By Staff Reporter NEW search trends released by Google have shown that search interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reached an all-time high in Nigeria. The trends showed that people have searched for AI more than ever in 2023 so far, with interest rising 310 per cent since last year, and by 1,660 per...
Read MoreTHE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has kicked off activities for the third edition of its Talent Hunt Research through Hackathon as part of giving expression to its Strategic Vision Plan 2023-2025, which is to encourage the development of new technologies and indigenous content through cutting-edge research. The goal of this initiative is to stimulate...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso AFTER about 13 months into its commercial launch in Nigeria, the Fifth-Generation (5G) network has hit the 500,000-subscription mark. This was stated by the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta at a media forum. Since its launch in 2022, three companies currently provide 5G services in...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE telecommunications sector’s contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased significantly to 16 per cent in the second quarter of 2023, according to the data reported by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) based on the computation by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Executive Vice Chairman of...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THOUGH it gained about 0.4 per cent in July, Nigeria’s teledensity has remained very slow in the last three months, a report has revealed. While the country witnessed 115.91 per cent in May, it dropped to 115.30 per cent in June and leaped slightly in July to 115.70 per...
Read MoreNIGERIA is set to play host to 54 African nations and other continental Internet governance stakeholders at the 2023 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2023) in Abuja from September 18 to 21. This year’s event, the 12th edition of the yearly forum, is being hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on behalf...
Read MoreTHE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it remains committed to its regulatory role of continually implementing requisite reforms to strengthen the communications sector in Nigeria. The Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management at the NCC, Adeleke Adewolu, stated this while addressing stakeholders at the combined second and third quarters 2023 meeting of the Industry Working...
Read MoreTHE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to showcase achievements recorded in the promotion of indigenous content in the telecommunications sector at the second edition of the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE 2023), to be held in Lagos from August 22-24, 2023. Themed: ‘Harnessing Indigenous Content for Economic Growth: Networking to Boost Investment’,...
Read MoreLICENSEES in Nigeria’s $75.6 billion telecoms sector have directly employed 15, 507 workers as of December 2022. Amongst these workers, there were 419 expatriates’ employees. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which revealed this, aggregated the work forces under GSM, Fixed operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Value Added Service (VAS), Collocation and Infrastructure (C&I) providers and other...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE harsh economic condition of the economy, insecurity and volatility in the foreign exchange market might have contributed significantly to the drop in Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) into the telecoms sector in 2022 as capital inflow dropped significantly by almost 50 per cent. According to the 2022 Subscriber/ Network Data Yearly...
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