ICT

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....

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...

The Top 20 CEO Seies continues and today we have the Managing Director and CEO of Inlaks Africa Operations, and former chair of the Nigeria Economy Summit Group (NESG), Mr Kyari Bukar who spoke about the information and communication technology ecosystem emphasizing Fintech and the role of government. Except. Fintech...

The Chief Technology Officer of Digital Encode, Dr Seyi Akindeinde, in this concluding interview, reveals why financial institutions are opposing the implementation of blockchain technology. Excerpts.   Let us delve into blockchain before we talk about the various blockchain security issues.  Okay, blockchain is not entirely different from what is available....

In the continuation of our Top 20 CEO's Exclusive Interview series our guest is The Chief Technology Officer of Digital Encode, Dr Seyi Akindeinde, spoke about the menace of cryptoCurrency and ways to control it. Excerpts.     CryptoCurrency fraud is on the increase. Why is this so? Anything new...

The immediate past president of the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and President of Medallion Data Centres, Engr Ikechukwu Nnamani is one of Our TOP 20 CEO’s 2022/23, he spoke with Tayo Adewusi on myriads industry issues. Excerpt.   A school of thought says Nigeria is one of...

Information and communications technology stakeholders and the best of Nigerian chief executive officers are set to make projections at the annual edition of ICT Impact CEO Forum on September 24, 2021. Statement from the organiser of the event and signed  by the Editor-in-Chief of ICT Watch magazine, Tayo Adewusi, said...

Can you share your company’s journey with respect to 4G Long Term Evolution? It’s been a very interesting journey. It’s very expensive. We have been in existence for about 20 years and the quest to go into the venture has taken a better part of us.  The last year have...