The Regional Executive, West Africa at Africa Data Centres, Dr Krishnan Ranganath, has been named ‘the Technology Person of the Year’, at the Tech Innovation Awards organised by Digital Economy Magazine in Lagos
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This came a few months after he was crowned the ‘Man of the Year’ at Africa’s Beacon of Information and Communications Technology Merit and Leadership Award 2023.

According to Digital Economy Magazine, Dr Krishnan was chosen for recognition based on his expertise in helping to champion the growth recorded in Nigeria’s Information and Communications Technology, especially in the evolving data center and cloud computing space.

Chief Executive Officer of Instinctwave Group, owner of Digital Economy Magazine, Akin Naphtal, said: “We have looked at your work in Information and Communications Technology in Nigeria and West Africa in the last two decades. As an organisation, we concluded that you have done well to help grow the industry. Thus, we have no option but to crown you the ‘Technology Person of the Year.’

Responding, Dr. Krishnan appreciates the organizer for the recognition, saying it will go a long way to encourage him to work harder to help grow the industry.

“First, I want to thank Digital Economy Magazine for recognizing me as the ‘Technology Person of the Year’. I do not take this for granted. Secondly, this recognition is an assurance that various stakeholders are noticing my little
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