CEO of the Year.

The firm’s Group Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Mohamed Jameel, was also pronounced as the Telecom CEO of the Year.

At the awards ceremony, which held in Lagos, Dr. Adenuga’s company , Globacom, was named the Rural Access Phone Service Provider of the Year, GSM Operator of the Year and the National Telephone Operator of the Year; making Globacom the highest award winner at the event with five awards.

While applauding Dr. Adenuga as the Pan African Telecom Investor of the Year, NITTA said that the businessman had made Globacom the first single telecoms firm in the region to test the 3G network, lay an under sea cable across West Africa to Europe and launch the first nationwide optic fibre transmission network.

On behalf of Globacom, Dr. Adenuga also signed a contract to install West Africa’s first wireless network based on Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service/High Speed Packet Access technology. “This project will provide one million subscribers with state-of-the-art mobile broadband services.” NITTA said.