner of NGCOM Network Solutions, with over 25 years building and managing ICT businesses across engineering, operations and administration.
#35
Ejovi Aror
Group Managing Director of ipNX Nigeria Limited
Ejovi Aror has led ipNX Nigeria as Group Managing Director for over 30 years, growing it from a small telecommunications start-up into a major broadband, VAS and enterprise ICT provider, including pioneering the company's Fibre-to-the-Home service.
#36
Olusola Teniola
Director, Strategic Business Initiatives, ipNX Nigeria
Olusola Teniola directs Strategic Business Initiatives at ipNX Nigeria and is a former President of ATCON, with 30 years across telecoms and ICT policy, including roles as a World Bank digital-development consultant and at Detecon Consulting.
#37
Dapo Otunla
Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Services Officer, IHS Nigeria
Dapo Otunla serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Services Officer at IHS Nigeria, overseeing sustainability, corporate communications, government relations, regulatory and legal affairs for the tower company.
#38
Olufemi Arosanyin
Chief Executive Officer, IHS Cameroon S.A.
Olufemi Arosanyin is CEO of IHS Cameroon S.A., bringing over 20 years in business development and general management across IHS Towers' operations in Nigeria and Cameroon.
#39
Mr. Muyiwa Ogungboye
Managing Director, eStream Networks
Muyiwa Ogungboye founded eStream Networks at age 35 and remains its Managing Director, having grown it from a satellite-VSAT provider into a multi-product digital and telecommunications company over nearly two decades.
#40
Bimpe Olaleye
Group Executive Director, Commercials at ipNX Nigeria Limited
Bimpe Olaleye is Group Executive Director, Commercials at ipNX Nigeria, having joined the company in 2002 as Chief Financial Officer before driving its commercial strategy and digital-transformation initiatives from the board.
#41
Kenny Joda
Sales, customer service, strategy development, and operations management
Kenny Joda leads sales, customer service, strategy and operations at FiberOne, with a track record spanning broadband, enterprise solutions, banking and consumer goods across his career.
#42
Happiness Obioha
Managing Director, Tecom IT Solutions
Happiness Obioha is Managing Director of Tecom IT Solutions, a systems integrator and managed-services provider, with earlier roles at CBC EMEA Group, Nova Trust and A3&O/Layer3 Limited shaping her leadership in digital innovation.
#43
Mr. John Nwachukwu
CEO, Zoracom
John Nwachukwu leads Zoracom, a cybersecurity and digital-infrastructure provider, as Chief Strategy/Executive Officer, with over a decade driving digital transformation across AI, IoT, cybersecurity and enterprise architecture.
#44
Akinyele Oludare
Managing Director, Impulso Integrated Services Ltd
Akinyele Oludare is Managing Director of Impulso Integrated Services, a Lagos-based engineering services company, which he steered to fully digital, remote-first operations through the COVID-19 period.
#45
Oyesola Awodiya
Managing Director, Ezzential Global Services Limited
Oyesola Awodiya heads Ezzential Global Services, a technology and infrastructure firm spanning telecommunications, ICT and banking projects, drawing on over 20 years across finance, project management and business development.
#46
Gbenga Nana
Visionary founder and CEO of Notion Technology Limited
Gbenga Nana founded and leads Notion Technology Limited, a fibre-connectivity, PABX and smart-solutions provider serving enterprises across Lagos and Abuja, with over a decade redefining telecom solutions for Nigerian businesses.
#47
Engr. Makinwa Adetoro
Senior Business Development Manager for West, Central, & Southern Africa at Baicells Technologies Co Ltd.
Engr. Adetoro is Senior Business Development Manager for West, Central and Southern Africa at Baicells Technologies, a network-equipment manufacturer, having previously worked with Huawei and EnergyGrade in the region.
#48
Johnson Olukayode Aderonmu
CEO, CloudPro NG Limited
Johnson Aderonmu was appointed CEO of CloudPro NG Limited in 2023, after previously serving as Chief Technical Officer of Internet Solutions Nigeria (ISN), where he helped expand the company's enterprise infrastructure.
#49
Kunle Ogunbufunmi
Chief Operating Officer AFL Networks (Aldreda Fields Limited)
Kunle Ogunbufunmi is Chief Operating Officer of AFL Networks (Aldreda Fields Limited) and founder/Managing Director of Infranet Limited, with 25 years deploying fibre-optic networks across Nigeria and West Africa.
#50
Dr. Tola Yusuf
Founding Partner, Infratel Africa
Dr Tola Yusuf co-founded and serves as Executive Director of Infratel Africa, a rural-connectivity infrastructure provider that has connected over 250 communities and more than 2 million people, and recently secured a Mobile Virtual Network Operator licence.
#51
Mr. Tunji Alabi
Managing Director, Infratel Africa
Tunji Alabi is Managing Director of Infratel Africa, a five-year-old infrastructure company focused on extending rural connectivity through co-location services partnered with mobile network operators.
#52
Mohamad Rachid Singer
CEO and Executive Technical Leader at Bedrock Multi Functions (BMF) Limited
Mohamad Rachid Singer leads Bedrock Multi Functions (BMF) Limited as CEO and Executive Technical Leader, following 26 years across MTN, Siemens and PAN African Towers, where as CTO he raised network availability from 94% to 99%.
#53
Jane Egerton-Idehen
Chief Executive Officer, NIGCOMSAT
Jane Egerton-Idehen is CEO of NIGCOMSAT (Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited), after senior roles at Meta, Avanti Communications, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks; she was the first woman to deliver the Herbert Macaulay Memorial Lecture on digital transformation.
#54
Uche Onwudiwe
MD/CEO of COURE Technologies Inc
Uche Onwudiwe founded COURE Technologies in 1998 and remains its MD/CEO, building a fintech specialising in data centralisation, fraud prevention and value-added services for financial institutions and telecom operators.
#55
Olumide Idowu
Expert in development and execution of Technology and Digital Transformation Strategies; International Project & Program Management; Network & Infrastructure Planning & Design, Network Roll-Out; Operations Management; Vendor Management & formulation of Strategic Partnerships.
Olumide Idowu is an independent C-suite executive specialising in technology and digital-transformation strategy, international project management and network infrastructure planning, with over 23 years across Nigeria's telecoms and IT industries.
#56
Segun H. Olugbile Amb. (Hon.)
Chairman, Data Analytics Privacy Technologies
Segun Olugbile chairs Data Analytics Privacy Technologies, a cybersecurity and data-protection firm. His advocacy work over 20 years contributed to Nigeria's first National Cybersecurity Policy and the establishment of the National Cybersecurity Coordination Center, earning him recognition as Nigeria's Cybersecurity Advocate of the Year (2024).
#57
Abayomi Adebanjo
Regional Business Head & General Counsel, MainOne Cable Company
Abayomi Adebanjo is Regional Business Head and General Counsel at MainOne Cable Company (an Equinix company), overseeing legal, regulatory and commercial functions as the firm builds new data centres tied to the 2Africa cable's landing in Nigeria.
#58
Abiola Jimoh
Co-founder of XchangeBox
Abiola Jimoh co-founded XchangeBox, a fintech using blockchain, AI and machine learning to extend digital financial services, trade financing and financial-literacy programmes to underserved traders, farmers and small businesses.
#59
Professor Adeniran Isola Oluwaranti
Director of the Linkages and Partnership Office, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)
Prof. Oluwaranti directs the Linkages and Partnership Office at Obafemi Awolowo University, where his research spans data networks, cybersecurity and mobile computing; he has authored over 50 publications and led OAU to Nigeria's #1 spot in the Cybernetics Web Ranking.
#60
Engr. Adeola Ogundele
TechnicalDirector/CEO Crystalfix Nig Ltd
Engr. Adeola Ogundele is Technical Director/CEO of Crystalfix Nigeria Limited, a telecom, IT and electrical-services company, and has trained and mentored over 400 RF engineers across his career in end-to-end project deployment.
#61
Engr. Ajibade Adetayo
CEO, Alpha Crown Engineering Associates Ltd
Engr. Ajibade Adetayo leads Alpha Crown Engineering Associates, a civil and telecom-infrastructure engineering firm. A COREN-registered engineer certified in IBM Mobile First, Google Cloud Platform and AI/IoT, he also promotes STEM education among Lagos secondary-school students.
#62
Alhaji Sheriff Bello
Managing Director/CEO, Next Generation Technology Limited.
Alhaji Sheriff Bello is Managing Director/CEO of Next Generation Technology Limited, an ICT-sector entrepreneur from Kogi State whose career built on technical education and craft-training qualifications earned in the late 1980s.
#63
Ayodeji Adedeji
Chief Technical & Information Officer (CTIO), 9mobile Nigeria
Ayodeji Adedeji is Chief Technical & Information Officer at 9mobile Nigeria, with 25 years driving adoption of 4G, 5G and IP-network technologies to keep the operator's infrastructure ahead of the curve.
#64
Ayowánde Adálémo
Founder and CEO of Wave 5 Wireless Limited
Ayowándé Adálémo founded and leads Wave 5 Wireless Limited, a serial entrepreneur previously behind an early single-account hotspot Wi-Fi network in Nigeria; he is now building Atmosphere®, a Wi-Fi 6 Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform.
#65
Mr. Azeez Amida
CEO, Pan African Towers Limited (PAT)
Azeez Amida served as CEO of Pan African Towers (PAT) until December 2024, leading a turnaround from near-bankruptcy to profitability and an $40 million refinancing, drawing on over 18 years across telecoms, investment banking and financial advisory.
#66
Mr. Chidi Ibisi
Executive Director, Business Development of Broadbased Communications Ltd (BBC)
Chidi Ibisi is Executive Director, Business Development at Broadbased Communications (BBC), an NCC-licensed international data-access operator; he began his telecoms career in 1985 with MCI Telecom Corp in the United States.
#67
Chijioke E. Ezeh
Chief Executive Officer, Phoenix Core Ltd
Chijioke Ezeh is CEO of Phoenix Core Ltd. He helped harmonise Nigeria's National Numbering Plan for Value-Added Services in 2006 and later developed Central Station, one of Nigeria's earliest telco-led social-media platforms.
#68
Chinwe Okoli
Special Adviser to the Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria on Innovation and Business Incubation
Dr Chinwe Okoli serves as Special Adviser to the Governor of Anambra State on Innovation and Business Incubation, having established the Solution Innovation District (SID) and Nigeria's first university-embedded innovation hub at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
#69
Engr. Chukwu-elozonem Samson O.
Telecom Networking and Management, Ericsson
Samson O. Chukwuelozonem is a telecom networking and management specialist at Ericsson Nigeria, a Cisco Certified Engineer with expertise spanning LTE, OFDMA, WCDMA, GSM and cybersecurity across a multilevel technical career.
#70
Dr. Dapo Akanbi
Managing Director/CEO of Telepro Consulting Services Limited
Dr Dapo Akanbi is Managing Director/CEO of Telepro Consulting Services and Kale & Nibs Limited, with over 18 years delivering telecoms consulting, network infrastructure and radio-network optimisation projects across multiple countries.
#71
Mr. David Daser
President/CEO, Digital Bridge Institute (DBI)
David Daser is President/CEO of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), a software engineer and technology policymaker who founded Nhub, one of Northern Nigeria's first technology incubation hubs, and served on the Presidential Council on Infrastructure (2018–2020).
#72
Ejikeme Onyeaso Esq
Executive Director, Adaba Consult Limited
Ejikeme Onyeaso, Esq. is Executive Director of Adaba Consult Limited, an advisory firm helping telecom operators navigate Nigeria's infrastructure-deployment, regulatory-compliance and government-relations landscape.
#73
Emmanuel Amos
Chief Software Architect and CEO, Programos Software Group
Emmanuel Amos is Chief Software Architect and CEO of Programos Software Group. His award-winning capital-markets software, #CloudIntegra, has served stock dealers and investors in Nigeria and Ghana for over two decades.
#74
Engr. Gbenga Adebayo
Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON)
Engr. Gbenga Adebayo chairs the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), representing mobile network operators and infrastructure providers, and also serves as Chairman/Group CEO of Communication Network Support Services.
#75
Gbolahan Awonuga
Executive Secretary, Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON)
Gbolahan Awonuga is Executive Secretary of ALTON, a chartered secretariat and compliance administrator with over 25 years' experience who also represents the telecoms industry on several NCC industry working groups.
#76
Oluseyi Olanrewaju
Group Chief Value Officer of XeroCube and Professor Acc-ounting & Finance at James Hope University, Lekki, Lagos.
Oluseyi Olanrewaju is Group Chief Value Officer of XeroCube and Professor of Accounting & Finance at James Hope University, a three-time CFO of the Year in Nigeria's telecoms industry (2016, 2018, 2019) with prior roles at Vodacom Business Nigeria and Zenith Bank.
#77
Ifeanyi Akosionu
Managing Director, inq. Nigeria
Ifeanyi Akosionu is Managing Director of inq. Nigeria, an enterprise connectivity provider operating in over 25 African countries, delivering intelligent connectivity, cloud and edge-computing solutions to businesses across the continent.
#78
Dr. Joy Smart Francis
Executive Director of Unicloud Africa
Dr Joy Smart Francis is Executive Director of Unicloud Africa, driving cloud adoption and digital transformation for enterprises across the continent, with over two decades of experience in technology strategy.
#79
Kingsley Uwazie
Chief Technology and Information Officer (CTIO)
Kingsley Uwazie has served as Chief Technology and Information Officer at Mafab Communications, leading the strategy that secured its $273 million 3.5GHz spectrum licence and Nigeria's first standalone 5G network; earlier work at Huawei spanned LTE deployments for MTN, Airtel and 9mobile.
#80
Lars Johannisson
Chief Executive Officer, RackCenter
Lars Johannisson has served as CEO of data-centre operator RackCenter since January 2024, with 14 years leading telecom, IT-delivery and managed-services transformation projects across more than 30 Sub-Saharan African countries.
#81
Lekan Balogun
MD /CEO, Netaccess Systems Limited
Lekan Balogun is Managing Director and CEO of Netaccess Systems, a licensed Internet Service Provider, with over 30 years across sales, operations, technology and personnel leadership roles.
#82
Lukman Suleiman Kura
Chief Commercial Officer, TSAT
Lukman Suleiman Kura is Chief Commercial Officer of TSAT, a satellite connectivity provider, with a career spanning MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria and 9 Payment Service Bank; he also founded and serves as CCO of KGM Ltd.
#83
Dr. Myke Ofili
Chief Executive Officer, Coloplus Worldwide Services
Dr Myke Ofili is CEO of Coloplus Worldwide Services, a telecom infrastructure co-location licensee, with over 24 years in marketing strategy, brand management and business development, including roles at MTS First Wireless and Helios Towers.
#84
Ogunsakin Abiola
CEO of BillyRonks Global Ltd
Ogunsakin Abiola is CEO of BillyRonks Global Ltd, with over 15 years in telecoms spanning hardware-engineering roles at Chams Nigeria and ZTE Corporation before moving into business growth, product development and market analysis.
#85
Oladele Ayanbadejo
Managing Director & Member of Board of Directors of Interconnect Clearing house Nigeria, (ICN).
Oladele Ayanbadejo is Managing Director and a board member of Interconnect Clearinghouse Nigeria (ICN), with over 25 years' global experience beginning as a Transmission/Transport Network Engineer at Siemens.
#86
Olanrewaju Akinniyi Ore
Founder of FiberOne Broadband Limited and KKON Technologies Limited
Olanrewaju Akinniyi Ore founded FiberOne Broadband Limited and KKON Technologies Limited, growing FiberOne from five subscribers in 2018 into a leading Fibre-to-the-Home provider — despite a background in Microbiology rather than engineering.
#87
Olawale Owoeye
Co-founder and Managing Director, Cedarview Communications Limited
Olawale Owoeye co-founded and manages Cedarview Communications, a fibre broadband and enterprise infrastructure provider, drawing on 25 years across roles at Ericsson, Huawei, MTN and Airtel.
#88
Olumogba Adetunji
Founder, NextGen Telecoms Limited
Olumogba Adetunji founded NextGen Telecoms Limited after establishing Median Technology in 2017; a background in geophysics and specialised training from BSNL India and TTC Mobile Limited Nigeria informs his approach to digital-services delivery.
#89
Olusegun Okuneye
Deputy Director, Strategic Business Initiatives, ipNX Nigeria Limited
Olusegun Okuneye is Deputy Director of Strategic Business Initiatives at ipNX Nigeria, contributing to Nigeria's National Broadband Plan 2022–2025 and speaking frequently on Africa's digital-transformation agenda.
#90
Osinachi Agulanna
Legal Adviser, Cobranet
Osinachi Agulanna is Legal Adviser to Cobranet, an internet service provider established in 2003, overseeing legal oversight, contract structuring and regulatory navigation for the company from a background in top-tier law firms.
#91
Otuya Okecha
Managing Director, Fibresol Nigeria Limited
Otuya Okecha is Managing Director of Fibresol Nigeria Limited, a digital-infrastructure development professional who negotiated a strategic Google partnership that delivered Nigeria's first solar-powered g-Station Wi-Fi project.
#92
Oyaje Idoko
Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Layer3
Oyaje Idoko is CEO and Founder of Layer3, a cloud and IT solutions provider; a Stanford Seed Program alumnus named to a 50 Most Inspiring Personalities in Nigeria list and inducted into the Beacon of ICT Hall of Fame in 2019.
#93
Peter Ejiofor
Founder and CEO, Ethnos Cyber Ltd
Peter Ejiofor founded and leads Ethnos Cyber Ltd, a cybersecurity firm with over 15 years' experience, whose Aquila mobile security platform and Castellum security-awareness tool serve public- and private-sector clients across Africa.
#94
Raymond David Wodi
Founder and CEO 3R
Raymond David Wodi founded and leads 3R, the Federal Government of Nigeria's partner on the Revenue Assurance Solution (RAS) project. He conceptualised Nigeria's Tax Identification Number (TIN) system in 2006, which remains the country's primary tax-administration tool.
#95
Reuben Oshomah
Regional Director for West Africa at Avanti Satellite Communications
Reuben Oshomah is Regional Director for West Africa at Avanti Satellite Communications, leading satellite-driven connectivity, financial-inclusion and disaster-response initiatives via the company's Gateway Earth Station in Senegal.
#96
Salvation Alibor (Salvy Gaius)
Founder, Xpark360 and Premium Digital Marketing Academy (PDMA)
Known as Salvy Gaius, Salvation Alibor founded Xpark360, a digital-advertising and creative agency established in 2015, and the Premium Digital Marketing Academy (PDMA), drawing on over two decades in electronic engineering and digital transformation.
#97
Shakiru Kolawole Adepoju
MD /CEO IQI Technology LTD
Shakiru Kolawole Adepoju is Managing Director and CEO of IQI Technology LTD, an outsourcing and internet-services provider, with over 15 years combining technical expertise with quality-management and business-process re-engineering leadership.
#98
Tinuade Oguntuyi
General Manager (Technical) at Information Connectivity Solutions Limited (ICSL)
Tinuade Oguntuyi is General Manager (Technical) at Information Connectivity Solutions Limited (ICSL), with over 13 years deploying terrestrial and satellite connectivity solutions; she co-founded the TinuAdeniyi Tech Foundation to support STEM education.
#99
Wole Adetuyi
Managing Director of Swift Telephone Network (STN)
Wole Adetuyi is Managing Director of Swift Telephone Network (STN), an Economics graduate of the University of Lagos and CCNA-certified engineer who rose through human resources, administration and network-switching roles.
#100
Mr. Yemi Oshodi
Managing Director of Information Connectivity Solutions Limited
Yemi Oshodi is Managing Director of Information Connectivity Solutions Limited (ICSL), bringing over 30 years of high-level financial-industry experience from New York, including as co-founder and Managing Director at Brencourt Advisors, before joining ICSL as COO in 2015.
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