Nigeria benefits as US agency backs 1,500 base station project

President Bola Tinubu. Credit: State House

The United States Trade and Development Agency has announced funding support for a feasibility study aimed at deploying about 1,500 mobile communications base stations across four West African countries, including Nigeria.

The initiative, according to a statement received by The PUNCH on Thursday from the Africa Regional Media Hub of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Global Public Affairs, is designed to accelerate the rollout of trusted American-made wireless infrastructure in off-grid communities across Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria.

The statement said the project would be implemented by Massachusetts-based company, Vanu Inc., through its subsidiary, Vanu Côte d’Ivoire.

“The U.S. Trade and Development Agency is accelerating the deployment of trusted U.S.-made wireless infrastructure in West Africa to connect off-grid communities in a region dominated by Chinese-made wireless systems.