West Africa Telecoms Infrastructure Summit And Exhibition Holds October 3-4

<h4>West Africa Telecoms Infrastructure Summit And Exhibition Holds October<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has reliably gathered that respite beckons for telecoms consumers in West Africa over poor network issues as critical stakeholders in the industry converge in Lagos&comma; Southwest Nigeria at the maiden edition of the West Africa Telecoms Infrastructure Summit and Exhibition&comma;WATISE&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to information made available to OpenLife by African Media Agency&comma; AMA&comma; the summit is designed to tackle the challenges of telecoms Infrastructure which is affecting the growth of the region’s digital economy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Expected at the event is the Minister of Communications&comma; Innovation and Digital Economy&comma; Dr Bosun Tijani&comma; Executive Vice Chairman&comma; Nigerian Communications Commission &lpar;NCC&rpar;&comma; Prof&period; Umar Garba Danbatta&comma; the Director General of Nigerian Information and Technology Development Agency&lpar;NITDA&rpar;&comma; Mr kashifu Inuwa&comma; the Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria &lpar;ALTON&rpar;&comma; Engr Gbenga Adebayo and other stakeholders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The event&comma; which already has registered participants from Tunisia&comma; Egypt&comma; Republic of Benin will explore the abundant investment opportunities in the tech sector with the aim of attracting more investors into the sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Holding from October 3 to 4 at Oriental Hotel Lagos&comma; it has as its theme&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;The Future of Infrastructure&comma; Connectivity and Services&colon; A New Interdependent Ecosystem of Partners’&comma; and it will bring together leading industry telcos and ICT players to learn&comma; share&comma; shape the industry and provide business networking opportunities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Discussions will also x-ray market relevant digital transformation trends and development related with the telecom infrastructure such as Submarine&comma; Connectivity&comma; Security&comma; Data center landscape Internet Xchange and Wholesale Digital Transformation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Predominantly&comma; there will be focus be on infrastructure and content and convene more than 200&plus; global companies in segments such as&colon; Data&sol; Capacity&comma; Submarine&comma; Content Providers&comma; Technology Providers&comma; Internet Exchanges &lpar;IX&rpar;&comma; Security&comma; Datacenters&comma; Cloud&comma; and other related segments&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Making the announcement of the upcoming event in Lagos&comma; Country Editor&comma; TechnologyMirror&comma; Isaiah Erhiawarien&comma; said the sub-regional forum will create opportunities for establishing strategic alliances and partnerships amongst local and foreign investors for the purpose of expanding ICT networks in Nigeria and West Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his words&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;WATISE 2023 is expected to provide a platform for organisations to showcase emerging innovative products and solutions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Specifically&comma; the forum will bring together ICT stakeholders&comma; government&comma; and foreign missions to x-ray and chart a new course for the future of Africa&&num;8217&semi;s digital economy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Also&comma; through this event&comma; stakeholders are expected to actively engage the government and other relevant agencies to the widespread deployment of digital technology innovations across the continent&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He highlighted that the event is an exclusive wholesale telecom operator and service provider gathering that will offer them opportunity to meet more than 300&plus; industry players from regional and international telecom operators&comma; network with peers and eco partners in a private&comma; relaxed&comma; and exclusive community environment and join knowledge sharing executive panel sessions<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Key industry players expected as participants at the summit are top and middle-level managers from Telecom operators&semi; 4G service&sol;solution providers&semi; Telecom tower manufacturers&semi; Policymakers and regulators&semi; Power solution providers&semi; 5G technology providers&semi; Legal and management consultants&semi; Civil contractors&semi; Financial institutions&semi; Renewable energy companies&comma; etc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>WATISE&comma; which already has the support of the telecoms regulator&comma; the Nigerian Communications Commission &lpar;NCC&rpar; is being organised by TechX Innovation Hub&comma; a well-equipped Tech hub in Nigeria and TechnologyMirror&comma; a leading technology news and information website and winner of the Best Startups Supportive Online Media&comma; 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;22207" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-22207" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-22207" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;Welcome-Reception-for-Honorable-Minister-of-Communication-Innovation-and-Digital-Economy-Dr&period;-Bosun-Tijani-300x179&period;webp" alt&equals;"West Africa Telecoms Infrastructure Summit And Exhibition Holds October 3 - 4" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"179" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-22207" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Minister of Communications&comma; Innovation and Digital Economy&comma; Dr Bosun Tijani<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;