E-learning solutions in rural communities with SES and Softwire partnership

SES satellite operators have announced a multi-year contract with IT capacity building provider, Softwire Digital Solutions who will be utilizing SES capacity to implement countrywide e-learning solutions in Nigeria.

Softwire Digital Solutions has been chosen by the Nigerian government as one of several to implement a number of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects, with the aim to bridge the gap that exists in the rural areas of Nigeria and to provide more e-learning facilities to the underserved areas.

Softwire will be utilizing capacity in SES’s NSS-10 satellite for the deployment of this ICT project, under the financing of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF).

Speaking at the event, Chief Executive Officer, Softwire Digital Solutions Limited Dalo Edetanlen said that the company is proud to associate with SES, as they have the expertise and the technical know-how to help achieve its goals in Nigeria.

According to him, “our partnership ensures we will deliver quality services to our clients, particularly the USPF. We hope to leverage this relationship to expand our business and become one of the leading ISPs in the country.”

While shedding more light on the opportunities inherent in the satellite broadband technology, Ibrahim Guimba-Saidou, Senior Vice President, SES Commercial in Africa assured that the broadband technology is able to deliver wide range of services across Nigeria’s non-urban population to help drive growth and knowledge transfer.

“Many governments and public institutions on the continent have begun to develop broadband policies to address this digital inequality but again are hindered by costs, infrastructures and inaccessible non-urban populations. Satellites have vast coverage and a reach that’s undaunted by mountain, desert, jungle or savannah,” Guimba-Saidou said.

He added that the digital communications and broadband internet are increasingly important to Nigeria and the continent’s social and economic development.

 

Ifeoma Okeke