{"id":4079,"date":"2025-02-04T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=4079"},"modified":"2025-08-21T08:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:58:50","slug":"bio-john-omo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/bio-john-omo\/","title":{"rendered":"John Omo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Omo
<\/strong>Secretary-General, African Telecommunications Union (ATU)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n
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Mr. John OMO is the Secretary-General of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), the African Union\u2019s specialized agency for telecommunications and ICTs\u2019 development in Africa. He has held the position since January 2019 and was re-elected for a second 4-year term at the ATU Conference of Plenipotentiaries held in Algiers, Algeria in July 2022. He leads the continental body entrusted with building consensus within African countries in the development of ICT policies, systems and services, and also in coordinating African participation in international ICT fora.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Mr. Omo has 33 years of experience as a lawyer and has contributed immensely to the development of local and international policies, legislation, agreements, and treaties in all areas of public service life but mainly in the area of ICTs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Prior to his election as the Secretary General of the Union, he worked with the Communications Authority of Kenya, Kenya’s ICT regulator, where he provided leadership over the Authority\u2019s legal matters and strategies. Before that, he worked in the public\/civil service. Before his stint with the Kenyan ICT regulator, Mr Omo worked at the Attorney-General\u2019s Chambers, rising to the position of Senior State Counsel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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He holds a Master of Law degree in International and Commercial law from the University of Sheffield – UK, a Bachelor of Law from the University of Nairobi – Kenya, and a Diploma in Human Rights Law from the UN Human Rights Centre, Geneva, and ILO Centre Turin among other professional courses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Mr. Omo was awarded the Global Merit Leader Awards 2022 by Telecom Review during Telecom Review Leaders\u2019 Summit in Dubai, UAE.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n

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