Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has inaugurated a 15-member Evaluation Committee for the assessment of the 2020 Telecommunications-based research from Academics in the Nigerian tertiary institutions. Chaired by Prof. Mu’azu Bashir, a professor of Computer and Control Engineering and Head of Computer Engineering Department at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, the Committee was inaugurated at the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja on Wednesday, September 24, 2020. A statement by NCC’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde quoted Prof. Danbatta as saying during the inauguration that the initiative speaks to the Commission’s…
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Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has been confirmed to deliver the keynote at this year’s Nigeria Innovation Summit dubbed the Nigeria Innovation Week 2020. This year’s Nigeria Innovation Summit themed ‘Innovating in Critical Times,’ will be held virtually from Tuesday, October 6, 2020, to Thursday, October 8, 2020, following the global COVID-19 pandemic. Pantami was the Director-General and CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) of Nigeria from 26 September 2016 – 20 August 2019 when he was nominated as a minister and sworn into office on the 21st of August, 2019. Under his leadership…
A number of globally renowned Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in the technology space have commended TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading technology, lifestyle and solutions distributor for successfully birthing the continent’s first Tech Experience Centre. The commendations come ahead of the October 1st launch of the centre located in the high-rise Yudala Heights on 13 Idowu Martins, Victoria Island, Lagos. Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami is expected in Lagos to commission the Centre, with the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, alongside a number of other high profile dignitaries, expected in attendance. The event will be…
Christophe Begat, Managing Director, Schneider Electric (Anglophone West Africa) has lent his voice to the expected launch of the Tech Experience Centre, describing it as a development that will firmly establish Nigeria as a major player in the global technology race. The Tech Experience Centre is an unprecedented initiative which will bring together a number of tech giants under one roof in Lagos, Nigeria to create an immersive experience of the latest technologies in action. The Centre is set to be unveiled on Thursday, October 1, 2020, Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr…
Nigeria’s telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said it will continue to promote and facilitate the expansion of robust broadband/Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure across the country for the rapid development of the nation’s digital economy. Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta gave the assurance in a presentation titled “Communication Technology for Service Delivery in Health, Education, Tourism, the Creative Industry and Agriculture,” delivered during the first virtual and sixth edition of Information Communications Technology and Telecommunications Conference and Exhibition (ICTEL) EXPO 2020. Danbatta who stated that the Commission, not only successfully achieved but…
Nicholas Travers, Director, Central and West Africa, Dell Technologies, has expressed delight over the expected launch of the Tech Experience Centre, an ambitious technology project that will bridge the gap to cutting-edge technologies for millions of Nigerians. Specifically, he revealed that the project will save huge costs and capital flight while also boosting technology adoption in Nigeria. Travers hailed TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s foremost tech, lifestyle and solutions distributor for the landmark initiative. He further disclosed that Dell Technologies, a partner on the project and one of the global tech giants expected to occupy the centre, is proud to be…
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has been named the winner of the 2019 Zik Prize, in the professional leadership category. Prof. Pat Utomi, a member of the Advisory Board of the prestigious award, who announced the winners in a webinar on Thursday, September 24, 2020, said Prof, Danbatta and Mr Kennedy Uzoka, the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of United Bank for Africa (UBA) are the winners in that category. “Prof Umar Garba Danbatta is a square page in a square hole. An academic professor, Danbatta has, through…
It has been revealed that the digital transformation witnessed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and which has favoured several platforms in Nigeria was as a result of the huge adoption of CWG Plc’s BillsnPay presentment platform during the same period, which recorded a transaction volume of over N12 billion in the first half of the year. CWG’s Business Development Manager for Digital Financial Platforms, Mr. Tereigh Ozakpo, said the platform gained an edge during the Covid-19 lockdown, owing to the robust support model it had developed with its continuous innovative strategy. “The growth witnessed in H1, 2020 is largely owed to two…
ICS Financial Systems (ICSFS), is a leading provider of modular, core banking systems. Robin Amlôt discusses how banks should come to grips with artificial intelligence (AI) with the company’s Managing Director, Robert Hazboun. What are the key factors that need to be considered by a bank looking to implement AI? With no room of doubt, AI is a game-changer and it will revamp the way we used to do banking, especially in the midst of mandated lockdowns due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Three key elements banks need to consider when implementing AI in front, middle, and back-office: First of all,…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has embarked on a cost-based study to set the new pricing regime for mobile international termination rate (ITR) for inbound international voice calls in the country. The ITR is the rate paid to local operators by international operators to terminate calls in Nigeria. The NCC said in a statement signed on Monday by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde that as part of the process for the rate determination, it has organised a virtual stakeholder engagement forum with relevant industry stakeholders to intimate them with the ongoing cost-based study and the need…