The Digital Industrail Park build by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in Kano State that was due for launch last week by the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy has been burned down by the rampaging northern hoodlums who infiltrated into the rank of the End Bad Governance protesters. The park, which was meant […]
Read MoreAs the industry media body, the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA), prepares for its stakeholders engagement event, the fourth edition of the NITRA ICT GROWTH CONFERENCE, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida is billed to lead stakeholders to the annual roundtable that x-rays the […]
Read MorePan African Towers (PAT) Ltd, Nigeria’s provider of digital infrastructure has announced the appointment of Jyoti Desai and Vivek Gupta as Non-Executive Directors, with effect from May 21st, 2024. Jyoti Desai, a former Group Chief Operating Officer of MTN, is a banking and telecoms professional with more than 35 years in the industry. Her achievements […]
Read MoreMTN Nigeria yesterday closed its offices nationwide after some of its offices were vandalised by aggrieved customers whose lines were disconnected for defaulting in the NIN-SIM linkage policy. The telco said it was still taking stock of its losses as a result of damages protesters inflicted on its operations by physically destroying some of its […]
Read MoreRack Centre, West Africa’s carrier and cloud neutral data centre has entered into a channel partner agreement with Cofinity Group, Inc. (CGI), to facilitate access to its robust, state of the art data centre infrastructure in Lagos Nigeria, for businesses looking to migrate to quality colocation data centre services. According to Rack Centre’s CEO, Lars […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has directed telecoms operators to reactivate all lines that were disconnected over the weekend due to failed NIN/SIM verification process. In a statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs of the NCC, Mr Reuben Muoka, explaned that the directive became necessary due to the short time available for consumers […]
Read MoreAnother company has again acquired a majority stake in Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited, the parent company of 9mobile. In 2018, Teleology holdings limited completed the payment of $351 million, bided to take over ownership of the debt-ridden 9mobile telecommunications. Recently, the company was involved in a scandal indebtedness of N55bn to Keystone Bank. The […]
Read MoreAhead of the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest in August, human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to probe telecommunication operators’ alleged disconnection of subscribers. In a statement on Sunday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria warned that telcos should not attempt to sabotage the forthcoming protest against economic hardship in Nigeria […]
Read MoreThe substantial increase in fuel prices and the lower contribution of Nigeria to the Group after the naira devaluation contributed to a decline in EBITDA margins to 45.3% from 49.5% in Q1’24 and 46.5% in Q4’24. Latest report released today revealed constant currency EBITDA increased 11.3% whilst reported currency EBITDA declined by 23.3% to $523 […]
Read MoreAMA PRESS RELEASE The African telecommunications market has seen significant consolidation over the past decade, characterised by mergers, acquisitions, and closures such as Telecel’s acquisition of MTN’s operations in Guinea-Bissau and Guinea Conakry; as well as its acquisition of Vodafone Ghana. According to Robert van Breukelen, CEO of Itemate Solutions, this comes as mobile financial […]
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