The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) says it is putting in place special documentation of 100 leading ICT companies and personalities in the sector.
According to the association, the compendium will shape the future of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the country.
The President of ATCON, Mr Olusola Teniola made this known at a news briefing on the ”Special Report on Telecom and ICT Personalities 2018” on Monday in Lagos.
Teniola said ATCON would determine the future of ICT and the telecommunications industry in Nigeria by putting in place special documentation of 100 leading ICT companies and personalities in the sector.
He said that the strategic idea to publish 100 highly respectable personalities was solely conceived to celebrate individuals and corporate organisations that had contributed to innovation and creativity in the industry through their personal and corporate efforts.
According to him, it is believed that the publication of the book will further encourage and inspire ATCON to continue to intensify its advocacy drive in the Nigerian telecommunications and ICT ecosystem.
”It is believed that the publication will further continuous protection of the existing investment with the sole aim of attracting further investment into the sector.
”The proposed book is expect to chronicle all that these individuals and corporate organisations have done to grow the industry to where it is today and what they still plan to do in order to speed up the needed future development.
”The book will give the incoming generation the opportunity to learn from the veterans in the telecommunications industry; as well as to determine the future of ICT in Nigeria as barriers to creativities and innovation in Nigeria would exhaustively be discussed,” he said.
Teniola said that the association had taken cognisance of some of the players in the industry that had led innovation and creativity in the sector.
He said that their respective creativities had continued to attract both local and international attention in terms of investible funds.
According to him, the book is expected to chronicle the development that has taken place since the liberalisation of the sector.
”The book is expected to be distributed through the embassies; universities, federal and state government agencies, public and private libraries, telecommunications and ICT international events, media houses, among others.
”We hope this project will attract huge participation because there is no better way to celebrate than to put in a book format what they have done to grow the entire telecom and ICT ecosystem.
”We have noted that those who fought for the pre-liberalisation of this sector; no book was written in their honour, and in order not to make the same mistake, ATCON has taken it upon itself to catalogue those who are leading innovation in the industry,” he said.
The ATCON president said that a committee had been set up to publish the book and it was expected to be unveiled by the end of May 2018.
He said that the book was in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of ATCON.
