By Adeyemi Adepetun THE immense potential of the Internet for social and economic good remains largely untapped despite 30 years of steady growth, according to a new report from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies. Launched to coincide with the opening of ITU’s World Telecommunication...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun RISING from the meeting of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development in Kigali, Rwanda, at the weekend, there has been call for new actions that can drive faster progress towards universal meaningful access to digital networks and services. The advocacy group came together for its yearly Spring Meeting at the...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun SOME $57.79 million in foreign direct investments entered Nigeria’s telecoms sector in quarter one (Q1) 2022. This is according to the latest capital importation report by the National Bureau of Statistics ((NBS). According to NBS, the FDI showed a 2.6 per cent increase year-on-year when compared with the $56.28 million...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun SMALL businesses in Nigeria are still in danger and faces 89 per cent increase in cyber attacks in 2022. Kaspersky, which disclosed this, noted that when a small business owner is faced with the responsibilities of production economics, financial reports and marketing all at the same time, cybersecurity can often...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), alongside industry stakeholders have charted new path to effective telecoms regulation and industry growth in Nigeria. At the second edition of the Nigerian Telecoms Leadership Summit, organised by the NCC, in Lagos, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NCC, Prof. Umar...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun ONLY 12.1 per cent of the Nigerian population currently enjoys Internet services (Meaningful Connectivity) quality in the country, this is according to an indepth research by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). A4AI, which explained that 81 per cent meaningful connectivity gap exists in Nigeria, claimed that only 6.6 per cent...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun GLOBAL technology company Uber has facilitated one billion trips in Africa since entering the market less than 10 years ago. Over 10 billion kilometres of trips have been completed, and this is equivalent to travelling to the moon and back over 5500 times. During the same period Uber and Uber Eats...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has congratulated the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, on his appointment as the chairman of the 2022 World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Danbatta described...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun FOLLOWING the final approval for a Payment Service Bank (PSB) licence granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), MTN Nigeria’s fintech subsidiary, MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB) Limited, formally commenced operations yesterday, the firm has disclosed. MTN said this follows a successful pilot initiated on May 16, 2022, which was...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun THE number of mobile operators committed to rapid emissions cuts has increased by more than 50 per cent over the last year, according to the Global System for Mobile telecommunications Association (GSMA). GSMA in its 2022 Mobile Net Zero Report revealed that 49 operators representing 62 per cent of the industry...
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