Business
  • February 28, 2025

Critical Stakeholders in Public, Private Sector Seeks Support for Safe-Guarding Undersea Telecoms Cable

Governments, industry executives and international organizations have expressed support for strengthening the world’s vital undersea network of telecommunications cables.at the International Submarine Cable Resilience Summit in Abuja, Nigeria. The concluding Summit Declaration, developed by the International Advisory Body on Submarine Cable Resilience, includes a commitment to international efforts to reinforce submarine telecommunications cable resilience, centred […]

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Head of Digital Health Innovations, CcHub, Stephanie Okpere; CEO, Future Africa, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji; CEO, IHS Nigeria, Mohamad Darwish; MD, Ilorin Innovation Hub, Temi Kolawole; Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Kwara State, Dr. Mary Ayinde; and Senior VP & COO, IHS Nigeria, Kazeem Oladepo.
 Business
  • February 27, 2025

Global Telecoms Tower Company, IHS Flags-off Program at Kwara State 1,000 User Capacity Innovation Hub 

IHS Nigeria, part of the IHS Holding Limited (NYSE: IHS) (“IHS Towers”) group, one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count, has announced the commencement of incubation and acceleration programs at the newly built Ilorin Innovation Hub, ahead of the official commissioning of the […]

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Jane Egerton-Idehen, managing director of NIGCOMSAT.
Telecoms
  • February 26, 2025

NigComSat Unveils Space Technology Initiative to Empower Young Nigerians

The Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NigComSat), a government-owned company that manages the country’s communication satellites, has begun a regional training program to provide young people with satellite knowledge. The initiative, which is titled “Building Grassroots Innovation in Satellite Technology,” will begin with a five-day Space-Tech Hackathon in Yola on February 24–28. Aisha Bantam, head of […]

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News
  • February 26, 2025

How Modular Data Centres Can Support Nigeria’s ICT Growth

Nigeria’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector is experiencing robust expansion, fuelled by the financial services, oil and gas and fintech industries. This brings with it new investment prospects for data centres, to service advances in cloud computing infrastructure and the rollout of 5G technology. According to a 2023 research report, the size of the […]

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News
  • February 25, 2025

Again, Nigerian Telecoms Explains Essence of Tariff Increase, Says Operational Costs Mounting

In January 2025, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) announced a 50% telecoms tariff increase, a decision targeted at the sustainability of the industry, yet a move that was met with mixed reactions from the public since its implementation on February 11, 2025. This increase comes amid inflation and foreign exchange volatility, which have contributed to […]

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Members of the Committee
 Business
  • February 24, 2025

Nigeria Unveils Plan of Compulsory Ducts in Road Construction for Fibre Optic Cable Laying Nationwide

A new road construction plan that will make it compulsory for all roads in Nigeria to have ducts for the laying of fibre optic cables  has been finalised by the Federal Ministry of Works (FMoW) and the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy (FMoCIDE). When effective, it will ensure planning, design and construction […]

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Business
  • February 21, 2025

Teenage Spelling Bee Hero Serves as MTN Nigeria’s CEO for One Day

A 15-year-old Ikenna Ikechukwu stepped into the role of CEO at MTN Nigeria for a day on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. The teenager from Glorious Covenant School in Rivers State earned this extraordinary opportunity after clinching the top spot in the 2024 MTN mPulse Spelling Bee competition. Ikechukwu’s day at the helm of one of […]

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Secretary USPF, Yomi Arowosafe
 Telecoms
  • February 21, 2025

USPF Signs MoU with Ogun State on Effective Utilisation of Emerging Tech Centre at Handover Ceremony 

The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has handed over a new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project to Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH), Igbesa, Ogun State. The project named: Emerging Technologies Centre (ETC), sited on the Institute’s campus, is aimed at enhancing learning experience of students while providing […]

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Business
  • February 20, 2025

Spending in Public Cloud to Hit $1trl  by 2026, Beating Earlier Estimates by Two Years

The public cloud industry has experienced explosive growth over the years, as billions worldwide rely on cloud storage to manage and safeguard their data. Since 2020, the sector has nearly tripled and is set to reach a remarkable $934 billion value in 2025, 20% more than last year. But even more impressive is how rapidly […]

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News
  • February 20, 2025

NCC Unveils Plan to Deploy Analytical Tools for Telecoms Consumer Protection

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is enhancing her analytical capacity to better protect telecommunications consumers by leveraging data for proactive decision-making. According to the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, the Commission is leveraging on its recent partnership with Innovations for Poverty Action to establish an Embedded Consumer Lab to analyze consumer […]

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