"The Nigerian Broadband Plan 2020-25 is now in place, and the Broadband Implementation Steering Committee seeks to provide solutions for low-income populations. Establishing community networks – whereby low-tech solutions can help to prevent white elephant projects – is another point of consideration. Ultimately, the sector needs to adopt sustainable practices and include local communities in the development strategy. In practice, this means understanding how multilateral organisations that work on a peer-to-peer basis can hand work over to local people who are trained to run projects."
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Olusola Teniola
Olusola Teniola (born 10 July 1966) in London, is a technology enthusiast based in Lagos, Nigeria. Olusola Teniola is now engaged in various new projects in West Africa. He has been Nigeria National Coordinator for the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI.org) since Nov 2019. He is the Immediate Past President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). Previously he was a Client Partner with Detecon International, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, Germany; responsib
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