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The Rt. Hon the Lord Paul Boateng PC DL held of the position of High Commissioner to South Africa and the Kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland from 2005 to 2009. Most recently, in 2010, he was elevated by HM The Queen to The Peerage as Baron Boateng of Akyem and Wembley. Elected to Parliament in 1987, Lord Boateng was the UK’s first Minister for Young People. He has held the positions of spokesp
Continue readingKatherine’s most recent position was Director and Head of Africa for the World Economic Forum based in Geneva, Switzerland. She was responsible for all African-related affairs within the Forum and managing strategic relationships with Africa’s key government, business and civil society leaders. Prior to the World Economic Forum, Katherine spent 10 years working in Mergers & Acquis
Continue readingDr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah is a former Minister of Communication of the Republic of Ghana, one-time Ambassador of Ghana to the United States and Mexico (1974-77), Minister of Education, Minister responsible for Mines and Energy, and a former member of UNESCO’s Executive Board in Paris. He served in Ghana’s cabinet between 1997 and 2001. Until 2011, Dr. Spio-Garbrah was the CEO of the Co
Continue readingMs. Nozipho January-Bardill is an independent Non-Executive Director to the board of AngloGold Ashanti, one of Africa’s leading publicly traded mining companies. In 2011 she left MTN Group where she served as Executive Director and Spokesperson for the Group and sat on the boards of a number of operations in the MTN footprint. She is a former South African Ambassador to Switzerland
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Published: November 10, 2010
Alvarion has been chosen by 4G Africa to deploy the first Mobile WiMAX network in Cameroon. The deployment in the cities of Douala and Yaounde, two of Cameroons largest metropolitan areas with a total population 5 million people, will provide coverage using Alvarions end-to-end Mobile WiMAX 4Motion solution at the 2.5 GHz frequency band.
The deployment is expected to provide connectivity to over 10,000 users within the first year.
"We are excited to work with Alvarion on the first 4G network deployment in Cameroon and introduce a new era of communications to the residents of Douala and Yaounde," said Dov Bar-Gera, CEO of 4G Africa.
"4G Africa is focused on establishing WiMAX networks in emerging Sub-Saharan countries, such as Cameroon with the overall aim to reduce the digital divide. Leveraging Alvarions technology and expertise allows us to provide a high-performance quality network, offering valuable broadband services to the residents in this market."
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