Author: Rommy Imah

Trobexis an international logistic management solution company recently chose MDXi to deploy their solution for an international oil & gas company in Nigeria. MDXi, a MainOne company is the largest commercial data centre in West Africa offering enterprise-grade colocation and cloud services across the region. The company launched its operation in 2015 and currently provides colocation and Cloud services to a mix of the leading Banks and International Oil companies in Nigeria. “We chose MDXi as our infrastructure partner because of the company’s regional footprint and competitive pricing! “A key differentiator is MainOne’s presence in various West African countries and…

The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has announced plans to host the maiden edition of its Virtual Structured Engagement with Key Stakeholders in the Nigerian Telecom & ICT Sector on the New National Broadband Plan 2020- 2025. The theme of the proposed engagement is ‘Realizing the new set target of 70% of Broadband Penetration’ and it is slated for Thursday, March 25, 2021, according to a statement on Tuesday jointly signed by ATCON’s President, Dr Ikechukwu Nnamani and Publicity Secretary, Wole Abu. ATCON said that the buy-in of the various sub-groups under the membership of ATCON would be…

The ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended by 8 weeks, with a new deadline of April 6, 2021.  This message was conveyed by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), during the meeting of the Ministerial Taskforce on NIN-SIM registration which held on the 1st of February, 2021. Dr Pantami stated that the extension is to give Nigerians and legal residents more time to integrate their NIN with the SIM according to a joint press statement signed by Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs of…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) licence framework has not yet been concluded, contrary to a recent media report. The Commission said through a statement on Friday, signed by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, that such report is untrue, speculative and unfounded and therefore, should be disregarded in its entirety by members of the public. Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) are telecommunications product and service operators that ride on top of the infrastructure capacity of fully-licensed mobile telecommunication service providers or mobile network operators (MNOs). An MVNO is a company…

Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has said that the Agency will continue to lay down necessary structures to deepen data protection implementation in Nigeria even as it awaits the passage of the Data Protection Bill before the National Assembly. Speaking at a virtual press conference on Monday as part of the activities marking the 2021 National Privacy Week, Abdullahi said some of the Agency’s visions for the year 2021 include the development of sectorial implementation toolkits which objective is to get sector stakeholders to agree on a single, workable template for compliance…

Smile Nigeria, a premier 4G LTE Broadband service provider, has just completed the latest upgrade of its Core Network ExpansionEvolved Packet Gateway (CNEEPG) aimed at giving vent to the practice of regular upgrade of its network capability. DigitalTimesNG understands that this upgrade is significant in its far-reaching modernization of the Smile Network leading to increased capacity which will enable Smile to serve more customers and improve the experience of existing customers’ usage experience. Akinola Alayoku, Chief Technical Officer of Smile, while throwing more light on the upgrade, stated that the Radio Network Expansion commenced in January 2021 and added that…

-To Boost Innovation & ‘Techpreneurs’ With 2021 ‘Accelerator’ Programme Africa’s foremost innovation hub, the Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF), has opened up its registration portal for the 2021 Accelerator programme. Being executed in partnership with Access Bank Plc, the initiative seeks to fast-track the growth of the best start-ups operating within the African technology ecosystem. DigitalTimesNG understands that The ‘Accelerator’ programme will fast track and assist the selected start-ups to navigate issues such as start-up pricing and competitiveness, creating endearing customer experiences, support and retention, hiring and people management, scaling for growth and product development cycle fundamentals amongst others. Daniel Awe,…

Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev) and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have signed a resilience training agreement to carry out the Basic Digital Literacy for Rural Clusters in Northern Nigeria. The programme, according to the promoters, is part of the efforts to empower vulnerable groups in rural clusters in Northern Nigeria with the digital skill-set required for the future of work and advanced learnings for the 21st century in Nigeria. It is also meant to introduce learners in underserved communities and vulnerable groups in Northern Nigeria to digital literacy, with the intent of equipping them…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it generated the sum of N4. 952 trillion in total tax revenue in the year 2020. Abdullahi Ahmad, the Director Communications and Liaison at the FIRS, said in a statement Tuesday, that the figure represented approximately 98 per cent of the national tax target of N5.076 trillion set for the FIRS by the federal government, in the year under review. The statement quoted the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr Muhammad Nami, as describing the feat as “remarkable” when placed against the backdrop of several factors. He listed the factors…

uLesson, the African learning technology platform, has closed a $7.5mn Series A round led by Owl Ventures, with inclusion from existing investors, TLcom Capital and Founder Collective and participation from new investor LocalGlobe. The development comes as Tory Patterson, Managing Director of Owl Ventures, joins the uLesson board, further strengthening the education startup’s push to deliver affordable, high-quality and accessible education across Africa using technology. Having scaled quickly to 1mn app downloads since its launch in March 2020, the funding will be deployed to power uLesson’s expansion into Eastern & Southern Africa, as well as secure new talent and build…