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Group Chief Operating Officer of Globacom, Mohamed Jameel, (2nd left) in a handshake with President/Vice Chancellor of Babcock University, Prof. J.A. Kayode Makinde, at the unveiling of internet connectivity contract between Glo 1 and Babcock. With them are Head of Glo 1 Enterprise Solutions, Folu Aderibigbe, (right) and Senior Vice President/DVC of the school, Prof. Iheanyi Okoro.

Globacom’s Glo 1, the acclaimed major bandwidth provider for Africa, recently announced the activation of ‘high speed’ internet bandwidth connectivity at Babcock University, Ogun State.

Head of Glo 1 Enterprise Solutions, Folu Aderibigbe, said introducing the connection on campus “would provide fast and reliable internet services” to Babcock.

According to the press release, Glo 1 signed a deal with the university a few months ago to provide 40 megabytes of internet to them. They described it as “the largest in the country’s education sector so far”, so we’re guessing they meant 40 gigabytes?

This development is in preparation for the January 2012 semester which will see the début of Babcock University’s Business School and Benjamin S. Carson School of Medicine which will offer students with high-tech facilities and equipment.

“With the activation of the contract, the university’s staff and students will be able to leverage the power of the Glo 1 cable to conduct their online research and realtime laboratory and classroom collaborative teaching from renown scholars around the world on virtually all subject areas. It will be an exciting new experience for them”

- Folu Aderibigbe

All senior staff and management of the university currently use Glo Blackberry services while the network has also provided postpaid CUG plans for both staff and students, so it’s a good business relationship already.

Babcock was recently voted Africa’s Best Private University 2011 by the All Africa Students Union in Accra, Ghana.

Are you a student at BU? Do you think this is a great step forward? Share your thoughts, drop a comment.

Faridah Demola-Seriki

Faridah Seriki has been interested in technology since she got her hands on a desktop when she was eight. She founded Technesstivity after releasing a successful blog she made for class combining her passion for both journalism and technology. Faridah graduated from Vivian Fowler in 2009 and lives in New York where she graduated from Hofstra University with a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism

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