Nigeria @60: Ken Nwogbo Inducted into ICT Hall of Fame

Ken Nwogbo, a Nigerian business / ICT Journalist and  founder, Communication Week Media Limited, the publishers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, has been inducted into the ICT Hall of Fame at an award ceremony for ICT icons organised recently by Titans of Tech, an initiative of TechTv Network.

Ken Nwogbo

Nwogbo was among other 60 ICT industry players, that were honoured at a ceremony held at the Virgin Rose Resort, Victoria Island, Lagos recently.

The 60 individuals have played various roles in stimulating growth in the Information and Communications Technology sector of the country especially in the last 20 years during which the sector has experienced unprecedented growth following the award of GSM licences to telecom operators by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Nwogbo’s career in journalism began when he joined the services of Champion newspaper as a capital market reporter in August 1997, and in 2005 he left Champion newspaper as a deputy news editor to join Businessworld as associate editor in 2006, the same year he established Nigeria CommunicationsWeek.

It was while he was an ICT reporter in 2001 with Champion newspapers that the then President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration deregulated Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, which immediately began to attract huge traction in terms of investments both foreign and local.

Since then the ICT sector became his forte, his reportage have helped in shaping the direction of the sector in Nigeria.

He has also written over 3,000 stories and articles in national dailies.

Other inductees at the Nigeria @60 ICT Hall of Fame were Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, former Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), now Chairman of MTN Nigeria, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Current EVC of NCC, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, President of ALTON,  Engr. Olawale Ige, Engr. Vincent Maduka, HRH Eze (Engr.) Ogbonna Cletus Iromantu, Engr. Titi Omo-Ettu, Chief Chris Uwaje, Tim Akano, Dr. Yele Okeremi, Collins Onuegbu, Abiodun Omoniyi, Lare Ayoola of Tranter IT group, Stanley Jegede, Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr.,

Others were Juliet Ehimuan Chiazor, Country Head, Google,  Nkemdilim Begho, Dr. Leo-Stan Ekeh of Zinox Technologies, Chief Chima Onyekwere, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, Muhammed Rudman of IXPN, Emmanuel Amos of Programos, Olusola Teniola, Immediate past president of ATCON, Prof. Engr. Mohammed Ajiya of Digital Bridge Institute, and Prof. Charles Uwadia of Computer Professionals Registrations Council.

Additional inductees were Engr. Ike Nnamani of Medallion, Chijioke Eke, Mkpe Abang, Aaron Ukodie, Ufuoma Daro, Dr. Bayero Agabi, Shina Badaru, Abimbola Tooki, Don Pedro Aganbi, Ken Nwogbo, Remmy Nweke, Segun Oruame, Okoh Aihe, Sonny Aragba-Akpore and Hajia Hadiza Umar of NITDA among others.

Speaking on behalf of the organisers, Don Pedro Aganbi congratulated the inductees, saying they were being recognised in their own right based on various contributions they made to the ICT industry.

He said that the recognition was part of the commemoration of Nigeria’s diamond independence anniversary.

“It is beyond dispute that the work that you all do is essential to enhancing our quality of life as a nation and individual members of the Nigerian nation,” he said, noting that Titans of Tech is a flagship industry event that annually celebrates excellence in the Nigerian ICT space.