Tigo Rwanda powers Live2Lead 2017 Simulcast

Tigo Rwanda, in partnership with Solutions Africa, on Friday 6, October powered the simulcast of Live2Lead 2017 at the Kigali Marriot Hotel.

The Live2Lead 2017 is an annual leadership training livestreamed from Atlanta, U.S.A, that hosts world-renowned leadership expert John C. Maxwell as well as other leaders including Dave Ramsey, Cheryl Bachelder, Don Yaeger and Warrick Dunn. The annual event’s simulcast is broadcast to 300 licensed venues in 32 countries. Rwanda was once again one of few countries in Africa streaming the leadership training. 

Tigo Rwanda staff attending the live2lead training

"Tigo Rwanda was delighted to work with Solutions Africa in delivering seamless connectivity for the yearly Live2lead simulcast. With this digital initiative Tigo Rwanda is further cementing its reputation as a highly reliable technology partner for large scale events of all sorts.  Working in partnership with the public and private sector, we are committed to demonstrating the endless digital possibilities that exist”, said Amit Chawla, the Chief Business officer of Tigo.

Lauding Tigo Rwanda’s stable high-speed internet that made the simulcast possible as well as its business partnership, Julius Lukwago, CEO of Solutions Africa, the company licensed to deliver the event, said;

“We thank Tigo for powering the event, and for once again demonstrating the power of internet in creating opportunities for learning, training, and for business”.

About Tigo Rwanda

Currently, Tigo Rwanda has over three million customers and has invested over US $310 million from 2009 to date.   Tigo Rwanda provides 4G LTE on mobile for both prepaid and post-paid customers.  Tigo Rwanda was awarded as the ‘Most Innovative Service’ at Africa Com 2014, for international mobile money transfers with integrated currency conversion between Tigo Rwanda and Tigo Tanzania as well as awarded for “Best ICT Exhibitor” at the Kigali Expo 2015. In 2016 Tigo Rwanda became the first telecom operator in Africa to sign the Connected Women Commitment Initiative.

Tigo Rwanda is owned by Millicom, a leading telecommunications and media company uniquely dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa. It provides mobile, mobile financial, cable and satellite services to over 60 million customers in fourteen countries, primarily under the Tigo brand. Tigo has been operating in Africa since 1993, in Rwanda since 2009, and serves over 26 million customers in Africa.