Author: saliencemin

Ivan Skenderoski moderating a panel on the MENA”s Energy Strategy at Capacity Middle East

Today, our Managing Partner Ivan Skenderoski moderated the panel “Gigawatts for Generative AI: Defining MENA’s Energy Strategy” at Capacity Middle East. As MENA accelerates toward a data-driven, AI-enabled economy, the session explored how the region can meet the gigawatt-scale power demands of hyperscale campuses and GPU clusters, and what must change to ensure energy does […]

Sabah AlKubaisy speaks at Capacity Middle East on Building Iraq’s Digital Future

Proud to see our Associate Partner Sabah AlKubaisy representing Salience as a speaker at Capacity Middle East, on Building Iraq’s Digital Future. The discussion highlighted Iraq’s huge potential for digital infrastructure investment,  not only as a strategic transit route, but also as a fast-growing consumer of digital services. With strong government backing for AI data […]

Workshop in Ghana – Drafting the Final Report of the ECOWAS Roaming Study

Salience supported the ECOWAS Commission during a three-day Validation Workshop for the Draft Final Report of the ECOWAS Roaming Study, held in Accra, Ghana. The workshop brought together National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs), WATRA, regional institutions, operators and technical experts to review and validate proposed revisions to the ECOWAS roaming regulation. Discussions focused on key commercial, technical and regulatory challenges […]

Connecting the unconnected: From Antarctica to the finish line

Following the completion of comprehensive research and analysis, supported by detailed mapping, technical assessments, and extensive stakeholder engagement, Salience played a central role in translating data and inputs into actionable insights. This work enabled the accurate identification of key locations for the Antarctic site visit and ensured that technical decisions were firmly grounded in operational […]

Ben Roberts speaker at International Submarine Cable Resilience Summit 2026

Our colleague Ben Roberts, Associate Partner and Technology & Innovation Strategy Expert at Salience, participated as a speaker at the International Submarine Cable Resilience Summit 2026, during the Investment Breakfast side event focused on East & Southern Africa. The session brought together multilateral development banks, investors, governments, and private-sector leaders to explore how subsea cable […]

Budling bridges between UAE and N. Macedonia

Our Managing Partner, Ivan Skenderoski, along with Macedonians who live and work in the United Arab Emirates, met with the Macedonian president, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Timco Mucunski who were visiting Dubai to participate in the World Governments Summit 2026. Salience was founded in Dubai in 2010 and […]

Salience at the CAF International Economic Forum 2026

Panama just hosted the largest regional economic gathering in recent years. The CAF International Economic Forum 2026 brought together 6,500 leaders from 70 countries, 7 heads of state, 250 panelists and over 400 bilateral meetings. A message rang loud and clear: digital infrastructure will define which nations lead the coming decades. Representing Salience, our Business […]

Kicking off a technical due diligence in Tajikistan

This week, our team was in Tajikistan kicking off a technical due diligence for a potential EBRD investment in rural broadband infrastructure. The ambition is clear: extend fibre connectivity to unserved rural areas and mobile base stations, and improve access to reliable broadband for schools, hospitals, businesses, and households across the country. It was a pleasure engaging […]

Workshop in Nairobi – Regional PPP Framework at IGAD

Salience presented its reports designed to support the use of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) for digital infrastructure and provide guidance for a Regional PPP Framework at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) workshop in Nairobi from January 19 to the 21st. The workshop’s key outcomes included the validation of the draft regional framework, the documentation […]