IN SHORT

Through his company Phase3 Telecom, Stanley Jegede has built a regional infrastructural backbone in telecommunications, connecting the whole of Nigeria and a few other countries in West Africa. This infrastructure has played a pivotal role in Nigeria’s modernization. “I want to connect people; I want to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians and West Africans. I want us to be comparable to other developed countries, those that have been able to achieve an infrastructure that works for them, that has improved their GDP – this is the vision that makes me want to work so hard.”