Strategic engagements supporting Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030
Our team travelled to Saudi Arabia to engage in strategic meetings and contribute to the Kingdom’s transformative journey. We support ambitious mega-city developments, operators, and regulators by providing planning and design for advanced communication and ICT infrastructure, driving standards excellence, and enabling fully connected, 21st-century communities. During the visit, we also had valuable discussions with […]
Connecting East Africa: EAC Work Trip Across 8 Countries
Salience along with members of the EAC Secretariat visited the regulators, ministries and all mobile operators in each of the EAC Partner States-Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, DRC, South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania during the month of August to discuss the implementation of the One Network Area ONA Regional Roaming Framework that was launched in 2014. Stakeholders provided […]
Highlights from Salience’s Participation in the 37th COMNAP AGM in Poland
On behalf of the Salience Pioneer Consortium, our team, Erik Whitlock and Juan Pablo Lefian Salinas recently attended the 37th Annual General Meeting of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) held in Warsaw, Poland, from 5–8 August 2025. As part of the Chilean delegation, we engaged with key stakeholders to advance the […]
EAC Workshop Kickoff in Burundi
As part of the EAC project, our team is visiting its 8 Partner States – Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia and Tanzania to understand the current status of the One Network Area (ONA) regional framework and to make recommendations to enhance its effectiveness. We kicked off our mission with […]
Central America & the Caribbean’s Digital Era: Next‑Gen Subsea Cables & Datacenters Salience Consulting – Latin America Business Unit
In July 2025, our Latin America Business Manager completed a tour of Central America and the Caribbean with one clear purpose: to identify how Salience can help governments sustain — and scale — their competitiveness in the new data economy. The meetings highlighted two unavoidable fronts: the urgent replacement of submarine cables that have exhausted their design life, and the […]
Stakeholder Engagement in Dhaka for WB Pakistan-Bangladesh Project
Salience is supporting the World Bank in identifying a pipeline of climate-resilient broadband connectivity projects in Pakistan and Bangladesh for investor engagement. As part of the project, the Salience team was on the ground in Dhaka from May 18 to 24, meeting with key stakeholders to better understand the legal and regulatory environment supporting broadband […]
Field visit to rural tower sites in Uganda
ATC Uganda hosted Salience partner Erik Whitlock on a tour of off-grid tower facilities in rural Uganda. ATC Uganda is deploying state-of-the art technologies as well as innovative home grown solutions to deal with the challenges of providing reliable services to mobile network operators. Salience is currently undertaking a project to assist the telecommunications regulator, the […]
Smart Africa workshop in Nairobi, Kenya
Our Partner, Erik Whitlock, attended the second workshop held by Smart Africa on April 22-23 in Nairobi, Kenya, this time developing the discussions on regional engagement for the East and Southern African countries. The goal of the workshop was to introduce the African Bulk Purchase Marketplace (BBMP) approach and gather input on the needs and […]
Nigeria telco stakeholder engagement mission
Salience Consulting successfully completed a key mission to Nigeria, engaging with the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (MFCIDE), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MoFI), and key private sector stakeholders in Abuja and Lagos. Over 20 engagement meetings were conducted within a week period. These engagements form a critical […]
Salience at ECOWAS workshop in Ghana
Salience and MacMillan-Keck attended a workshop to validate its draft final report on the Feasibility Study for the Establishment of a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP) for the ECOWAS Region. The workshop was held in Accra, Ghana from the 14 -16th of April 2025. Experts from 12 Member States participated in the meeting. Representatives of the Project […]