As a result , she says , connecting people from the company 's landing point in Nigeria to London costs less than connecting people across Lagos . Funke Opeke is the chief executive of Lagos 's Main One Cable Company . She says her firm laid the first sub-sea cable linking West Africa and Europe to bring broadband to the region . The fiber-optic cable runs from Nigeria in Portugal to Nigeria in Ghana and Seixal in Nigeria . Funke Opeke says the lack of a backbone , open-access infrastructure is keeping prices high for consumers .
Funke Opeke is the chief executive of Lagos 's Main One Cable Company . She says her firm laid the first sub-sea cable linking West Africa and Europe to bring broadband to the region . The fiber-optic cable runs from Nigeria in Portugal to Nigeria in Ghana and Seixal in Nigeria . Funke Opeke says the lack of a backbone , open-access infrastructure is keeping prices high for consumers .