This year’s Beacon of Information and Communications Technology (BoICT) Awards/Lecture series scheduled for July 24, will be exploring 5G as a new frontier for superior service delivery in the telecommunications space.
Now in its 12th year, the BoICT Distinguished Lecture Series is widely regarded as the most prestigious annual event available in the ICT industry in Nigeria.
This year the theme, “5G: Exploring New Frontiers for Superior Service Delivery”, leans heavily on the buzz around 5G, which if harnessed to its fullest potential, will feed the accelerated rise of the Internet of Things, enabling a smarter and more connected world.
Chief Executive Officer /Editor In-Chief, Communication Week Media Limited, the organisers of the lecture, Mr. Ken Nwogbo, said that the choice of the theme is based on the need to address the conspiracy theory against the technology, as well as explore enormous benefits of the 5G in delivery quality telecommunications services.
According to Mr. Nwogbo: “The lecture is followed by an Award ceremony, which rewards best practices and recognizes outstanding contributions to the growth of the ICT sector. The Awards are free and awardees are chosen by readers of Nigeria Communications Week through a transparent voting process.”
He informed that the voting platform has already opened and business leaders and readers are implored to cast their votes via this link. http://webthinkers.net/poll/polls.html
The Beacon of Information and Communication Technology (BoICT) awards series, is widely regarded as the most prestigious annual event in Nigeria’s ICT industry.
It is designed to explore efforts to put Nigeria on the global Information and Communications Technologies map.
The lecture series however is reserved for distinguished achievers in the ICT sector.
Past Keynote lecturers included: former EVC, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Ernest Ndukwe; former Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Engr. Yomi Bolarinwa; CEO at OR System France and a specialist in Counterparty Risk, Dr. Jean Luc Fort; and Chairman, Knowledge Factory International, United Kingdom, Professor Chris Nwagboso.
Others were: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Uche Orji; Managing Director/CEO, VDT Communications, Biodun Omoniyi; Managing Director, Rack Centre Limited, Ayotunde Coker; Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, Peter Adedayo Arogundade; CEO and founder of Systemspecs, John Obaro; former DG, NITDA and now Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami; and co-founder and COO, Digital Encode Limited, Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale; among others.
