A GLOBAL System for Mobile telecommunications Association (GSMA) study revealed a slowdown in the number of women accessing mobile internet in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), contrasting with enduring high growth rates for men. The company’s yearly Mobile Gender Gap Report 2022 on digital inclusion showed 59 million additional women started using mobile internet...
Read MoreBy Tomike Owotura RACK Centre, an Actis majority owned data centre and the carrier-neutral Tier III data centre in West Africa, has become the first International Finance Corporation (IFC) EDGE certified data centre in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Edge, an innovation of IFC, member of the World Bank group, is a preeminent international...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has finally signed a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with its consultants, 3R Company Nigeria Limited, for the execution of the Revenue Assurance Solutions (RAS) to strengthen and manage the integrity of revenue generation process in the Nigerian telecommunications industry. The agreement-signing ceremony, which took place...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun IN the last six years, Africa has seen the emergence of 11 $1 billion valuation companies with five of them coming from Nigeria. New report from Endeavor Nigeria, titled: “The Inflection Point: Africa’s Digital Economy Is Poised To Take Off”, which revealed this, said Africa’s technology ecosystem is poised for exponential growth. Six out...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun HOPE rose yesterday for the about 2.9 billion people across the world that are currently without access to Internet connectivity, as governments and firms pledged over $18.5 billion to support global access. This was the high point of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC), which was concluded...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun EUROPEAN Union (EU) lawmakers reached an agreement following years of wrangling for USB-C to become the common charging port for devices in the bloc by late 2024, a landmark move that could have major ramifications for Apple. In a statement, European Parliament and European Council negotiators said a deal had been...
Read MoreBy Our Reporters Residents of Ikorodu and Okota, suburbs of Lagos have cried out to telecom operators to improve the quality of services in the areas. According to residents, both voice and data services needed urgent upgrades for subscribers to get value for money spent. Speaking, a subscriber Onyeka Nwogu, said for the past...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun STAKEHOLDERS in the telecommunications industry have said that the dearth of masterplans for infrastructure locations like road networks, water, oil and gas pipelines new town developments and others are affecting the deployment of telecoms infrastructure in the country. They urged infrastructure managers at the Federal, States and Local governments to...
Read MoreBy 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...
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