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D-Link to change Future with Innovation, Creativity-Uwaje
Chris Uwaje is Information and Communication Technology (ICT) impresario. He is a renowned expert in the fields of engineering solutions, research, software design and development respectively.
Uwaje was recently appointed regional director for D-Link International in charge of West Africa including Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
He spoke about his new appointment and D-Link
New Face of D-Link
Thank you. The new face of D-Link translates to enhancing the critical Information Infrastructure and encouraging Corporate Businesses and Governments all over the world – especially those in West Africa – to understand that the future and survivability of their nations and corporate businesses grossly depend on the health and security of her IT infrastructure. D-Link is world class technology Brand of International repute for functionality and quality. I am therefore, very happy to be invited on board to restructure and add value to its West African (Nigerian) Market Channel. In summary the New face of D-Link amounts to enhanced quality reassurance and commitment to our numerous end-Users and Customers. The message is that D-Link will deliver unparallel innovative quality products, solutions and value-added technical support services to the People and Government of Nigeria and West Africa in general.
Lessons as D-Link Regional Director for West Africa
A great deal. First is that D-Link Corporation is a reliable and efficient corporate entity with ability to create, design and manufacture top quality Networking Brand with International recognition and acceptance. D-Link has indeed become the centre of gravity of the global Networking Technology Domain. Today, D-link is the No.1 in global Wireless Technology Solutions and service delivery. With over 6000 Engineers World-wide and 4 State-of-the-Art Research and Development (R&D) Laboratories located in USA, China, India and Taipei, D-link products such as Routers, Switches, Network Firewall, IP Surveillance Security Cameras, to mention but a few – have enhanced the end-to-end solutions and service delivery at the Small Office, Home office and Enterprise levels. The mission of the new face of D-Link is codified in the will to change the future of Networking through creativity and resounding innovation wrapped in cost-effectiveness and simplicity of use.
Some people think that D-Link is just a small company manufacturing only switches?
That is not correct. Founded in 1986, D-Link is a global leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of advanced networking, broadband, digital, voice and data communications solutions. Following our company motto, "Building Networks for People", D-Link continually meets the global networking and connectivity quality standards and needs of digital home consumers, small office professionals, small- to medium-sized businesses, and enterprise environments.
D-Link’s core competency is in Ethernet connectivity. In fact, we are the global leader in providing network connectivity solutions to small and medium-sized business. From the beginning, D-Link engineers have researched, designed and manufactured innovative, standards-based networking solutions. We sell our state-of-the-art hardware at the best prices. Price may be the deciding factor for many new customers, but D-Link innovation, reliability and service keeps them loyal year after year.
A major contributor to our success is our established and expanding network of global distribution and delivery channels that brings products to more than 100 countries every day. We do more than meet the growing demand for computer networking and communications solutions – we fuel it. Our development of global distribution channels in more than 100 countries has resulted in double-digit growth every year for 20 years. D-Link surpassed the $1 billion revenue milestone in 2005, driven by record sales in every geographic region of the world.
Global Presence: D-Link’s international headquarters are located in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China. More than 120 global offices serve North America, Asia, Europe and Africa including the North American headquarters in Fountain Valley, California. D-Link maintains strategic operations in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Israel, the Middle East, South Africa, West Africa – with Nigeria as a Hub, Chile, Australia, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, China, India and other countries on five continents.
Innovative Leader: Our engineers have been key contributors to the development of the rapidly expanding home and business networking environment we take for granted today. D-Link has been awarded patents and copyrights on a variety of technology platforms – including Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) computer chips, hardware technology designs, software applications and other intellectual properties. D-Link product solutions are high-performance and feature-rich by design. As a key contributor to the Digital Home Working Group (DHWG), D-Link embraces industry standards as criterion for the development of new and innovative connectivity and communications solutions for home and business. D-Link products are certified by the FCC, the Wi-Fi Alliance and CableLabs.
D-Link Corporation manufactures over 600 ICT quality products. The fact and truth is that D-Link is a world class Networking product manufacturing and solutions company with a difference. The core difference is that D-Link is focused on creative areas embedded in working together with customers, to understand their needs and moving forward to deliver absolute customer satisfaction to them. At D-Link, we create, innovate and build the future with our customers’ demand in-view covering the lower, medium and enterprise levels.
Secret behind the New Face of D-Link
The fact behind the secret is that D-Link has finalised arrangements to set-up a Technical Support Centre in Lagos, Nigeria – the first in West Africa, At D-link, we have learnt and belief that “the Internet now represents the future of Mankind, and Networking Technology is the bridge to that future. Indeed, D-Link is globally recognized as not only the IT bridge but also the centre of gravity of world-wide Networking Products, solutions and services. The new face of D-Link therefore goes beyond ’Building Network for People’ to “Preparing the future Information Society Networking total environment for mankind”. It promises to be creatively captivating and rewarding to everyone.” It will be awesome.
The Future and Cyber Security Issues
The state of a Nation’s critical Information Infrastructure will determine her security status. Cyber Security and Cybercrime issues will become the dominant subject of IT activities and challenges of our time. The danger is that many unprepared countries such as Nigeria will be venerable to the emerging impact – unless specific policies and established and critical actions are timely implemented. The role of D-Link is to ensure that those Tsunamic impacts do not lead to the complete breakdown of the survivability framework of government and the corporate business. The main damage is going to come from the Networking environment – incorporating information routing and delivery, storage, secured data access and interchange. D-link will plan, design, deliver and support safe-computing with unmatched solutions at all levels of e-Government, Education and Hospitality sectors.
Priorities
As global leaders in the Networking-Wireless Domain, D-Link priority is to look at challenging Networking disruptions and move rapidly to deliver quality solutions to them. This is one of our key strategies of sustaining our leadership in the Networking environment. The vision is positioning D-Link as the Preferred Market Leader (PML) in building and delivering Network solutions and support services for the West African People. With particular reference to Nigeria, my mission amongst others is: To Transform the Nigerian IT-Network Solutions and services into the reliable Hub to serve and service the needs of the entire West African Sub-Region. D-link will build Networks and Solutions for the West-African People – through sustained delivery of original quality and cost effective Technology Solutions and Services.
Our objective is to add value to National Development Projects, Research and Development programs, Deep Market Penetration, Mass Market appeal – winning top class customers and product support services in Nigeria and West African Sub-Region. To Make Nigeria the 1st Address and Central Clearing House for D-Link Networking Products, Solutions and services in West Africa. Attain the Following Long-Term Goals: Product Research and Development Center; Production Assembly Point for SKD and CKD components; Warehouse Facility for Shipping to West African Countries. Channel Development Priorities: Priority Level one is to development of the Nigerian /West Africa Market. Priority Level two is to make people of West Africa ‘Think D-Link’ by embedding D-Link solutions and services images into their mind-set. Our Strategy Focus aims to deliver the following goals: Dominance of the Nigerian Wireless LAN and ICT Security surveillance market, Winning Strategies in the Mass market Arena. Building a reputable profile for Managed Switches; Building Commensurate Infrastructure and Manpower Capacity; Engaging the Project Solution Models; Achievement of well over $50Million (USD) Target by 2010. Ultimately, D-Link West Africa will be solutions focused and contribute significantly to upgrading D-Link world-wide into a US$5billion business.
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, and Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the House of Representatives, seven days to explain how over N1.3 billion was allocated in the 2026 Appropriation Act to a presidential council that the Presidency has described as fictitious.
In a Freedom of Information (FoI) request dated July 4, 2026, SERAP asked the National Assembly leadership to release certified copies of all documents related to the approval of the N1,302,978,784 allocation to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC)/Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
The rights group also called on the National Assembly to invoke its investigative powers under Sections 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution to probe the circumstances surrounding the allocation and identify those responsible for what it described as apparent irregularities in the budget process.
SERAP further requested records identifying the lawmakers and committees that considered the allocation, as well as the public officials or representatives who defended the budget proposal before the committees.
The civil organisation also sought clarification on whether the allocation originated from the Executive’s 2026 Appropriation Bill or was introduced during the legislative appropriation process.
It equally demanded to know whether any lawmaker questioned the legal status or operational mandate of the council before approving the allocation.
The FoI request follows a July 1 statement by the Presidency denying the existence of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and insisting that the Federal Government never created the body.
Describing the conflicting claims as alarming, SERAP said they raised “serious concerns regarding the integrity of Nigeria’s appropriations process, legislative oversight, public financial management, and accountability.”
The FoI request, signed by Kolawole Oluwadare, deputy director, SERAP, stressed that Nigerians have a constitutional right to know whether public funds were appropriated to an entity that does not legally exist.
SERAP said, “Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law, and that the National Assembly has a constitutional responsibility not merely to approve the Executive’s budget proposals but to rigorously scrutinise them before authorising public expenditure.”
The organisation argued that disclosure of the requested documents would enable Nigerians to determine whether the National Assembly fulfilled its constitutional obligations under Sections 80, 81, 88, and 89 of the Constitution in approving the allocation.
SERAP warned that if the requested information is not released within seven days of receipt or publication of the letter, it would initiate legal proceedings to compel the National Assembly to disclose the documents.
The organisation further maintained that making the records public would strengthen confidence in the National Assembly’s credibility, enhance transparency in the appropriation process, and promote accountability in the management of public funds.
It also cited the Freedom of Information Act, the Nigerian Constitution, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Tshwane Principles as legal bases for its demand for full disclosure.
World Bank has said Nigeria’s greatest fiscal challenge is weak revenue mobilisation rather than excessive borrowing, urging the Federal Government to strengthen revenue generation to support sustainable economic growth and meet its debt obligations.
The World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Mr. Mathew Verghis, stated this during an interview on Channels Television on Friday.
According to him, Nigeria’s debt profile remains moderate by international standards and does not place the country among nations experiencing debt distress.
“From our assessment, Nigeria doesn’t have a high indebtedness problem; it has a low revenue problem,” Verghis said.
He explained that Nigeria’s debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio is lower than that of many comparable economies, adding that the country’s fiscal challenge lies more in its limited revenue base than in the volume of its borrowing.
“When we looked at the numbers, Nigeria is a moderately indebted country, meaning it has less debt relative to its economy than most of its neighbours and many other countries.
“Nigeria is in a very different situation from Ghana, for example, which is going through a debt restructuring,” he said.
Verghis defended government borrowing, describing it as a legitimate tool for financing long-term investments capable of stimulating economic growth and improving citizens’ welfare.
“Nigeria borrows for the same reasons that all countries borrow. If you want to deliver results to people, the money available on an annual basis is not enough.
“So you borrow, deliver results, and that improves your ability to repay,” he said.
He cited electricity infrastructure as an example, noting that expanding access to power for millions of Nigerians would require substantial upfront financing.
“To be able to connect and provide energy to 32 million Nigerians, Nigeria needs to borrow money now.
“But with increased access to energy, the country will become wealthier and better positioned to repay the loans,” he added.
The World Bank official, however, warned that Nigeria’s low revenue generation poses a greater risk to fiscal sustainability than its current debt burden.
“Nigeria’s debt is not particularly high, and in fact, it is quite moderate by international standards.
“Its revenues are very low by international standards, and unless those revenues are raised, it will not be able to pay back debt,” he said.
Verghis said improving revenue mobilisation would enable the government to invest more in critical sectors such as infrastructure, healthcare, education and agriculture, while supporting job creation, strengthening human capital development and reducing poverty.
He noted that the World Bank’s recently unveiled Country Partnership Framework for Nigeria for 2026 to 2032 places job creation at the centre of its support for the country.
According to him, the framework will focus on investments in infrastructure, healthcare, agriculture and digital connectivity to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has disclosed that the commission recovered more than N7.2 million stolen from the bank account of a serving judge by suspected internet fraudsters in a midnight cyberattack.
Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Olukoyede made the disclosure at the public presentation of two books authored by retired High Court judge, Justice Alaba Omolaye-Ajileye.
He said the serving judge, who is from a South-South state, contacted him around 1:00 a.m. after receiving multiple debit alerts indicating that funds had been withdrawn from her account.
According to him, the stolen money represented savings the judge had accumulated over six years to finance her child’s education.
Olukoyede said the EFCC immediately swung into action and successfully recovered the entire sum before 6:00 p.m. on the same day.
He said the incident underscored the increasing sophistication of cybercriminals and the urgent need for stronger collaboration among law enforcement agencies, the judiciary and members of the public in tackling financial crimes.
The EFCC chairman also called for amendments to Nigeria’s legal framework to accommodate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in criminal investigations and prosecutions.
According to him, existing evidence laws should be reviewed to recognise AI-generated evidence as technology continues to reshape crime detection and investigation.
Also speaking at the event, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), urged anti-corruption agencies to intensify efforts to trace and recover public funds allegedly stolen and stashed in foreign countries.
Agabi stressed the need for sustained collaboration among relevant institutions to strengthen Nigeria’s anti-corruption efforts and improve accountability in public service.
In his remarks, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), called for stricter enforcement of the country’s cybercrime laws to curb the growing menace of internet fraud.
Olanipekun said effective implementation of existing laws, alongside stronger institutional cooperation, would help address the increasing threat posed by cybercriminals to individuals and the nation’s financial system.
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