Funke Opeke

Nigerian telecom pioneer bridging Africa's digital divide

The "Digital Queen of Nigeria" founded MainOne in 2010, deploying West Africa's first private undersea cable (7,000km). Her $240M infrastructure provides 450Gbps broadband to 10 countries, reducing internet costs by 80%.

Transformative Impact:

• Trained 5,000+ women through SheCanCode initiative
• Enabled 200+ tech startups via Lagos data centers
• First African recipient of IEEE African Women Engineers Award

Opeke's Open Access Model inspired Nigeria's National Broadband Plan 2020-2025 aiming for 70% penetration by 2025.