More Women Making Their Mark In Telecommunications

Funke Opeke, the CEO and founder of MainOne, resigned after selling her firm to Equinix for $320 million. MainOne was one of the first carrier neutral data centre companies in Nigeria and its MDXI facility is almost a must-have for ISPs. MainOne began life as a subsea cable company. At some point Opeke realized that carrier neutral data centers was an attractive business due to high occupancy rates and significant customer switching costs. Moreover, since African data centers often lack good connectivity, the MainOne cable was an excellent complement to any data center facility. MainOne just opened a new facility in Ghana, one of Africa's bright spots in terms of political culture, economic development, and pluralism. Click on this for more details https://thetechcapital.com/funke-opeke-resigns-as-ceo-of-mainone-following-320m-equinix-deal/.

I guess I am too woke for the old telecom guard who have often expressed me to the idea that appointing women as senior managers is 'woke'. My view is that the political conservatives who dominate the telecom industry are often unable to understand women outside the traditional mother, daughter, wife, and sister roles. They feel threatened. And they should because there is now a bevy of capable women cleaning up the messes created by their male predecessors. Lumen is a good example. 😀