Ugandan elected director-general of International Telecommunications Satellite Orgasation

Oct 15, 2016

During his time as chairman of the CTO Council on behalf of Uganda, Masambu presided over important transformations to turn the CTO into a more member-centric organisation.

PIC:  Director-general of International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation, Patrick Masambu (C) poses for a photo with Frank Tumwebaze (R), Uganda's Minister of Information Technology & Communications. Photo/ Courtesy

Patrick Masambu, a Ugandan and former chairman of the Council of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation has been elected director-general of the US-based International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO), making him the first sub-Saharan African to be elected to the position.

According to a press release from the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, Masambu a former communications regulator for Uganda brings to the role over 30 years of experience, including over six years as ITSO's current deputy director-general and director of technical affairs.

During his time as chairman of the CTO Council on behalf of Uganda, Masambu presided over important transformations to turn the CTO into a more member-centric organisation.

"The election was exciting with three strong candidates. I am delighted to see Patrick elected. He brings tremendous experience to ITSO and I look forward to working with him," said Shola Taylor, the secretary-general of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation shortly after Masambu's election.

In his acceptance remarks, Masambu thanked all ITSO members for their support and looked forward to partnerships with international and regional organisations, including CTO, in areas such as capacity building to achieve the objectives of ITSO.

The Honorable Frank Tumwebaze, Uganda's Minister of Information Technology & Communications equally thanked all the member states for the excellent support given to Uganda to improve the ICT sector in Uganda.

ITSO's three missions include ensuring the performance of Core Principles for the provision of international public telecommunications services, with high reliability and quality, promoting international public telecommunications services to meet the needs of the information and communication society and protecting the ITSO Parties' Common Heritage.


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