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  • September 14, 2026

Nigerian Govt  Engages France to Build New Telecoms Satellite to Give Underserve Citizens Digital Services 

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with Nigeria’s government-owned NIGCOMSAT Ltd to develop a new telecommunications satellite operating from geostationary orbit. The communications satellite, named as NigComSat-2A, is set to strengthen Africa’s digital connectivity. It will deliver reliable and secure communication services, including high-quality television […]

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Technology
  • September 11, 2026

NITDA Boss Gives Criteria for Turning Nigeria’s Digital Footprint into Financial Fortune

Nigeria needs a deliberate mix of government direction, regulatory certainty, and secure ecosystems to translate the nations digital front print into financial fortune. According to the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, the heart of the government’s approach is a commitment to providing absolute policy clarity. Inuwa who made the […]

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  • September 10, 2026

MTN Nigeria For First Time Crosses 100 Million Subscribers Base By Adding Over Two Million Customers 

MTN Nigeria has crossed the 100-million subscriber mark for the first time, after adding over two million active subscriptions in July, taking its customer base beyond 100 million. The operator ended July 2026 with 100.86 million active subscribers, up from 98.64 million in June, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission. The 2.22 million increase was […]

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  • September 8, 2026

ipNX Advocates Infrastructure Sharing to Accelerate Nigeria’s Broadband Future

Nigerian ICT company, ipNX, has called for stronger collaboration across the telecommunications industry and wider adoption of open-access infrastructure models to bridge Nigeria’s connectivity gap and accelerate nationwide broadband penetration. The call was made during the first panel session of the recently concluded Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), ICTEL EXPO titled “Broadband, Fibre […]

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  • September 8, 2026

IHS Nigeria Backs eWorld Forum and Book Launch

Digital infrastructure giant joins growing coalition of industry stakeholders backing GSM@25 celebration Lagos, Nigeria: Leading digital infrastructure provider, IHS Nigeria, has joined the growing list of industry stakeholders supporting the forthcoming eWorldForum and Book Launch, scheduled for September 24, 2026, at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos. The event, themed “Celebrating GSM @ 25,” will bring together […]

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  • September 4, 2026

MTN Group Makes Major Leadership Shakeup, Ikenna Ikeme Now Leads Group Regulatory Affairs

MTN Group has announced two internal executive appointments commencing in September 2026, a bid to strengthen its leadership capabilities as the Group firms the execution of its Ambition 20230 strategy. Ashutosh Tiwary, Operations Executive: Francophone Markets Tiwary will assume his new role effective, 1 September 2026. He brings more than 27 years of telecommunications leadership […]

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  • September 4, 2026

GITEX NIGERIA Unveils Future Finance  Platform to Unite Money, Innovation and New Technology

GITEX NIGERIA has launched MINT AFRICA by GITEX, a future finance platform uniting money, innovation, new technology. and transparency to accelerate Africa’s financial economy. Moreover, launching in Lagos during GITEX Nigeria week 2027, MINT AFRICA by GITEX will convene key finance stakeholders. Money is becoming programmable. Real-world assets are being tokenised. As a result, Agentic […]

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Nigerian Government Investments into 1,056 IT Projects by 326 MDAs Gulp N3.84trl

Nigerian Government expenditure into 1,056 IT projects of 1,056 gulp about N3.84 trillion. According to the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), between July 2023 and July 2026, it received proposals for 1,092 IT projects from 326 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), out of more than 1,300 MDAs in the country. NITDA added that the […]

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Nigeria Plans $750m Private Investment to Drive New Cloud Policy, First Funding Due in 12 Months

The Nigerian government has introduced a National digital Cloud Policy targeting $750 million in private investment over the next 24 months. Unveiled by the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, the initiative aims to expand local cloud and data centre capacity, create jobs, and establish Nigeria as a regional hub for data hosting and digital services. […]

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Business RCS Messages to Hit 485 Billion by 2030, as Migration from SMS for Authentication Dominates Traffic

The number of business rich communication services (RCS) messages will exceed 485 billion globally by 2030, from 125 billion in 2026; representing impressive growth of 286%. The new research from Juniper Research identified that particularly in authentication use cases, businesses are increasingly expected to migrate from SMS to RCS, as this allows for improved verification […]

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