Nigeria’s leading public sector digital infrastructure provider, the Galaxy BackBone, has expressed its readiness to partner with credible industry service providers to push up digital inclusion in Nigeria.
Speaking at the 2023 Summit of Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA), held in Lagos last week, an official of the Marketing Department, Mr. Chidi Opala, who made presentation on behalf of the fedral agency averred “the fact that government understands the importance of infrastructure in growing the country’s digital economy, and noted that one of the things the current administration holds dear to its heart, is infrastructure.
“Have we made some efforts in bridging the infrastructure gap? The answer is yes. But there is a whole lot of learning, a whole lot of training in trying to create that awareness, into fully understanding how this impacts the day-to-day living of everyone.
“As an organisation, what we are trying to do is to bridge that gap of understanding especially, people in leadership level in government; to let them understand this is what this infrastructure stands for, this is what it is all about. It is not just for sending emails but how it affects your life, your family, and the work that you do.
“We have done quite a lot together with some of the other organisations within the information technology space in the public sector. We are still doing a lot to raise that awareness of what this infrastructure means so that people can understand more and collaborate more.
“Collaboration is the key, talking about the benefits and not dwelling more on talking about the problems because sometimes when we do that, we cloud ourselves of the opportunities around us,” he said.
Okpala expressed the need for policymakers to be much more intentional about what the country is doing, how it the affects everyone, and how the efforts at building the country’s digital economy can be sustained.
GBB COMPANY PROFILE: A SUMMARY
Galaxy Backbone (GBB) as a Public Limited was set Liability up in 2006 clear responsibilities to coordinate Infrastructure company with and enhance service delivery Technology for all public institutions under the Federal Government. The company was also charged with operating a nationwide network backbone to help facilitate the digital inclusion of underserved areas and rural communities towards the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
Over the years, GBB has grown and evolved into a formidable, now limited liability company, fully owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria, but operating under the administrative supervision of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy with the capacity to provide world class services to both public and private organizations operating within the Nigerian Nation. Today, GBB operates a state of the art nationwide unified communications technology infrastructure platform that digital technology services corporate organizations, enterprise, Educational Institutions, Small Medium (SMEs) and homes.
Galaxy Backbone has built a services platform consisting of Nationwide Fibre
Metro Fibre backbone some major cities with multiple internet gateways, a Tier III situated at the Nation’s Capital Territory and in country offshore VSAT hubs to serve under and local communities across nation. huge presence in the public sector, for our massive network of over 4000 locations across various parts of Nigeria. organization is fast growing its across financial institutions and other corporate bodies within private sector. We have partnered
Global and local Information and Communication Technology Service providers to consistently ensure we expand our reach and get our services to communities and corporations that need them to improve their service to their customers in this evolving digital Economy.
Customer Service and Satisfaction is at the heart of GBB’s operations. The focus in ensuring the customer is well served has enabled us to consistently services that meet International standard of service and operations
