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 Nigeria '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 Seixal in Portugal to Accra in Ghana and Lagos in Nigeria . Opeke says the lack of a backbone , open-access infrastructure is keeping prices high for consumers .