Glo Is Making great Things Happen In Africa

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=114050
The success of Globacom in Benin is very important because of the far-reaching effects of telecommunications on a nation. It would be the biggest public relations coup in favour of Nigeria because every citizen of that country now looks up to Adenuga and his crew to make mobile phones available to the ordinary man. Everywhere we went, expectations were high. Even the immigration officer who stamped me out of their airport, an elderly woman, fondly described Mike Adenuga as “my husband,” and praised the “big man” from Nigeria for bringing his money to help them. Adenuga’s visit to President Yayi Boni, on the day of the highly celebrated launch, was shown repeatedly on television. It was obvious that the gangling leader was proud of his decision to invite Globacom to Benin.
All Nigerians present, including the Senate President of Nigeria, Senator David Mark, the Minister of State of Information and Communications, Ibrahim Dasuki S. Nakande, and Nigeria’s telecoms regulator, Engineer Ernest Ndukwe, gave Mike Adenuga and his team a standing ovation for demonstrating beyond doubt that great things can come out of Nigeria. It was a wonderful moment for us and for me in particular. I remember the incredible difficulties I went through while trying to establish a French office for Ovation magazine, less than three years ago. And even after scaling the preliminary huddles, I was further discouraged by the terrible treatment at the borders. I noticed some improvement this time. Better still, one can now catch Virgin Nigeria flights, three times a week to Cotonou. The journey is only twenty minutes.
Other countries would do well to open up their doors and windows of opportunities to Nigeria. Nigerians can no longer be treated with disdain in African affairs. We are amongst the most educated Africans on Earth. We are adventurous and very stylish. Our professionals can compete anywhere and can never be intimidated by anyone. Nigeria is the America and China of Africa rolled into one. Never mind the facts that our narcoleptic leaders have failed to tap into our awesome potentials. Nigerians are working on how to rescue the nation from the terrible grip of selfish and extremely corrupt politicians. We’ll do well to learn a few lessons from our neighbours in Benin Republic, who threw out their traditional politicians and voted in an accomplished banker. Our future lies in the hands of the private sector.

@topic: i totally agree.

I agree. but at the same time we are the biggest exporter of online scammers in Africa. we're known worldwide as a dishonest people. We openly praise corruption and mediocrity.

There are two sides to the coin. while we should celebrate progress, let's not get lost. There's still 98% of the work to be done.

Finally, it's clear to even the most starry eyed optimist that this generation of Nigerian youth is even more corrupt and dishonest than the elders.

Most Nigerian professionals competing everywhere, were initially trained in Nigeria


I agree with you here.
I have discovered that some of our youth blame "self mediocrity" on others, the system and tribe!
On the other hand, there are many bright young, innovative and achieving Nigerians around!
We can always improve and there is plenty of work to be done regarding our value system and self improvement!

even if glo was put together by jesus, nigerians will still find a way to defame its accomplishment. na wa ooo.

furkup belly
 
 

to the appologist and your white face iyawu!

easten europeans

1 smuggles a lot of guns in uk!! fact
2 alcade plenty for pakista
pedophile  practice a lot by your grany
colombia drugs
china human trafficing
romanians fraud,prostitution
many many more

so why are these people so harsh  with the great nigeria!! hmmm suspicious! i can only hope they forget about nigeria

losers!!!!! awhh

So far, over 100 Nigerians are working DIRECTLY on Globacom project in Benin republic. This project is small compared to the one in GHANA.
This is expected to send more than 150 Nigerians as expatriates into GHANA.

Can't we try and see thing from the Optimistic and positive view?

This is a appalling attitude to life, that is, seeing only the bad side of things.

I am personally okay with Adenuga's growing biz empire, even though it is the product of unbridled looting on the part of Nigerian politicians like 4 play rightly stated.
My problem is that Nigerians have not gotten half of the services of which they pay GLO for and she (GLO) is already on her way to establishing new networks elsewhere. How am i suppose to celebrate that?

Charity they say, begins at home.

I agree with you on microsoft, but they sure did satisfy the local consumers before venturing outside USA.

Like i said before, they will have to improve their network at home before packing their tools to another blind country. Otherwise, i don't have anything to celebrate.

Just like GHana and Benin are looking up to Glo for the services they have not paid for, so are sufferhead Nigerians looking up to GLO for the services they have paid for. Now tell me, which of these two groups deserve attention?

may be glo has decided to leave you hopeless ungrateful people alone to continue to wait for your government/ leaders to make thing happen for you.
just 10 years ago to reach people in lagos and abuja was like pulling a tooth and now dogs and goats are running around the street with mobile phone and all we can do here is to point out what glo is not doing right.
what about what glo is doing perfectly? and what have you done in your life to help nigeria?

useless people.

it is always very respectful to get our facts together. just don't say things based on because he says and she says.
you need to spend time with glo boys and see how proud they are and how professional these guys operate. this is what new generation in nigeria suppose to look like, not running to china, london or anywhere. home will always be sweet. i think we should be proud of what belongs to us. to me, glo belongs to all of us and they deserve our respect.

Thank you Oga deoro3 for that little insight, even though i don't totally agree with you.

I agree with you on the issue of equipments being the same, after all Nigeria does not manufacture or produce any; they are all imported. But, other countries have since left the level and abandoned some of these old equipment for a bigger game.


I agree that lack of power supply seriously undermines their services, but you will be thrilled to find out the kind of profit they post after tax all as a result of fraudulently inflating their price of the air time.
As for the gens being stolen on a daily basis, is a big fat lie because they do have securities in those sites.


The fibre stuff as i was told is for another service and does not have much to do with GSM. I also know that they have not finish the installment. So, that is not a good a excuse.


Yes, that's a big problem in Nigeria, but most times, these companies quickly rush to bribe the community leaders and leaving out the real owners of the land. Now, what will you do if a company that rips you off pays no money to you for your own services.


With these points, one is never expected to have perfect network; but with all the rip off, one should have a network that doesn't give you HBP at least.

They can do better if they want to, but most importantly if they are well regulated by the proper government agencies.

Ese o sir.

@zomby

Your name tells more of who you are. So no point engaging in a debate with you.


Facts? I sure do need a glo boy to explain to me and other nigerians the inefficiencies in their services, but i don't need a glo boy to explain to me why Nigerians don't actually get the services they pay for. The later is very simple to explain or define; it is called corperate robbery.

I do not doubt the proffessionalism and dedication of a few young men and women in GLO, but i doubt the sincerity of GLO's administratin and objectives.

Dont worry too much about me or where i am, worry for millions of capable youths roaming the streets of Nigeria.
Getting employed in big time companies like GLO is not only based on brains and marks. So, i hope you stop making it look like GLO is open for any gaddamn smart guy with good grades to work.

I never mentioned that i was an expert in telecommunications, so there was no need acknowledging my "professionalism" in that aspect. I even made it clear that i needed a glo boy to give me a little lesson on that.
In that respect, i admit that i have very little knowledge about telecommunication, since knowing the role of fibre to GSM is what it takes to figure out why the services are so poor and fraudulent.

However, i do know for sure that the major cause of why Nigerians are being defrauded is because of the corruption and no rules and regulations guiding these corporation. One cannot also rule out ulterior motives which these companies harbour.
Otherwise, i will keep wondering why some of the gsm companies in other countries have been doing well without fibre.

Has the fibre cables been out to use so far?

on a lighter note @ least glo didnt start up giving us reasons to think they are distracting  Mtn .They kickstarted from where MtN was rounding off then.Unlike Hitv thats always giving one excuse or the other

Glo is currently the only Made-in-Nigeria product we have in Nigeria to export. This is a Start-up company that has changed the face of communications in Nigeria in just 6 years - they introduced per second billing, affordable sim cards and much more - MTN were not in the least interested in these! Any other country in the world would celebrate these remarkable achievements by an indigenous player.

No douth Glo would benefit from this, but they deserve it. One is hard pressed to find any other Nigerian player of its kind in any industry internationally.

Kudos is due here and I give it with unreservedly.

All these per second and cheap sim bla blah blah is a sham and fraud by these telecom companies. Anybody who have used or is still using any of their services; be it glo, mtn or mtel knows what am talking about.

I bet that you will also be appalled by the efficient services of mtn in their home country. A case of charity begining at home.