By Favour Unukaso STARTUPS in Nigeria and other parts of Africa raised $3.2 billion funding in 2025 with energy, fintech players dictating the pace. According to data from Africa: The Big Deal, the $3.2 billion showed a 40 per cent year-over-year increase and a decisive rebound from two consecutive years of contraction. The growth […]
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured Nigerians of improved telephony services in 2026, stressing that all hands are on deck to turn things around for the sector. NCC in a document, titled: “2026: Delivering Better Quality of Experience to the Nigerian Consumer,” and signed by the Executive Vice Chairman, Dr Aminu […]
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it would hold telecoms operators accountable to ensure significant improvement in consumers’ experience. As such, NCC said it expected operators to invest deliberately in expansion, capacity and resilience; reduce avoidable outages while strengthening incident response plans and ensure transparent communication with consumers during service disruptions. The telecom regulator […]
Read MoreBy Sola Ishola THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given telecommunications licensees 45 days to regularise more than 10 per cent unapproved changes in their shareholding. The directive, which was published on the Commission’s website on Monday, is in line with the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003, which stipulates that affected licensees should do the regularisation […]
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso AIRTEL Africa has entered an agreement with SpaceX to introduce Starlink Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity to Nigeria and its other 13 markets that serve174 million customers. Through this partnership, Airtel Africa customers with compatible smartphones in regions without terrestrial coverage can have network connectivity through Starlink, which is the world’s largest 4Gconnectivity […]
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso DRUGSTOC has partnered with The Nest Innovation Technology Park to drive health techechnology in Africa with the week-long AHEAD Africa HealthTech Hackathon 2025. The event brought developers, entrepreneurs, and healthcare experts together at The Nest in Yaba, Lagos, which provided the essential collaborative environment and technical resources. Focused on accelerating […]
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has named the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) one of the top five best-performing Federal Government agencies for 2025 under the Transparency and Efficiency Category. The NCC was recognized alongside the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, which emerged overall best-performing agency; the National Drug Law […]
Read MoreBy Sola Ishola ANAMBRA State is quietly engineering one of Nigeria’s most ambitious transformations in public governance, one powered by artificial intelligence, expanded broadband infrastructure and deep data analytics. Speaking during an interactive session with media executives in Lagos at the weekend, the Managing Director, Anambra State ICT Agency, Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, explained that […]
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso NIGERIA’s telecommunications sector has continued to demonstrate its vital role in the nation’s economy, contributing a substantial 9.1 per cent to the country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2025. This was up from 8.95 per cent in the same period of 2024. According to the latest […]
Read MoreBy favour unukaso TELECOM operators have applauded the performance of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for its exceptional performance in protecting telecommunications infrastructure across the state. The telcos under the aegis, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and through the Chairman, Gbenga Adebayo, […]
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