Author: Rommy Imah

9mobile, a leading telecommunications company in Nigeria, has announced the appointment of seasoned telecoms expert, Alan Sinfield as the substantive Chief Executive Officer of the company. The new Chief Executive Officer brings a wealth of global operational expertise having held leadership roles at numerous mobile, fixed-line and broadband data operators as well as retail, media, and wholesale distribution businesses across emerging markets in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Sinfield succeeds Stephane Beuvelet, who held the position in an acting capacity when the new board took over the company’s management in November 2018. Sinfield has been a Chief…

Facebook and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are partnering to launch #AfricaTogether – a digital campaign and two-day festival on June 4 and 5, 2020. The campaign featuring artists from across Africa is aimed at encouraging continued vigilance against Covid-19.  With more than 100,000 Covid-19 cases confirmed on the continent and containment measures easing in many countries, #AfricaTogether combines musical and comedy performances with information from Covid-19 first responders and fact-checkers from across Africa.  #AfricaTogether will include a festival with performances by artists such as Aramide, Ayo, Femi Kuti, Ferre Gola, Salatiel, Serge Beynaud, Patoranking, Youssou…

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has expressed delight in the growth of ICT’s contribution to Nigeria’s GDP in the first quarter of 2020 (Q1 2020). Recall that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released ‘Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product Report’ for Q1 2020 on the 25th of May, 2020. The report observed that while the country’s GDP grew by 1.87% (year-on-year) in real terms in Q1 2020, the non-oil sector contributed 90.50% to the nation’s GDP in Q1 2020 as opposed to the 9.50% contributed to total real GDP by the oil sector.…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) said its attention has been drawn to a social media post made by a concerned legal practitioner on the propriety of NITDA licensing law firms as Data Protection Compliance Organisations (DPCO) to provide data-privacy related services to the public. NITDA, which said that in the opinion of the writer, this stifles the growth of data privacy in Nigeria, stated that it regards highly, the opinion of well-meaning individuals and organisations on the implementation of its mandate, hence the need for clarification for the benefit of the writer and its esteemed stakeholders. “The…

Against the backdrop of the recent global plunge in oil prices primarily as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the CEO of a power generating company, Century Power Generation Ltd, Dr. Chukwueloka Umeh says there is no better time than now for the Federal Government (FG) to take definitive and courageous steps towards diversifying Nigeria’s economy. He noted that in the face of the cyclic oil prices, Nigerians must now see a nation without oil and immediately start diversifying to agriculture and manufacturing. In order to do this successfully, he suggested that the gas and power industries need to…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Wednesday announced the suspension of the Spectrum Trading Guidelines 2018 for the Nigerian telecommunications industry. Speaking through a statement signed by Dr. Henry Nkemadu, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, the Commission said that the Board of Commissioners of the Commission rose from its meeting recently with this position and therefore, is informing all licensed telecommunications operators, prospective investors, industry stakeholders and the general public in that regard.  DigitalTimesNG recalls that the Board had earlier taken the decision for Spectrum Trading in response to telecommunications global dynamics as well as the efforts to optimally utilize…

The MTN Foundation has delivered the first batch of over 70,000 pieces of essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The delivery followed MTN’s commitment of N500 million to support the acquisition of critical medical supplies for healthcare professionals on the frontlines, The consignment includes: 30,160 N95 masks, 8000 aprons, 2000 pairs of boots, 11,000 disposable gowns, and 20,000 items of protective clothing. Chairman of MTN Foundation, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi (OFR) said, “As the world responds to this unprecedented crisis, our thoughts and prayers are with all the people and communities affected. “Our frontline…

Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has hailed Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, for crashing the Right of Way (RoW) charges in the state by over 96 per cent. The governor had recently signed an Executive Order No. 002, 2020 which slashed the current charges from N4500 to N145 per linear metre as stipulated by a Federal Government policy. Ekeh believes the development is a step in the right direction for the government and people of Imo state. “I sincerely think this is the best palliative citizens of Imo state and corporate organizations doing businesses…

As part of the efforts to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, MultiChoice has partnered with the One Africa Global Foundation for a continent-wide broadcast of the COVID-19 Hope For Africa Concert. The broadcast holds on Sunday, May 31st from 7 pm WAT on Africa Magic Family (DStv Channel 154 and GOtv Channel 2). The One Africa Global Foundation, the development arm of One Africa Global, is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization working for the social development of vulnerable and less privileged people. The COVID-19 Hope For Africa Concert is part of its efforts in supporting the eradication of the…

MTN Nigeria today provided an update on the utilisation so far of its network initiatives to provide its customers and partners with connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. MTN said in a statement signed by Uto Ukpanah, Company Secretary on Friday that in addition to its direct contributions to support the fight against COVID-19, including support to CACOVID (N1 billion), Federal and State Governments (communications support) and the NCDC (Devices, airtime, SMS channel and data), MTN has provided its customers with a range of free services to help make communication easier. “As at May 15th 2020, our network has provided: More…