{"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":"2026-04-16T12:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:42:37","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
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Mr. John\u00a0Omo\u00a0is the Secretary-General of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), the African Union\u2019s specialised agency for telecommunications and ICT development in Africa. In office since January 2019 and re-elected for a second term in July 2022, he leads ATU\u2019s work to build African consensus on ICT policy, regulations and operations and to coordinate Africa\u2019s participation in international ICT fora. A lawyer with 33 years\u2019 experience, he previously served as Head of Legal at the Communications Authority of Kenya, Kenya\u2019s ICT Regulator, and as Senior State Counsel at Kenya\u2019s Attorney-General\u2019s Chambers. He holds an LL.B Degree(Univ. of Nairobi), an LL.M (Univ. of Sheffield), a Diploma from Kenya School of Law and a Diploma in Human Rights from the UN\/ILO Centre, Turin. John has received Telecom Review Global Merit Leader Awards in 2022 and 2025 from TELECOM REVIEW, Dubai, UAE.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n

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African Telecommunications Union (ATU)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>

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Secretary General<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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