March 31, 2025
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Kwara, IHS target 10,000 jobs from new Ilorin innovation hub

by on February 27, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso KWARA State and IHS, a leading towerco, are hoping to see the new Ilorin innovation hub creates 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in Nigeria, focusing on digital skills, artificial intelligence, agricultural technology, and energy innovation in the next few years. They made this known Thursday in Ilorin, Kwara State, at the...

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New Horizons partners varsities on ICT projects

by on February 27, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso New Horizons has partnered with four universities on information, communications and technology and project empowerment. The varsities are the Lagos University Teaching Hospital Schools, Hillside University of Science and Technology, Aletheia University, and Ahman Pategi University. They have all entered into separate high-level collaborations to train students in 21st-century-oriented, lucrative international...

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Telco’s tariff increase and NCC’s patriotism

by on January 31, 2025 0

By Toby Prince IN the heart of Nigeria’s digital economy, a story of patriotism and resilience unfolds. The telecommunications sector, a driving force behind the country’s growth, has been facing unprecedented challenges. Despite its significant contributions to Nigeria’s social and economic development, the sector has been struggling to keep up with the rising costs...

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Nigeria ended 2024 with 165m active telephone lines, 4m 5G users

by on January 31, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso  NIGERIA ended year 2024 with 164.9 million active telecommunications subscribers. This is according to December 2024 subscription statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The last data for 2024.     Though the figure was 224.7 million in December 2023, however, the NIN-SIM audit helped to filter the system and by...

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GSMA projects $150m new investments into telecoms sector via 50% telephone tariff hike

by on January 29, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso DESPITE mounting opposition against the recently approved 50 per cent tariff hike for telephony services in Nigeria, the GSM Association (GSMA) has informed that the hike has the potential to unlock more than $150 million in additional mobile network investment and expand 4G coverage to 94 per cent covering nine million...

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