Connectivity and data center solutions provider, MainOne has called for more African content on the internet to drive education and entrepreneurship<\/p>\n
According to the company, government can do more by investing in electronic devices to help young entrepreneurs build contents to compete globally.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi Business News at the MainOne Cable Ghana Tema Breakfast Meeting, the West African Regional Executive of MainOne, Mr. Kazeem Oladepo maintained that government must develop innovation driven policies that will empower entrepreneurs to create more African content on the internet.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody is in prosperity, it\u2019s an ecosystem and they are interwoven but you need to see a lot more of innovation driven policies that empowers young people to be more creative to help grow a lot more content in the society,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to him, \u00a0such policies will make people want to see internet access as something that is a must have to increase the volume of local content.<\/p>\n
He explained that the internet ecosystem has different players with different impact on the performance of the platform.<\/p>\n
Mr. Oladepo stated that players like MainOne will always get the infrastructure and connectivity but the content must be driven to draw eyeballs to the internet expansion.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many people see the internet as quintessential that they must have at every point in time? What drives them towards that content? How much money do they have to afford those devices that drive them to access that content?,\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
He maintained that there are several facet of the development with demand and supply ineterracting to reach a point of equilibrium.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrivate sector can do more; government has done its part by creating the competition. But there is more to be done to make people see that internet access is an inessential part of development and creating jobs,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n
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