ICT

Abuja, May 26, 2025 – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecom operators to inform consumers of major service outages on their networks through media channels. It also directed the operators to state the cause(s) of such service interruption and the affected area(s) as well as the time that would be taken to restore service. The NCC gave the directive in a statement issued by Mrs Nnenna Ukoha, the Acting Head, Public Affairs. NCC said consumers must also be informed one week in advance where operators planned service outages. …

Abuja, May 22, 2025 – The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) is set to inaugurate its Impact Alliance to accelerate digital inclusion in Nigeria. USPF was established by the Federal Government to facilitate the achievement of national policy goals for universal access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural, un-served and under-served areas in Nigeria.  Yomi Arowosafe, the Secretary of USPF, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday He said USPF had invested in digital infrastructure, funding no fewer than 2,500 education projects nationwide since 2007. “It will increase …

Lagos, April 30, 2025 – MTN Nigeria recorded significant improvements in its operation in the first quarter of 2025 with N133.7 billion profit after tax. This is against the N392.7 billion loss recorded during the same period in 2024. This was contained the company’s unaudited results for the first quarter of 2025 released on Tuesday. The company attributed its improved performance to increased operating profit and sharp decline in foreign exchange losses which fell by 99.2 per cent to N5.5 billion during the period. Karl Toriola, its Chief Executive, attributed …

Johannesburg, April 7, 2025 – MTN Group, Africa’s biggest mobile operator, said on Monday it has entered into a strategic partnership with UK video software maker Synamedia to develop a new streaming platform tailored for mobile and fibre subscribers across Africa. Launched in 1994, MTN Group has diversified from just providing voice calls and data, to being a technology media company that also provides fintech, digital and entertainment services as voice declines. “We see a unique opportunity to transform video consumption in Africa with high-quality, accessible and relevant content,” said …

Washington, March 31, 2025 – Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, fervent apostle for launching a spacecraft to Mars, intense ally of Donald Trump and scourge of government workers — did a deal he hopes will rationalize his corporate life. He announced Friday he sold X, the site formerly known as Twitter, to his artificial intelligence startup xAI. Both will be part of a new Musk-controlled company. Musk said the deal had a total value of $113 billion. That’s $80 billion for xAI and $33 billion for X. It gets complicated from there. In …

Lagos, March 13, 2025 – Dr Aminu Maida, the Chief Executive of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has urged stakeholders to collaborate and build resilient infrastructure to provide equitable telecom services to all Nigerians . He made the call in Lagos on Thursday while speaking at a stakeholder’s engagement under the auspices of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) in collaboration with the ITU and supported by the UK FCDO. He said the engagement with the theme ”Strengthening Partnership for Sustainable Telecommunication Infrastructure in the Unserved and Underserved Communities: Collaborating for …

Abuja, March 8, 2025 – The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has said that President Bola Tinubu’s policies are building capacity and creating new opportunities in Nigeria’s digital economy and will facilitate global competition for the country. The TMSG said in a statement signed by its Chairman Emeka Nwankpa and Secretary Dapo Okubanjo that expanding the digital economy ranked high in the administration’s goal of diversifying the economy through industrialization, technology, and innovation. “One of the eight priorities areas of the administration which it outlined on assuming office was to …