The Role of Telecommunication in Global Development

The Role of Telecommunication in Global Development

Author: Africa Business Radio September 20, 2018 Duration: 20:29
Dr. Chaesub Lee joins Adetunji Omotola on the sideline of the ITU conference 2018 in the city of Durban South Africa. They discuss the different roles of telecommunication in the global development.

Chaesub Lee is the Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, following his election at the 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan, Republic of Korea. He took office on 1st January 2015.
Dr. Lee has been involved in the telecommunication and ICT standardization field for 30 years, specializing in areas such as integrated services digital networks (ISDN), global information infrastructure (GII), Internet protocol, next-generation networks (NGN), Internet protocol television (IPTV) and cloud computing.
He started his professional life in 1986 as a researcher at Korea Telecom. After 17 years he took up a role at the country's Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), where he stayed for the next eight years.
Most recently he worked at the Korea Advanced

---

Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/africanperspective/support

Tune into African Perspective for a grounded and detailed exploration of the continent's economic currents, brought to you by Africa Business Radio. This isn't just headlines; it's a deep dive into the mechanics, opportunities, and narratives shaping markets from Casablanca to Cape Town. Each episode moves between the granular details of a rising tech startup in Lagos and the broader, interconnected macroeconomic policies affecting trade across the 55 African Union member states. You'll hear analysis that connects local innovation to regional trends and global investment flows, offering a nuanced picture often missing from international coverage. The African Perspective podcast is built for professionals, investors, and anyone curious about the real drivers of business on the continent, providing context and insight that goes beyond the surface. By focusing on both the emerging ventures and the larger financial stories, the show paints a complete portrait of a dynamic economic landscape in constant evolution. Listen for authentic voices and expert commentary that make sense of a complex and rapidly changing environment.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

African Perspective
Podcast Episodes
ICE Africa - Gaming on the African Continent [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:51
Gaming, which is casinos, lottery and gambling at large is a hugely lucrative business with immensely untapped potential on the African continent. This is according to John Kamara, who is the ICE Africa ambassador, and w…