Funke Opeke is the chief executive of Nigeria 's Main One Cable Company . She says her company laid the first sub - sea cable between West Africa and Europe to bring electricity to the region . The electro - optical cable runs from Seixal in Portugal to Accra in Ghana and Lagos in Nigeria . Born in Nigeria , Opeke moved to the United States in 1984 to study at Columbia University . Opeke says the lack of a backbone , open - access infrastructure is keeping costs high for consumers .
Funke Opeke is the chief executive of Nigeria 's Main One Cable Company . She says her company laid the first sub - sea cable between West Africa and Europe to bring electricity to the region . The electro - optical cable runs from Seixal in Portugal to Accra in Ghana and Lagos in Nigeria . Opeke says the lack of a backbone , open - access infrastructure is keeping costs high for consumers .