Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr. (GCON), has bagged
the ‘Telecom Investor of the Decade’ award at the 10th edition of the annual
Nigerian Telecom Awards held in Lagos on Saturday night.
His companies, Glo Mobile and Glo 1 also swept a total of
three awards: Best Telecom Operator of the Year – (Data), Most Innovative
Telecom Operator of the Year and Best Submarine Company of the Year.
The awards coincide with the reemergence of Globacom as the
second largest telecommunications operator in Nigeria, according to the latest
figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The Telecom Investor of the Decade award was the highpoint
of the award ceremony. The award was presented by the Chairman, Board of
Directors of the Nigerian Telecom Awards, Chief Alex Akinyele, Vice Chairman
and former Ogun state governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. The award was received on
behalf of Dr. Adenuga’s by the Director of Mike Adenuga Group, Mr. Niyi
Adewunmi.
According to the organisers, Adenuga was nominated on
account of his “immense contributions to the growth of the telecommunications
sector in the country” and was unanimously adjudged winner by a panel of
assessors and judges.
The organisers said no single investor in Africa has
invested more in telecoms in the continent than Adenuga, noting that, he
merited the special award “due to the great sacrifice he made to ensure the
re-invention of the country’s telecoms industry.
”He is an astute, world-class business expert with worldwide
business interests and one of the biggest employers of labour in Nigeria,” the
organisers said.
L-R: Chief Alex Akinyele, Chairman, Board of Trustees,
Nigerian Telecom Awards; Otunba Biodun Ajiboye, Secretary-General, Nigerian
Telecom Awards; Mr. Niyi Adewunmi, Director, Mike Adenuga Group, with the award
of the ‘Telecom Investor of the Decade’ he collected for Dr. Mike Adenuga,
Chairman of Globacom, and the Vice- Chairman of the Awards’ Board of Trustees,
Otunba Gbenga Daniel, during the 10th anniversary of the Nigerian Telecom
Awards, held in Lagos on Saturday.
On the award of the ‘Best Telecom Operator (Data)’ given to
Glo Mobile, the organizers explained that the company is the only integrated
network that boasts of a transnational cable backbone, Glo 1. “Today, the
multi-million dollar facility and the network’s nationwide optic fibre cable
have enabled Globacom to offer the most cost-effective and reliable internet,”
the citation read.
The organisers said the award of the ‘Most Innovative
Telecom Company of the Year’ given to Glo Mobile was well deserved on account
of an array of novel products and services the company has introduced in the
last one year. They said the company has kept up with the tradition it
established at inception with the introduction of per second billing when other
operators said it was not possible.
In the citation read for the award of the ‘Best Submarine
Company of the Year’ given to Glo 1, the organizers noted the massive growth
recorded in the area of broadband in the last one year following the catalytic
activities of Glo 1.
“It (Glo 1) has continued to deliver transmission capacity
that is radically changing Africa’s economic landscape by providing
unprecedented high speed internet services and making telecom services much
faster, more reliable and cheaper for consumers,” the citation read.
The ceremony was also graced by Globacom’s top executives
including acting coordinator, Business Solutions, Mr. Ike Oraekwuotu; Head, Glo
Gateway, Mr. Stephen Stretch and Mr. David Maji, National Sales Coordinator.
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