Telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria, has announced the acquisition of an additional 10MHz spectrum in the 800MHz band from Intercellular Nigeria Limited. The company said in a statement on Friday, that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the transaction and assigned the frequency to MTN Nigeria. “The acquisition will significantly improve customer experience, in line with our commitment to deliver excellent service quality to our subscribers,” the company said in the statement. Karl Toriola, Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria said, “Through this acquisition, we will be better positioned to support the deepening of broadband penetration in the country. “The added…
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Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, is the distinguished personality to deliver the 2021 edition of The Bullion Lecture. Danbatta will speak on the theme: ‘Telecoms, Digital Banking and Nigeria’s Economic Development.’ at the annual Lecture scheduled to hold by 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2021, at The Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos. A fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE), Nigerian Academy of Engineering (FAEng.), Renewable and Alternative Energy Society (FRAES) and Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FNIEEE), Danbatta is an erudite engineer, philanthropist, and…
The world’s most popular audio streaming service has signed Guinness Nigeria Limited as Spotify’s Advertising launch partner in Nigeria
-The Africa Digital Inclusion Facility approves grants worth $1.3 million for two research efforts to enhance women’s digital access to loans and micro-insurance
-The grants, for $1 million and $300,000 respectively, will be disbursed through the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility
Kasi Insight has been collecting, analyzing, and normalizing consumer data since 2016 via consumer surveys done every month in the largest markets of Africa
By Chigoziem DIKE A confession: I happen to be one of the millions of Nigerians, who view corporate organisations, especially those with non-Nigerian origins, as being in the country for nothing other than profits. While I fully understand that a loss-making business is nothing more than a recreational activity, I still cling to the view that businesses in Nigeria, where regulatory institutions are frail, are in the game to make money and more money. Nothing else in spite of efforts by companies at “giving back to the society”, which I think are sometimes attended by obsequious publicity which makes them…
New challenge invites applications for cash grants from NPOs dedicated to the economic empowerment of women and girls
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in line with the Digital Literacy and Skills pillar of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria, has commenced the Digital Literacy and Skills Programme for States, tagged the Digital States Programme. The Digital States Programme, designed as one of the implementation strategies of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria, is aimed at equipping Nigerian youths with the necessary digital literacy skills that can facilitate Nigeria’s transition to the Digital Economy. Specific areas of focus for the programme include IT Management of Productivity Tools;…
WATRA is a consultative and collaborative body of Telecommunications Regulators in the West African sub-region that aids and advances the development of telecoms in the sub-region and ultimately in Africa…
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Chika Ekeji as Executive, Strategy and Transformation as part of plans to further bolster management capacity to accelerate the Group’s strategic ambitions. Effective 15 March 2021, Chika joins Africa’s leading mobile operator from management consultancy McKinsey & Company in Nigeria, where he led the West Africa Digital Practice and served telco, financial services, and public sector clients across Africa. “We are very pleased that Chika is joining us as we work to accelerate our strategic repositioning,” said MTN Group Chief Operating Officer Jens Schulte-Bockum. A Nigerian-American national, Chika has a Masters of Engineering…