Amidst recent undersea cable cuts that challenged connectivities in many countries in the West African region, Nigeria has called for a coordinated and multilateral approach by the region to protect shared telecommunications infrastructure, and diversify connectivity to ensure uninterruptible connections. Executive Vice Chairman of the  Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr....

  The Cloud Network Foundation (CNF), a non governmental organisation in Nigeria, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Governor of Ekiti State for the recent appointment of two of its member into higher offices at the federal and state levels. Two of the founding members of the foundation,...

Stakeholders in the Nigerian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry at the weekend converged on Lagos where they called for the localization of data for Nigeria to benefit from the data center economy. According to the stakeholders, despite playing host to many data centers, Nigeria has not been reaping the...

The Senate Thursday in Abuja, confirmed the appointment of Dr. Aminu Maida as the substantive Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Maida was confirmed by the Senate during its plenary session where it adopted a report of the Senate Committee on Communications that...

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) held its Capital Markets Day at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja recently. The ICT company also announced progress on achieving its ‘Ambition 2025’ Strategy, and the emerging opportunities in Nigeria’s digital economy to local and international investors.   The event was attended by local...

Seven companies licensed to deploy fiber infrastructure across the country to achieve 70% broadband penetration by 2025 have not been able to do so 7 years after.  The failure of InfraCos to roll out infrastructure is attributed to challenges such as high Right of Way (RoW) charges imposed by states...

*Agency to Commercialise Products Via Technology Transfers  * Secures $200m Deal with REA on Renewable Energy  *Attracts Lots of Private Sector Requests  The Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu has said his vision or direction for the Agency’s products...

The Top 20 series continue and it is the turn of the national commissioner and chief executive officer of the National Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr Vincent Olatunji. He said without the National Identity Number (NIN) Nigerians would not be able to carry out transactions, and a few other issues....

With our value-based collaboration with ISPs to unlock mutually beneficial opportunities and partnerships, we foresee an era of limitless possibilities for growth, innovation, and excellence with Phase 3 being poised as the network of the future  Phase 3 celebrates its 20th anniversary with the theme "Network of the Future". The...

Three companies, out of 81 companies that contested at the Nigerian Communication Commission’s inspired technology innovation talent hunt competition, shared the N30 million prize money equally. Nine other shortlisted companies went home with N500,000 consolation prizes each. Solaris GreenTech Hub, Knownow Africa Limited and Specxs Care Limited, came bright at the 2023...