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 […]
Final on-site visit and training session for ICTA under EBRD Azerbaijan project
As part of a follow-up activities for an EBRD-funded project with ICTA, the Salience team arrived for a final on-site visit in order to support the project’s conclusion. In this final phase of the project, Salience experts delivered training sessions for newly recruited ICTA staff. The sessions covered the role and responsibilities of a modern […]
Smart Africa Workshop in Accra (9-10 April)
Our Salience team attended the Smart Africa Workshop on April 9–10 in Accra, focusing on progressing regional engagement for West African countries. During the workshop, we presented the results from our previous BPMP Feasibility Study on connectivity, completed for 28 Smart Africa Member States. The goal of the workshop was to introduce the Africa Bulk […]
Workshop in Guinea-Bissau
Our Salience team participated in a bilingual workshop (in English and Portuguese) in Guinea-Bissau as part of the WARDIP project. This key event brought together government officials, industry stakeholders, and policy experts to present and discuss the initial deliverables aimed at shaping the country’s Universal Access Fund (UAF) policy and strategy. It was attended by […]
Salience Consulting Supports Stakeholder Workshop for Smart Africa’s One Africa Network
Salience Consulting played a key role in the Stakeholders Workshop for the One Africa Network (OAN) Project, hosted by Smart Africa Secretariat from February 24-26, 2025, in Kampala, Uganda. The workshop gathered representatives from the East African Community (EAC) and Gabon to align on the feasibility study outcomes, explore implementation strategies, and define the roadmap for OAN’s success. Salience Consulting’s expertise was instrumental in […]