 We are here at the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2014 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. I am pleased to be joined Mr Shola Taylor, who is adviser to the Minister of Communication Technology for Nigeria. Mr Taylor, thank you for being with us today. Thank you. We are here at the World Telecommunication Development Conference. It is a conference that happens every four years. The major theme here is broadband for sustainable development. What opportunity does broadband development bring to the ICT Centre? First of all, what is important to recognise is that broadband and ICTs should be seen by major governments and all the governments of the world as an engine of economic growth and sustainable development. Therefore, it is important for countries to use broadband to aid economic work. Just last week we had the Minister of Communications from Nigeria mention how ICT is contributing to the GDP 8%. I think ICT should encourage many countries to do that and to encourage ministers of other sectors also to appreciate the importance of ICT in the overall development of their countries. And what challenges are you facing in present? One, the major challenge is one of universal access. Currently, broadband is available in major cities of the world and particularly for the developing countries. The issue is rural areas, remote areas. Even in some cities, broadband access is a major issue. Mobile broadband has grown very well beyond the 7 billion population of the world, but internet has been very slow. It's quite important for countries to look at this issue. Secondly, there's the issue of gender. There's the gender inequality in ICTs. The number of women who are involved in ICTs is not very encouraging. And I said it needs to face this challenge. Perhaps more importantly is the need to have a broadband network secured, cybersecurity. This is rather important given the fact that children use the media users of ICTs and it's quite important to address this particular challenge. And this conference has been organised by ITU. What role do you think ITU should play in broadband development? First of all, the ICT has done quite a good job. The broadband commission which ITU co-organised with UNESCO has given us a number of recommendations. I think we need to take you from there. Secondly, many agencies of the UN are currently elaborating their POST 2015 agenda following the MDG in Switzerland. ITU should now ensure that in the POST 2015 development agenda, broadband is still key and that's quite important. We also need to see how the ageing population which was not addressed in the MDGs had to be addressed in the new agenda. And this should also be linked to the ITU 2016-2019 financial and strategic plan. That's very important. There's one major outcome that comes from this conference. What would you like that to be? Well, I'd like to see the ministers who have come to this conference go back home and start sending the message that one, we need to see broadband as an engine of economic growth. Two, we need to encourage the youths to develop applications which are immediately relevant to their environments. Promote local applications, promote the use of broadband at local level, amongst women in rural areas and for the overall growth of the economy. Mr Shola Taylor, thank you very much indeed for your presence in the studio today and some very interesting answers there from you. Thank you too. And thank you for watching too.