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Stakeholders have emphasized the importance of prioritizing robust data protection and cybersecurity measures to safeguard sensitive information and ensure digital resilience. This comes amidst growing concerns about data breaches and cyberattacks that can have far-reaching consequences for individuals and organizations.   Tayo Adewusi Coordinator ADA Awards   During the 12th...

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...

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...

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...

The Top 20 series continue and today we have the Regional Executive West Africa, Africa Data Centres (ADC) Dr. Krishnan Ranganath who spoke about the Telecom industry from inception with emphasis on Data Centres and the need for it to spread beyond Lagos. Except  Let’s look at Africa Data Centres...

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has officially announced that the investment profile in the nation’s telecommunications sector, comprising foreign direct investment (FDI) and local investment, has reached $75.6 billion as of 2021. Danbatta disclosed this at an interactive session with...