Oscar Nichor, Chief Operations Officer (TV Broadcast) at K-Net, explains what strategy can K-Net replicate in other countries, particularly in West Africa, to help establish a cost effective and reliable DTT network in good time.

"If not for the instability in the administrations that were providing the kind of funding and lead for us to get this job done, it could have been done very quickly. This has also become an experience which has been improved upon. If we were to provide the same kind of service for another African country, we would go with all the facets of the project that would bring the total satisfaction straight away. Then, we would make ourselves available because we understand that proximity and continuous discussions to facilitate the achievement of the project execution are very important. Since we are in Africa, the cost is lower for us to move around and to station our people. We understand now that it is very important to make yourself available at the point of project execution. In capacity development, we have seen what it takes to make projects work in Africa. I was working for the National Broadcaster and I was in charge of projects for many years. I came from a training background and I had been in charge of engineering training before and I had an idea about the strategies that you need to put in place in order to ensure that projects succeed. But it has not been easy because in Africa very little resources are allocated to training. If the company that is executing itself is committed to providing capacity, that is an added advantage. We are looking at Ghana being a pacesetter because we are the only native West African company that is able to do this. We have built our expertise from A to Z", says Oscar Nichor.

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