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Telecom Namibia CEO to lead Southern Africa Telecommunications Association

Telecom Namibia CEO, Dr Stanley Shanapinda, is set to be appointed as the new chairman of the Southern Africa Telecommunications Association (SATA). Dr Shanapinda will lead the organisation for the next 12 months. This comes in the wake of SATA’s 43rd conference, which was hosted by Telecom Namibia.

Delegates from the Southern Africa Telecommunications Association (SATA) member states converged in Swakopmund on the 26th of April to attend the regional conference for 2023. The three-day conference was hosted under the theme “ICT Connectivity and Service Delivery for the Benefit of All: Transforming our Society through Broadband and ICT Developments”. The aim was to share experiences on a wide range of topics including technology, infrastructure, policy and strategy for the future of the telecommunications industry. Leaders from the Namibian government joined ICT industry players in the Southern African region to oversee a conference that would focus on key deliberations aimed at propelling services in the region to deliver world-class services to the people of the region.

Dr Shanapinda expressed that the presence of ICT services is a key determining factor for investors. The absence of ICT services in any area hampers effective engagement with authorities, potential trading partners and customers, among others. ICT services are thus essential to the success of most, if not all businesses. He saw the event as an opportunity to provide a platform for discussions that will drive regional solutions to strengthen economic and social demands, as well as offer improved coordination of capacity networks through the enhancement of regional and global communications.

ICT services are thus essential to the success of most, if not all businesses. It is this ongoing dialogue and engagement that will allow us to stay abreast of developments within the region and globally

“It is this ongoing dialogue and engagement that will allow us to stay abreast of developments within the region and globally. Through benchmarking with peers in the region and sharing key learnings, vendors and industry solution providers can compare notes and further improve service delivery to the people of the region. We hope the discussions will accelerate the transformation of the ICT sector in the Southern African region to be on par with the rest of the world and to exceed the expectations of our respective governments, corporates and residential customers,” Dr Shanapinda added.

Congratulations, Dr Shanapinda. We celebrate your appointment!

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