Funke Opeke
Yali Z Liu
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Funke Opeke
CEO
MainOne
Funke Opeke is one of the leading voices in African data centres , and a hugely inspirational figurehead for women in the regional market ( as well as the wider data centre industry ).
She is the CEO of MainOne , a Lagos-based telecoms company , and the leading communications services and network solutions provider in West Africa .
Prior to joining MainOne , Opeke also held the position of Chief Technical Officer of MTN , was an Executive Director of Verizon , and worked in the American telecoms market for over twenty years .
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Yali Z Liu
Executive Director
Chayora
In 2020 , Yali Z Liu was awarded the role of Executive VP for Network & Strategy at Chayora . Chayora is a data centre developer offering world-class hyperscale and scalable digital infrastructure solutions . Its client base includes companies from across the world – including a number of Fortune 500 names – pursuing an expansion into the Chinese market .
Yali has over 15 years of experience in strategic and operational leadership roles , in the spheres of global internet , cloud and data centre development . She also previously held the role of Executive Director at Verizon .
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