Digicel Dominica CEO Nikima Royer Jno Baptiste nominated for World Communications Awards

CEO of Digicel Dominica is shortlisted for World Communications Awards in the Woman in Telecoms Award category. Digicel Dominic CEO, Nikima Royer Jno Baptiste is one of a large number of women in leadership roles across the Digicel family worldwide.

The Woman in Telecoms Industry Award is to recognize and honor leading women technology professionals, the annual  Award acknowledges the achievements of a woman who has demonstrated outstanding personal and professional growth and significantly contributed to the telecommunications industry.

Nikima has been shortlisted along with six other extraordinary women from the industry; Filipa Martins from Altice Portugal, Barbara Stark from AT&T, Ong Geok Chwee from Bridge Alliance, Dana Tobak CBE from Hyperoptik, Akiko Kudo from NTT Communications and Caroline de Vos from SatADSL.

Digicel Group CEO, Jean-Yves Charlier, said; “I couldn’t be more delighted to see Nikima’s strength, determination, foresight and grace in the face of adversity being recognised on the global stage; it’s so very well deserved.”

For 21 years, the World Communication Awards have recognised innovation and excellence for global telecoms, and continue to be the most revered mark of achievement in the telecom industry. The market has changed considerably since the first awards in 1999 and the relationship between operators and vendors has been and continues to be redrawn.

To reflect this, the categories presented are changed every year and now reflect the latest trends of 5G, AI, transformation, NFV and IoT as well as the traditional awards such as global and wholesale operator.